There is a circular movement at force within the universe. The earth goes round the sun, the moon around the earth. The clothes your parents used to wear come back into fashion, names of your grandparents, fads, economy, popular interests. This cycle happens too within our own lives, on a smaller timescale. We battle with … Continue reading Motive
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Begin
All journeys, all lessons, everything in life begins with the first step, the first decision, the first thought, hope, realisation. It may seem impossibly hard, when looking at it from this side, as if it is insurmountable, ludicrous, beyond our capabilities, but that is when we look at the top of the mountain from the … Continue reading Begin
Anger
When we hold a burning coal in our fist, it is only ourselves we burn, just as when we drink poison, we damage only our insides. Once two men, who had been imprisoned and tortured together forty years previously, met by chance on the wayside. After catching up one man asked the other, 'have you … Continue reading Anger
Unconsciousness
What do we think of by unconsciousness? We can be 'knocked unconscious', we can 'fall into a deep unconscious sleep', we can 'act in an unconscious manner' - all these ways imply a non thinking, a time when we are not using our intellect or our minds, we are blind, blank. Let us compare it … Continue reading Unconsciousness
New beginnings
At the start of a New Year, many people think of resolutions, often which pertain to themselves; drink less, exercise more, stop smoking, lose weight, take up a new hobby… Three important questions we should ask ourselves, however, if we are to reflect on the year just past include; how well did we love? How … Continue reading New beginnings
Greed
While at this time of year it is easy in the West to overindulge, one should always bear in mind there is a fine line between enjoyment and greed. This of course is easy to see where food and drink are concerned, but more difficult when other material possessions are in question and even more … Continue reading Greed
Stress
Stress is not what happens to us, but our response to what happens. There are innumerable things in our lives which can cause us stress. In the West many stresses are caused by workload and money issues, and often these are a continual stress to many people, even when not at the forefront of their … Continue reading Stress
Moving mountains
The ‘accidental miracle’ that brought each and every one of us into being, the process of chance meetings and love affairs, embryos born from the earth, fed star dust in the womb, growing into a physical human from a collection of fluid particles – this being we are, made from constituent parts of the universe, … Continue reading Moving mountains
Waterfall droplet
This conundrum of life, this seemingly incompatible, duality of being the individual we know we are, and yet being one and the same with everything, simultaneously - it's not really much of a conundrum at all. You are you and I am I, he, she, they...we are all individual parts of one whole. All the … Continue reading Waterfall droplet
Trust
It seems to be a trait of the 'civilised' Western tradition that control is of upmost importance. Our days are timetabled and scheduled, down to the last minute and if we are not seen to be being efficient, then we are' lazy'. We fill our time with jobs and appointments, distractions and even time itself … Continue reading Trust
Zen musings 