It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted.* To the drinkers in the beer garden, the wasp is nothing but an annoyance, yet to the gardener, the wasp is a friend who keeps down the greenfly and caterpillar population. Good can always … Continue reading Reading between the lines
Dreams
Waking life wallows in the indulgencies of the word-hoard. Words spin webs of deception and delusion. They shape and falsify our experience...serving human masters of fear and vanity.* We are captives of our own intelligence. We label everything in a bid to master it, under the guise of understanding. There is nothing we experience which … Continue reading Dreams
Significance
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito.* We have talked before about how important each and every one of us is, how we are like grains of sand, which make the whole beach, droplets of water which make the flowing river. The whole … Continue reading Significance
Inspiration
Sometimes we expect too much of ourselves. Western society especially is driven by 'results' and we have come to expect those results in our personal lives, as well as our professional. Have you ever been stuck on a crossword clue, or forgotten the name of something, and try as you might, you cannot think of … Continue reading Inspiration
The Eyes of the Moon
We are all aware of cultural and social differences. We know that for some cultures ghosts are real, for others they are a fancy. Some believe in an afterlife, others think this reality is all there is. Some like to eat snails and insects, some are strict vegans. Some wear white at weddings, others wear … Continue reading The Eyes of the Moon
Stardust
How are we connected? It is said that the human body consists of 60% water. As for the rest of it, almost 99% is made up of six elements; oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus. Over 70% of the earth's surface is made up of water. The earth's crust is over 46% oxygen. Most … Continue reading Stardust
Sea of Consciousness
The mind is like the sea. Sometimes it is still and serene, at other times turbulent, troubled. It's depths are unfathomable and we do not know all that lurks there. It is made up of millions of tiny droplets, just like our minds have countless thoughts and processes, yet it is all connected together, the … Continue reading Sea of Consciousness
Power
Imagine something which makes you feel angry. Perhaps it's a memory of an argument you've had, or some injustice done to you or someone close to you. The more strongly you imagine it the angrier you feel. Your muscles start to tense and you feel your mind become clouded with negative emotions. This is both … Continue reading Power
Illumination
Imagine being a in pitch black room, of which you have no comprehension of its size or contents, or even if there are other people present. Then imagine you have a candle, and with this small light you are able to see pockets of what the room contains. As you move around, you light up … Continue reading Illumination
Labels
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." * Names help us to make sense of the world. Humankind has bestowed names for things as far back as history tracks and for the majority, this desire to label things, to give a unique identity, to categorize and organise, has offered some way of … Continue reading Labels
Zen musings 