Imagine we had never been in a body of water, had never even seen one or known anyone else who had, but we suddenly decided, for whatever reason, that we wanted to learn how to swim. We could find a number of textbooks regarding the subject, we could read all about the different techniques, find … Continue reading Learning
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Loss
Think of the one most important thing in your life. This thing may be your family, it may be your job, your status, your health, your mind, a keepsake. Now imagine that you lose this thing, which is so important to you. What would happen? Would you feel bereft, lost, grief-stricken, heart-broken? Then imagine you … Continue reading Loss
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
Seeing
When someone covers our eyes with their hand, but we still have our eyes open, we can see their hand. When we close our eyes our mind is telling us we can no longer see, as we have our eyes shut, yet if we concentrate we can see the inside of our eyelids and whatever … Continue reading Seeing
Tunnel vision
Darkness is only in the mortal eye. We think that we see, but we see not. We believe we are governed by laws; laws of physics, laws of anatomy, laws of society - and so it is true. If we believe like this, we live like this. Why should we believe it? We only ever … Continue reading Tunnel vision
Zen musings 