“A spiritual awakening gives us a glimpse behind the curtain of the ‘person’ to behold the splendour of what lies beyond— the true Self.” – Richard Paterson Do the things you used to define yourself by— your career, self-image, earnings, social status etc., feel less important, less meaningful than they used to? Do you feel …
When you let go of fear, fear lets go of you. How do you do it? By deciding to. —Neal Donald Walsch In these uncertain times we’re living in, fear and anxiety are running high in a lot of people. Fear of the pandemic and where it’s all leading, fear of financial hardship, fear of …
“Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up o our doorstep doesn’t mean they have a right to stay.”—Deepak Chopra In this article, I want to share with you a powerful mindfulness technique I often use for dealing with negative emotions. It is a 4-step process called the RAIN practice. RAIN is …
You don’t need to have a peaceful mind to experience peace. Peace happens naturally when the mind subsides. When I offer meditation taster sessions to the public, it never ceases to amaze me how people who have never meditated before will often experience profound peace the first time they try it. Even deeply unhappy people …
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“Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”—Marcus Aurelius .Why is it that some people are happy and others aren’t? We all know people who are upbeat and cheerful no matter what life throws at them, and others who go through life with a …
“I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether we perceive it as being good or being bad.” — Bill Gates Update: 06/05/21 I wrote this article in March, 2020, a few days after coming back to the UK from India due to the Covid outbreak . Who would …
“I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind —the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.” Elizabeth Gilbert Everyone, without exception, suffers from a restless monkey mind—an expression The Buddha coined millennia ago when he likened the thoughts in our head to a …
“Be congruent. Be authentic. Be your true self.” —Mahatma Gandhi It can be exhausting and disempowering to live a life in which you’re not being true to yourself — always saying what you think others want to hear, doing things you have no enthusiasm for, pretending you’re fine when you’re not. Many of us learned …
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The Guest House is a beautiful poem by the Sufi mystic Rumi, which you’ll often hear recited on mindfulness courses and retreats. Its powerful message encapsulates one of the most important lessons in mindfulness training—embracing whatever shows up in our experience with an attitude of non-judgemental acceptance. When we experience difficult thoughts, feelings or emotions, …
Each one of us has to be our true self: fresh, solid, at ease, loving and compassionate. When we are our true selves, not only you but everyone around you will profit from your presence—Thich Nhat Hanh Do you feel that you’re not enough as you are? That no matter what you do, no matter …