On creativity, happiness and spirituality
Posted in Meditation, Spirituality on Jan 4th, 2012
Today meditation is about the breath. About breathing in life. The breath becomes long. Rib cage expands outwards and the flow of air is exquisite, sensual, delicious. Like a gift. There is a pleasure in breathing that I do not usually notice. The breath becomes so long, it’s as though it goes on filling me [...]
Posted in Creativity, Meditation, Spirituality, Writing on Jan 2nd, 2012
I am lucky. Last year a room in our house became my study. As I write, I am sitting in a room of my own, at my own desk, in front of my own computer. There are tall, white bookcases along the wall to the right of me filled with books, boxes and CDs. Through [...]
Posted in Meditation, Spirituality on Sep 25th, 2011
I started to meditate regularly in February 2008 starting with 15 minutes a day, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening. Over a year or so I gradually increased the time and by September 2009 I was sitting to meditate for an hour most mornings. Now it’s part of my morning routine. I [...]
Posted in Meditation, Spirituality on Sep 4th, 2011
This is a useful explanation of the ‘just sitting’ or ‘dzogchen’ meditation technique. It has helped me feel more relaxed about the sense of confusion and muddled mind that sometimes arises when I meditate An odd synchronicity happened as I watched this video. I came across the link whilst browsing the blog, halfway done. As [...]
Posted in Public Speaking, Spirituality on Jun 2nd, 2011
When was the last time you watched the sunset? When was the last time you really listened to the wind? For me it was two days ago. A noise outside makes me look up from the computer screen and over in the West I see the most amazing deep blue and orange sky. It’s streaked [...]
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