I think it’s true to say, we spend most of our waking hours fixating on the past or the future. We relive painful experiences from our past, or construct elaborate scenarios of what we think may happen in the future – but very rarely does. (more…)
Does our life depend on luck? Do you believe in destiny? Can people tell the future? What are the best lucky charms and omens? Gautama Buddha was asked these questions in the Mangala Sutra. (more…)
Speech is a very powerful tool. If we hit someone, it will hurt for a short time and then go away. But if we verbally attack someone, those words can stay with them for many years. (more…)
I recently visited a renowned meditation centre in Northern India and was a little surprised to find a lot of practitioners talking about reaching a stage of non-thinking. They stated that they had manage to stop their thoughts from arising. It seems they believed this to be the main purpose of meditation. (more…)
I wrote the following in February, 2013, ‘Truth is found in silence and stillness. It is not found in activity. (more…)