Recently, someone asked me how they could become a good Buddhist and this got me thinking. I believe our goal shouldn’t be how to become the best Buddhist, but the best whomever we already are. We were born humans and at our very core we are all the same, so it seems more encompassing, and less discriminatory, to be the best possible human we can. (more…)
Now, I am not one of those people who think things were better in the past. Of course, some things were and other things weren’t. However, where social media is concerned, I feel troubled about the way it is making us communicate these days. (more…)
These days we are living in an ‘instant’ world, where we have fast-food, high speed internet and social media. We are told that time is money and productivity and efficiency have taken the place of well-being. (more…)
I recently released a guided meditation practice entitled ‘Befriending Yourself.’ It got a huge reaction. Most of it positive, but some were asking questions like ‘Why was it needed?’ ‘Isn’t it a bit self indulgent?’ (more…)
At this time of year our thoughts turn towards giving and so I thought I would write today on the art of giving. What I am talking about here is generosity. (more…)