Vipassana Meditation Retreat : The Aftermath

Ok, so I was going to do this big review of the Dhamma Dipa meditation retreat, what happened when and how, but then I thought what would be the point? Talking too much about it would give away too much of the experience, and rob people of the chance to find out for themselves. Plus, [...]

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Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow…

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools It’s so easy to think about tomorrow, and forget about today. To look to the future for satisfaction, and ignore the here and now. So many things [...]

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The Universe Is On Your Side

This is something that I’ve believed in for a long time, that the Universe is on your side; that it does everything it can to help you get where you need to be (note: need to be, not want to be!) and even if you ignore it or fight it or give it the proverbial [...]

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A Spiritual Life?

There’s this idea that following a more spiritual path in life, becoming a monk or a priest or something, is somehow easier than getting married, having kids, and buying a house. This came up recently in a conversation, and it’s not the first time I’ve heard the idea. In fact it’s something I used to [...]

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A New Life In 30 Days?

I once heard somewhere that if you wanted to make a change in your life it took 30 repetitions – turning down 30 cigarettes, exercising 30 days in a row – for that change to stick. Now I actually don’t believe that – I managed to give up smoking overnight, and I’ve had long standing [...]

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A General Update

It’s been a long time since I did an all round update of my pursuit for a Brand New Life. The reason for that is simple, I’ve been out doing stuff. I’ve also been avoiding going on about things too much so as to avoid a false sense of achievement, as outlined in this video [...]

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You’re All Going To Die!

Relax, this isn’t my declaration of intent before I go postal and do something loony at work. Actually it’s a quote from the film Zulu (the quintessential Sunday afternoon movie if ever there was one!). It always pops in my head when I think about mortality and our approach to it. Generally we don’t think [...]

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Buddhafield @ the Green Man

Well, it’s been just over a week since I worked the Buddhafield Cafe at the Green Man Festival. Ample time for me to reflect and come to some conclusions. If only that’s what I’ve been doing. Truth is I’ve just been faffing about, doing some yoga, writing intermittently, watch DVDs, and suffering work (but more [...]

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A New Hope

Trying to explain enlightenment to someone is like a turtle trying to explain to a fish about dry land. “But there must be water there?” says the fish. *   Luckily my problems aren’t nearly as difficult as that (just trying to attain enlightenment is hard enough). … So last week got a little dark [...]

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It’s Not Real!

So weird when I woke up this morning. I had a dream, or at least I think I had a dream, that somehow involved work. I can’t remember what it was about, all I know is I woke up at 7am, with work in my head, very very angry. Internally I was raging about something [...]

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