I read a Koan yesterday named The Gates of Paradise and it influenced this post. It also took me in a direction I wasn't expecting. This was meant to be a post about how we choose to react in a particular moment can influence whether we perceive ourselves to be in hell or Paradise, but... Continue Reading →
A Call for Equality
This piece is to ask you all to treat each other with equal respect and kindness. There are no differences. There are no 'greater than’s' or 'less than’s'. They are perceived figments of an egotistical imagination put there by social conditioning. Watch a group of young children play together. They don’t care about skin... Continue Reading →
How To Achieve Peace of Mind in a Hectic World
Modern life: brilliantly overrun with to-do lists, targets and noise. There's so much to do and to achieve that it can be enormously hard to find even a minute to sit still and regain a sense of peace. To achieve peace of mind we must first learn how to be still and do nothing. We... Continue Reading →
Life and Society in 2016
Every time I log onto Facebook I can feel my intelligence drip out of my skull. I've spent the past week reading 19th century novels and I have completely immersed myself in that literary world. I have discovered how truly boring, unoriginal and tiresome my generation is. People are literally dying from taking 'selfies' because... Continue Reading →
Leaves
The leaves amorous With springs creativity. How they love to grow.