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 →
Appetite for Appreciation
I wrote this yesterday morning, and then an incident occurred in the evening that has left me feeling frustrated. I’m not feeling angry anymore (a rant to my mum sorted that out!), but I’ve become so tired of it all that I simply can’t be bothered to feel angry anymore. I’m almost a bit blasé... Continue Reading →
Going With the Flow
Over the weekend I went to the Bodhisattva Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Centre in Brighton and on one of the breaks myself and two other women went to the sea front. We were very lucky with the weather because for once it wasn't a typical British day! It was the photo taken at the sea front... Continue Reading →
The World As I See It
As I was falling asleep on Monday night I was thinking of Einstein’s The World As I See It and the words below are what came to me. I haven’t actually read the book yet, but just thinking about the title was enough to get me thinking about how I view the world. It is... Continue Reading →