Ruby Wax on Mindfulness
Today I’ve attached a talk by Ruby Wax. I went to see her show when she was in London recently and this is an earlier version of it. She is a fantastic proponent of mindfulness as she does not fit […]
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Social phobia and the fear of groups
As a teen and in my twenties I had an extreme phobia of talking in groups. I only felt safe talking to one other person. As soon as it was no longer a one-one interaction I felt overwhelmed by fear. […]
Habit 6: Have a healthy sense of self worth, treat others well and expect to be treated well in turn.
My mentor as a teenager was what every young gay boy – who was so in the closet he could feel the snow from Narnia around his feet – needed: a delightfully unselfconscious elderly and slightly eccentric village gentlewoman who […]
Habit 5: a willingness to practice compassion for self and other
Last week we considered the value of silence and spending time alone. This week we see that our practice also brings us into contact with others. In the class this week I’ll lead the compassion practice after the tea break. […]
Habit 4: Be willing to spend time alone or in silence
The willingness to spend time alone. T. S Elliot once said that we live in a world where we are “distracted from distraction by distraction” If that was true in the 1920s how much more so now! The whole poem […]
Habit 3: Feed your passions and talents
It can be easy to get into a mode where one feels more as if one is enduring life rather than enjoying it as an adventure: work,commitments, chores, the drudgery of life all seem to have taken the place of […]
Habit 2: Choose responsibility over blame
It’s easy to want to find others to blame when we are not happy or feel something has gone wrong and it may be that we can look at our partner and see their faults and think we would be […]
Habit 1: listen to your emotions
A few days ago I came across an article about the habits of self-loving people. I found it an interesting read and over the next 7 weeks I’ll reflect on each point. . If we are feeling sad, anxious, etc its simply […]
Happy New Year for 2015!
Greetings for creating a happy and contented New Year from HH The Dalai Lama. Please follow and like us:
Shame v guilt
In Buddhism rather than talking of good and bad actions the distinction is made between actions that are harmful to oneself and others, which are considered unskillful, and those that add to the common good and our own wellbeing, which […]
