One day a disciple of the Buddha approached him and said, “Lord, I think that half of the Holy Life is spiritual friendship…” the Buddha replied: “That’s not so; say not so, Ananda. It is not half of the Holy […]
Last Monday at the Gay/Bi/Trans men’s meditation group I led a meditation where we visualised standing in a sacred circle. Each person then invited people to stand on the edge of that circle – first those who had helped them […]
I’ve been re-reading The Velvet Rage recently. It’s a very powerful read. In it Alan Downs talks of how as a child we learnt to hide a part of ourselves that society or family told us was unacceptable. More than just […]
I was teaching on a workshop yesterday for trans/queer/non binary people, reflecting on some experiences from my childhood that first gave me the message there was something wrong with me. We are not born with shame, we learn to feel […]
LGBTQ history Month 2021 For more details click here Last week I received a text form a friend who is researching gay history. This chapter of his book is on Edward Carpenter. Reading it I was so moved to hear of […]
A few weeks ago I saw a post where someone was asking for suggestions for gay themed films that had happy or uplifting themes. It reminded me how many gay themed films I have watched which end in death, separation or sorrow! […]
February is LGBTQ history Month, so I thought to explore a few themes over these blogs connected with history and gay identity. For more details of events click here For this week’s blog I have a friend to thank who […]
I was 9 years old when I first registered that the world didn’t like me. Not for anything I had done, but because of something I could not change and had no choice over. It should have been a fun evening, watching […]
Last weekend I was on a new two day course for gay men called “Who Am I”. I led a meditation session at the start of the Saturday session and then participated for the rest of the workshop. As gay men we […]
Yesterday I listened to a guided Loving Kindness a friend sent me that he had led for an online group. Moustafa Abdelrahman led the meditation in a way that I found really refreshing. Traditionally the practice moves from self, to a good […]
