#depression #meditation – simple technique

The technique of meditation is simple and straightforward. It's our own projection and expectation which make itcomplicated. How true this statement is. Yet how hard to achieve. We seem in the modern world to expect everything should be complex and hard if it is to be worthwhile. I would dearly love to be able toContinue reading "#depression #meditation – simple technique"

#depression #meditation – The present

Imagine gettig to the end of the day, having not taken one single moment to pause, to listen, to be present. Sometimes when I look back on a day, or even a weekend I realise that it has whizzed by without any time set aside to pause... somehting to continue to work on. Find outContinue reading "#depression #meditation – The present"

#depression #meditation – technique vs expectation 

The technique of meditation is simple and straightforward. It's our own projection and expectation which make it complicated. How very true this is. I find when I can forget myself I have a much better experience of meditation. Find out more at headspace.com

#depression #meditation – fundamentally transform your experience..

We can't control everything that happens to us in life, but we can fundamentally transform our experience of those things. This is very true, it is all about perspective and perception. How we interpret these occurances and then what we do about them. Read more at headspace.com

#depression #men – Why men aren’t really men anymore 

Now here is an intriguing article I have seen. I don't necessarily agree with everything in it but it is an interesting point of view and I am interested to hear people's opinions.. Does it go some way, inadvertently, to explaining the mental health challenges men face today? STARTS There was once a time whenContinue reading "#depression #men – Why men aren’t really men anymore "

Happy Birthday, Alan Watts!

There is perhaps no other philosopher of the 20th century who has had the impact of Alan Watts, both upon myself and to the world of philosophy. In his early years he was an Episcopal Priest. I once heard him say that he wouldn’t call his sermons “sermons,” rather, he preferred to call them “celebrationsContinue reading "Happy Birthday, Alan Watts!"