Tag Archives: meditation

#depression #meditation – imagine not being present for one single moment in a day…

Imagine getting to the end of the day, having not taken even one single moment to pause, to listen, to be present. I don’t think this is difficult for most people to imagine as I would expect most of us experience this on a daily basis… What is your experience?  Find out more at http://www.headspace.com

#depression #meditation – perfection, vulnerability and imperfection…

So much effort goes into trying to be the perfect person. But how much more attractive are the qualities of vulnerability and imperfection. A very interesting take on how we all strive for an imagined perfection. If we could just embrace who we are and what we are surely we would be more happy inContinueContinue reading “#depression #meditation – perfection, vulnerability and imperfection…”

#depression #meditation – Clarifying perspective on experience

Clarity dictates our perspective, and our perspective dictates our experience. Get more clarity in your life. Ah the holy grail for most of us.. Breaking through the fog of biased perspective. Meditation can help shine the flashlight of clarity exposing how we twist and turn the perspective we have of what is going on aroundContinueContinue reading “#depression #meditation – Clarifying perspective on experience”

#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 toContinueContinue 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 outContinueContinue 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

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 “celebrationsContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Alan Watts!”