A Blog About Mindfulness, Meditation & Well-Being
You will often hear that mindfulness can make you a better person; stronger, kinder, more empathetic. And it's true (more or less). As meditation practice steadily erodes your fears, anxieties and insecurities, you naturally find yourself becoming less self-focused and more other-focused. You realise just how much your view of the world and of other [...]
I once knew a guy. Let’s call him Bill. Bill had problems. Many problems, in fact. There were people at work who didn’t share all his opinions. When he spoke, they felt threatened by his vastly superior intelligence. And the things they thought! Well, don’t get Bill started on what they were thinking about him behind his back. Because, [...]
It's 1942, and the shadow of the Third Reich lies heavy on Europe. When the Nazis finally come for Viktor Frankl and his family, it seems all is lost. His father perishes in the Thereseinstadt concentration camp. Two years later Frankl and the rest of his family are driven to Auschwitz, where he loses his [...]
What do you think of a monk going off to meditate in a cave for years at a time? How about decades? Such a person might well be the world champion of meditation. Maybe they are a bona fide Enlightened One. Or maybe they're a certifiable headcase from the lack of human social interaction. But [...]
Are you the guy with the long white beard in Michelangelo's painting? If not, I have some shocking news for you. Brace yourself. Sorry, but you are not all-powerful and you can't control everything. Yes, yes, I can hear you thinking: "Wow, are you running out of ideas already? What's your next stunning insight, that [...]
What do you imagine when you think of someone meditating? There was a time I would've imagined someone sitting crossed-legged in the lotus position, eyes closed, palms up and thumb and forefinger touching to form a symbolic circle. And if they were wearing a saffron robe and sitting atop a mountain or deep in a [...]
There came a point when my life collapsed. I won't bore you with the details. But needless to say, I had some things on my mind one fine day when I was out for an evening run. It was beautiful - green trees nestled amidst sun-drenched fields - but I saw none of it. All [...]
Coming Back to Where You Are 