Do you keep getting hampered by various injuries? Me too. So read this… I’ve played quite a bit of various sports over the years – all socially and never too serious, at a decent level but nothing too impressive. Doing so I’ve picked up niggles and injuries along the way …
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What is Taoism? Is it something worth knowing more about? What is the difference between Taoism & Zen? Not so long ago I wrote an article about Zen (Zen, The Inner Child & The Perfect Cup of Tea). Before doing so I did a bit of research and read a …
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Are you a glass half-empty or a glass half-full person? When challenged do you back yourself? Rafa Nadal does. I’m a great believer in mindfulness and living in the moment. I also love Cicero’s 6 mistakes of man – in my view there is so much philosophy and wisdom in …
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Do you find you have an inner voice which sometimes gets in the way of your success or happiness or causes you fear or stress? A Zen Buddhist would call this the voice of your Monkey Mind. We all have monkey minds. In fact Buddha described the human mind as …
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Human beings are incredible learning machines. We are also creatures of Habit. This is both a good and a bad thing. Good because we can use this super-power to achieve nearly anything, often limited only by the boundaries of our own self-belief. Consider the act of driving a car. When …
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An article about Trees? Yes. An article about trees. Hopefully I can inspire a similar perspective shift (or more like an amplification and rejuvenation of an existing perspective) in you as I just had. A few things coincided recently which somehow just led me to a tree related moment: I …
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