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Why are you still here? - ruminations on the demise of grasping at self and spirituality

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow.
Let reality [...]

Here are the answers to some of your questions!

I often have things that need clarifying, resources that I can’t get hold of too easily even on the web and most pertinently the need for a one stop shop for all my spiritual and intellectual needs. Well recently I came across some great websites that I think you should really check out!

First up, the [...]

Reductionism Vs. Being Vague

The scientific view of the world today, at least in post modern western society, has a tendency to sterilize the world, to relieve it of any aliveness. I know that many scientists will say the world is still full of wonder when we understand it better and break it down into its constituent parts. This [...]

Great Finds From 2010

People always do these end of year lists, so I guess I’d better throw in my tuppence! This is sort of ten of the best things I came across this year. (Sadly one’s still in the post and will have to wait!) Let’s get cracking anyway!

1) Music Inspired by Oh! Brother Where Art Thou – [...]

The Uselessness of a Fearful and Reactionary Ego

Over the Christmas, often because we are drinking and eating more our sleep becomes more disturbed, our dreams become very erratic full of mood swings and disconcerting events. It happened to me – in a dream I was having I witnessed myself and others around me having nervous breakdowns. The more philosophical among you will [...]

Another Early Christmas Present!

Here is my early Christmas present to you. Hope you enjoy it. Before I begin I just want to state the obvious. These levels are just an attempt to express the nature of reality in ways that accord with what I have learnt through the various spiritual disciplines and philosophies I have encountered. This information [...]

The Greenberg Syndrome

Saw this amazing film last night called Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach director of the mercurial The Squid and the Whale which has been around awhile, but it’s only now I got around to seeing it. It’s a very simple premise Roger Greenberg lands into a bit of house sitting in LA after a mental breakdown. [...]

The Antidote to Perfectionism and Apathy (Part 2)

So, are any of us close to ditching the approach of apathy and perfectionism? Well I like to think that certain mystics like the old Taoist masters and tribal peoples see only a world of harmony. Of course opposition occurs, but it is not seen as a problem, it is seen as a natural thing, [...]

The Antidote to Perfectionism and Apathy (Part 1)

Apologies for the wordiness this week, but that’s how it goes folks! I had a dream last night where I was going along nicely with the religious community I was in until the leader accused me of being depressed all the time. Then the whole thing became very uncomfortable with everyone worrying and fussing over [...]

Get Your Act Together!

Sounds like stern advice but actually it’s not. In fact quite the opposite. The other day, I was talking about getting my act together so I could head off into town to do some errands, when I hit upon the notion that everything I do, think or speak is just an act as in a [...]