Happiness today (Dec 2010)

There is only one thing that will make you happier, more content. For some it takes a lifetime to discover…. MORE...

SEX and meditation

I've always wanted to write a meditation article with 'sex' in the headline. Actually it's about tantra. And it has nothing to do with sex.…. MORE...

Truth and peace of mind

So much effort and angst goes into in avoiding truth. Take Wikileaks, for example. How much strain and negative energy…. MORE...

About belief & non-belief

Recently I heard a replay of an interesting "believer Vs non-believer" debate - Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens…. MORE...

From someone who tasted the unity of existence

A few lines of verse from Sufi poet, Sachal Sarmast …. MORE...

All this fuss about consciousness

This is about the 'problem' of what the writer describes as big-C consciousness - ie the consciousness beyond that mental phenomenon that neuro-scientists study. …. MORE...

Faith - it's running your life

Most work and research has taken me into two, often-competing worlds: the spiritual and the secular. Both place great importance on faith. Some …. MORE...

Losing your sense of time.

One of the discoveries of long-term meditation is that time seems to lose its apparent pressure. Deadlines no longer seem so …. MORE...

What does meditation lead to?

You'll have read all sorts of speculative stuff that links meditation, compassion and spirituality…. MORE...

Meditation and your brain

You knew there was something different about the way YOUR brain worked, didn't you. For ages now, we've known that the physical structure of the human brain changes ... MORE...

Want to be happier NOW?

... its author has such a lyrical name. What I'd like to add is a small over-rider: it's not meditation itself that brings this peace of mind, it's the fact that …. MORE...

The use of props.

My yoga teacher had me working with all sorts of interesting cushions and props this morning. Afterwards it got me thinking about props VS plainness…. MORE...

Some people actually do something.

I attended an all-day spiritual/art/science discussion yesterday. My observations of all public events, and many private ones too, is that attendees tend to divide…. MORE...

Amazing interviews coming.

I wrote a syndicated column for a year. One year to the day. During that time I interviewed a number of spiritual leaders, even photographed them…. MORE...

Meditation - an altered state??

Read almost any book on meditation (including some mine!) and it will refer to an altered state. [Generally an 'altered state' is thought to be any mental ... MORE...

What's the point?

“We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music …. MORE...

Sceptic notes from the Guru of Calm

When I was 15, I had Buddhist teacher who encouraged me to be skeptical. Actually I think he only meant "let go of concepts and ideas" …. MORE...

 


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