Quotes
Mindfulness
Am important book for me in my university days, was by Alan Watts: ‘The Way of Zen’. All my life I have been able to recite the poems quoted in this book about the Zen idea of mindfulness…
The Tao cannot be defined
Something mysteriously formed. Born before heaven and earth. In the silence and the void, standing alone and unchanging. Ever present and in motion. I do not know its name, call it Tao…
Quote attributed to Mandela
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves…
Old Friend
In the rain,
outside my cabin
I listen to the sound of the guitar.
Loud, it reminds me of an old friend now passed…
What is it to be spiritual?
Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves…
What Is wellbeing?
Wellbeing is not just the absence of disease or illness. It is a complex combination of a person’s physical, mental, emotional…
What is the meaning of life?
Dalai Lama on the Meaning of Life (actual words told to me during my first audience with him in 1992):
Happiness for oneself and others is the main purpose of human life but that our normal day-to-day life is about hope…
The Search for Meaning
John Hurt the actor said this at the end of the film “Jackie” which told the story of those few terrible weeks that Jackie Onassis experienced after her husband President John Kennedy was assassinated…
Cascades Gardens
A celebration of nature,
And spiritual journey,
To ease the pain of my decline…
How can we get in touch with our spiritual side?
The physical is the spiritual, they are not different. If you get in touch with the physical world with all your senses…