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A blog piece refurbished from the archives. But no one tires of hearing about amazing teenagers and the vast sweep of the future that...

Adrian’s boyfriend was telling me about epiphytic plants which are not directly parasitic on the tree they dwell on but rather hop on…

This is a tidied up transcript of an answer I gave in the Live Sessions in February 2021. Tamsyn mentioned her dislike of reading Freud...

I have been really deeply inspired by the experience of leading the Dharma Days for Mindsprings. After my initial introduction to the...

Karen spoke about feeling trapped in the present. As meditators, we’re always encouraged to stay in the present and “be here now”, but...

NOTE: I think in this last blog I am in some sense arguing myself OUT of a position that I have thoughtlessly held for many years. That...

In the first part of this blog on language and thinking, I argued that the human experience of thinking is fundamentally grounded in...

I’ve been grappling with the issue of language/thinking for many decades, but lately have had a few clarifying insights that I’d like to...

The need to be a ‘know-it-all’ I have a problem with teachers. When I was little – for various reasons I won’t bore you with – I always...

A horrible year of anxiety completely ruined my sleep cycle. I used to sleep like a log. Like my father in fact, who falls asleep...

While we up on Holy Island this month, the retreatants and I were discussing the ludicrous tangles our thinking minds get into. When we...

Speaking personally, the ‘ego’ and everything to do with it was a real turn-off for me previous to this Summer. There was something about...

You're not going to look like these guys, but you might be able to feel like them! This is an old post from 2 years ago but I always like...

Earlier this year I took up kickboxing. It was in the middle of a very grim and gloomy February when I was struggling with lots of demons...