Alistair AppletonJan 214 minMeditationEvery broken heart is sacredThe final blog in my series of seven from 2013 is perhaps the juiciest of them all. I was all tender from a very intense, heart-breaking...
Alistair AppletonDec 15, 20214 minPsychologyBut now there is a forestThis is the third of the set of seven blogs I wrote back in 2014 following a chance encounter with one of my Buddhist teachers Ajahn...
Alistair AppletonAug 6, 20213 minSpiritualityAvebury Magic and Anti-magicAnother scoop from the archives. Funnily enough, I may have changed my mind from the rather Puritan stance voiced in this blog in the...
Alistair AppletonApr 23, 20214 minCultureThe Supersumptuous That voice is all wrong, really. It’s not formal, it’s not ‘correct’ but it gushes and it’s unstoppable. It IS supersumptous. And that’s wh
Alistair AppletonMar 22, 20215 minEmbodimentUnderstanding the weather of emotions: Candace Pert’s “Molecules of Emotion”that phrases like ‘I’ve got a gut feeling about this’ turn out to be literally correct.
Alistair AppletonMar 5, 20218 minDharmaMother Nature doesn’t care about suffering. Buddha does.I have been really deeply inspired by the experience of leading the Dharma Days for Mindsprings. After my initial introduction to the...
Alistair AppletonFeb 25, 20215 minMeditationDynamiting the prison of the presentKaren spoke about feeling trapped in the present. As meditators, we’re always encouraged to stay in the present and “be here now”, but...
Alistair AppletonFeb 21, 20196 minDharmaMögu & My Problem with TeachersThe 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...