Alistair AppletonFeb 4, 20235 minPsychologyThe Magic of No EscapeGrowing up in a Christian world (I was an Anglican choirboy for many of my most impressionable early years), my mind has been suffused...
Alistair AppletonNov 27, 20221 minPoetryLove / Czesław MiłoszI've had Miłosz' Collected poems sitting on my shelf for decades and just fished that out this evening. He was writing this poem in the...
Alistair AppletonNov 3, 20216 minDharmaSucitto Thoughts #1Today is the birthday of one of my early Buddhist teachers, Ajahn Sucitto, who was the abbot of Cittaviveka monastery in East Sussex when...
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...