Learning
« Previous EntriesOf the body
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Renoir’s Odalisque
I have a lot of issues with my body. There’s too much of it, so I try occasionally to starve it, or indulge in extreme regimes then give up, and then sometimes I stuff it too full of food to compensate, and to punish it.
It’s tedious to reach middle-age and still spend time thinking […]
Coaching
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Photograph by conner395
No, not that kind of coach!
This morning I finished a year-long personal coaching process. I’ve been working with a life coach to try and construct a life for myself that is simpler and more reflective. Fewer shoulds and more authenticity, less doing and more being.
Over the past year, one of the key […]
My life
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Photograph by celebdu
Found at Hudson’s Notebook is this meme which issues a challenge: describe your life in six words.
I couldn’t, I had to use seven. Here they are:
Too often grey, flashes of glorious colour.
That’s the past. Now I’m moving past the fear to full-colour living.
What about you?
The right fit
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008I went to a conference on diversity issues in business yesterday, and among some excellent speakers there was one in particular who told a story about “thinking outside the box”. Literally.
Her organisation has been a leader in ensuring everyone possible is given the chance of work.
They had one particular job which involved packing components into a […]
Lesson learned…
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007On Tuesday afternoon this past week I had a conversation with a colleague in which we pontificated about people having time off work because of minor illnesses. I did most of the pontificating.
I put forward the theory that all these coughs and sniffles are just a case of mind over matter and a bit of […]
Enlightenment
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007There’s an old Buddhist story:
A young man enters a monastery to walk the path of enlightenment. He asks a question: “Master, what shall I do while I seek enlightenment?” The Master replies “You must chop wood and fetch water.”
The long, slow years pass as the young man studies and meditates. Eventually, he realises he is […]
Moving the peg
Monday, October 29th, 2007Lucy at Diamonds in the Sky has been writing some interesting posts about the tendency to make a spiritual breakthrough then backslide. You can read some of what she says here and here, and this is a key passage:
I watched transformation of souls occur before my very eyes. I experienced it for myself. I felt […]
Peace
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
……. At the end of the talk someone from the audience asked the Dalai Lama, “Why didn’t you fight back against the Chinese?”
The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, “Well, war is obsolete, you know.”
Then, after a few […]