Depths of despair I lay still. I stared at the ceiling. The orange glow of the streetlight slanted through the naff blinds. That colour reminded me of hope. Not a nice hope, but a mocking hope. Optimism felt fanciful, like a fairytale. Something other people had but never me. I… Read More »Lost in My Own Mind – And How I Found the Way Out
Short lives counted in Days by Death Clocks Is life really short? I recently heard about a feature on a podcast. The feature was a Death Clock extension to one’s browser. Essentially, this is just a clock counting down to the date I may die. In my case, it was… Read More »Is life really ‘short’? Some thoughts on our perception of time
The Start of a Young Family Today marked one calendar month since the birth of my firstborn son. It’s been a ride so far, up and down, peaks and troughs, a blur of broken sleep and an overload of chores. The first two weeks were certainly the most challenging –… Read More »Entering Parenthood and a New Mindfulness
There is a deep-rooted idea that human life is separate to nature. It is an idea that’s become popular in many modern ways of thinking. Human Beings left the savannah and jungles long ago. The sweep of time has brought many transitions, from hunting to farming to industrialization. Now, our… Read More »Nature versus Technology – Mindfulness, Acceptance, Peace
No-self as a Concept Pretty much a decade ago, I read a book called ‘What the Buddha taught’ whilst travelling in Malaysia and the impact is still with me. While I’m not a practising Buddhist now, certain ideas have had a significant impact on my thought processes. Two notions, in… Read More »No-self : Interpretation of the Buddhist Idea of No Soul