L E T T E R from Jo – You Are Always Worth It
Ultimately we all want to feel connected and loved and sometimes in our pursuit of these very things, we get a little lost. Indifference or rejection is like catnip to […]
Compassion
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; How Can I Help?
‘The perfume of sandalwood,Rosebay or jasmineCannot travel against the wind. But the fragrance of virtueTravels even against the wind,As far as the ends of the world. Like garlands woven from a heap […]
L E T T E R – COMPASSION Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
It’s a volatile time on the planet right now. As we scroll through horrific images one after another, anger brews and burns, and naturally, finding an outlet for that anger […]
L E T T E R from Jo – We Have The Power
We don’t get to choose the emotions we feel but we are in charge of the responses we have to them. Love and compassion are choices that are always available […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Happy Day To You From Us
Christmas is a funny time, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s joy-filled and fun. Other years it’s a time to get together with people you may not normally see, sometimes forcefully and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Working With An Angry Person
Yesterday, I wrote about a very recent incident where I dealt with someone who was incredibly difficult, and very angry, in our Letter, The Braid Of Our Life. It was unsettling, and […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Zen Wednesday; Meals As More Than Body Nourishment
There is a Pali chant, a Buddhist chant that is often used with meals; ‘Sabe lokami Ye satah, Jivanta hara he tukumanunang, oh Jinungsabe labante mamaje tasah’ which translates as […]
L E T T E R from Jac – A Compassion That Big
Compassion is normally an outward energy isn’t it, we focus our energy in trying to ‘be’ compassionate to others. Which is really a doing, more than a Being, as it […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Using The Clues
When something great happens, I sometimes want to hold on to it just that little bit longer. I want to sink in to its delightfulness and stay a while – […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Open All Hours
Life is funny – when things are going well – and yes I hate to say it “according to plan” or at least close enough to a version of the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Cost Of Fear
The other day I had a full-blown panic attack. It’s been many, many years since I have had one. This one was strange and strangled me slowly rather than hitting me […]
L E T T E R – Zen Wednesday; The Teachings of Compassion
On Wednesday now I am going to puddle about with Zen teachings, replacing our Tao Tuesday for awhile. There are so many beautiful aspects of Zen Buddhism that I would […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Which Wolf Will You Feed
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Tao Tuesday
The Tao Te Ching states: “Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord […]
L E T T E R – KINDNESS Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Are you enjoying the Weekly Intention Setting? Is it helpful or inspiring new ways of thinking and being? I recommend journaling and documenting what you discover throughout the week too. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – The Well Of Water Within
Buddhist nun Pema Chodron speaks beautiful about the fact that we all have a well of fresh spring water within each of us, and we just need to tap into […]
L E T T E R – INTEGRITY Intention Setting For The Week Ahead
Integrity was once beautifully described to me as doing the right thing even if no one was looking. I feel very strongly that in the digital age this concept is […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Mastery Of Life
We can ask, how can I bring myself, to the fullest, to this moment? It will require presence. Fullness is expansive. We can ask, how can I apply my creativity […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Watering My Grass
How many times have I looked “over there” at the green grass wishing it was under my feet? Too many to count. The idea that I’d be great over there, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Where Are We Blocking Compassion
I raised this in our Tea Ceremony and Meditation Gathering last Saturday because someone asked it of me awhile ago and it really stuck with me. “How many times have you walked past someone […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Little Buddha’s
The Buddha spoke that every being has the capacity for enlightenment and as everything is connected, every single being has the connection to Buddha nature. Buddha nature I view as […]
L E T T E R – Wise Choices
A little list of things I would recommend if you’re stuck making choices at the moment. It’s a big time of year for choices, and they should be bold ones. […]
L E T T E R – The First Day Of 2019
It’s the first day of 2019. If you woke today bright and alive, brilliant. If you woke hungover as hell and in shame spiral, or perhaps like I used to […]
L E T T E R – Expanding Our Consciousness
Consciousness is defined in so many different ways, sometimes as a state of awareness, or the quality of that awareness. Sometimes as a life force that flows through everything, as ki or […]
L E T T E R – Shadow and Light
When living a conscious life, it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. People sometimes think that they can walk a conscious spiritual path, and become immune to all life has to […]
L E T T E R – The Broad Aspect to Consciousness
What’s fascinating about consciousness is that it’s hard to describe, hard to quantify and yet everyone wants more of it. More and more people are referring to consciousness and how […]
L E T T E R – Working With Fear Part 3; Overwhelm
If you haven’t read the first and second part of this Letter series, you can check Part 1 and Part 2. It was raised at our Gathering that fear and […]
L E T T E R – A Net Free Bird
The only thing we are really trapped by is our thinking mind, with its limitations and prejudices and biases that we continue to live through. Studies have shown that 95% […]
L E T T E R – We Are All Judgemental Assholes
We can’t help it a lot of the time. It’s automatic. Our egos are constantly sizing everything up against that which we have experienced in the past. It never involves […]
L E T T E R – There’s Always Something Better Happening
For our recent India Retreat, I had it all mapped out. Tightly organised, planned to within an inch of its life. I could breath when it was finally all taken […]
L E T T E R – The Material World
A student messaged me last week saying she felt disgusted with herself and angry, as she still longed to buy beautiful clothes and have beautiful things. I popped it up […]
L E T T E R – Self Acceptance
This Letter today stems from the Letter I wrote to you a few days back, What Might You Be If You Just Let Go. The inside-out philosophy is that what’s […]
L E T T E R – The Way
Firstly I would like to thank all of you that send me the most heartfelt and beautiful notes of gratitude and your stories. I wish I could reply to them […]
L E T T E R – What Is Compassion Actually
As I referenced the Dalai Lama yesterday, I thought it might be nice to kick off today’s letter with a quote from him and also study one of his key […]