L E T T E R from Jac – The Workings of Consciousness
Moving into higher states of consciousness means that we can have deeper relationships, are calmer and centered, are less involved […]
Moving into higher states of consciousness means that we can have deeper relationships, are calmer and centered, are less involved […]
It’s a volatile time on the planet right now. As we scroll through horrific images one after another, anger brews […]
Each of us has a unique set of codes within us, that are our little teachings, a personal gift from […]
There’s so much preaching in spirituality and self-development, and far too much ego. We can use people as little points […]
When we meditate, we begin to understand and become aware of the layers of ideas and thoughts we have about […]
There are so many ways in which self-sabotage presents, and I could literally spend a year’s worth of Letters writing […]
Ram Dass here points out something students talk about so often with me, “We have built a whole ego structure about […]
‘Fudoshin’ is a Japanese term used in Zen frequently, which means an unshakeable will, utter determination, the mindset of a […]
We are so good most of the time at looking back, and admitting, sometimes admiringly, that everything was for the […]
On Wednesday now I am going to puddle about with Zen teachings, replacing our Tao Tuesday for awhile. There are […]
This week whilst we appear to be crushing on the words of David Whyte, let me share one of my […]
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the […]
Comparison is indeed the thief of joy. When we start to compare we are under the illusion that it’s a […]
I sometimes look at my dogs, sleeping away in the sun and think; nice for some. It can be nice […]
Our memories fail us all the time. Layer in that we miss things all the time also. We have deep attention […]
Something I am addressing at the moment is Truth. Join me!! Things to look into this week: Where are we […]
This is going to be a gritty one! Once we realise how many lies we tell ourselves, let alone others, […]
I really enjoyed Jill Soloway’s book She Wants It, and so highly recommend it. In particular, her honesty was so […]
This translation is by Stephen Mitchell of Chapter 44 of the Tao Te Ching, that we can really saturate in. […]
At The Broad Place, we advocate study and reading all the time. However, if the study is not taken into […]
This week, let’s together place our awareness and our attention on Kindness. We can amplify kindness in the world if […]
Maharishi used to teach that there were three very important things to living a high-grade life that I’ll abridge here: […]
When it comes to spiritual growth, self-development and our active evolving, it can get tricky at times. Sometimes what we want […]
I’m writing this letter for anyone who has ever found themselves caught in the perfectionist loop, the spiral of Instagram […]
There is a part of all of us that wants to stay small, it is afraid to reach our personal optimum […]
Our beliefs define us. Like scratches and smudges on a pair of sunglasses that we have become so used to […]
I raised this in our Tea Ceremony and Meditation Gathering last Saturday because someone asked it of me awhile ago and it really stuck […]
The Buddha spoke that every being has the capacity for enlightenment and as everything is connected, every single being has […]
In Zen, the tensho is the monastery cook. Every moment, every meal is seen as an opportunity to experience truth, […]
Why is our personal purpose so hard to define for most of us? It took me decades to figure it […]
I had a really interesting conversation the other day with a long term meditator who had become disillusioned with spirituality, […]
Conscious and Patient are not two words I have always been excellent at embodying in my life. I have been […]
It’s so much easier to look at someone close to us and see their flaws. Their unrealistic nature in certain […]
Consciousness is defined in so many different ways, sometimes as a state of awareness, or the quality of that awareness. Sometimes as […]
We are so good most of the time at looking back, and admitting, sometimes admiringly, that everything was for the […]
I often ponder why it’s so hard to follow our hearts and even harder sometimes to hear what they have […]
This quote is for me literally something to live by ‘Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything […]
I had a catch up the other day with someone and it was like I was in overdrive. I left […]
Having a teenage daughter, the essence of telling the truth is really up in our grill at the moment. And […]
Authentic and inspired educational teachers, spiritual teachers, coaches, and mentors have so much to offer us. Yet they are not […]
When we are learning anything, there are usually concepts involved. We want to be sure to understand them, to test them and to find our truth within them. When we become governed by the concept over the truth though, we are bound by it. Our learning will […]
Something happens to us that causes upset. We stew and sulk and can’t help but tell people about it. With […]