I am sitting on the couch in my new (old) house, after having spent the last few days moving. Life has been a whirlwind. I was in Canada for a 4- week holiday with my kids, flew home to Ireland, spent two days re-acclimatising before I flew to Scotland, where I spent 5 days teaching…
Often times, when I am teaching or when I am speaking with someone about practicing mindfulness, I hear the phrase ‘Maybe when things quieten down, I will have more time to meditate’. However, the irony is that it is when we are most ‘busy’ in our minds that our practice is most important. Also, there…
I am currently en route after having spent the last 3 ½ weeks at my cabin in northern Canada. Yesterday, I locked up the summer home that has been my refuge for the last 40 years and drove 880km down to my parents’ home just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where I will be flying home…
As I mentioned last week, I am currently at my cabin in the north of Canada; moreover, I have been sharing space with a lot of people in a small house. My cabin is an 800 square foot wooden structure with three bedrooms, 4 teenagers, a set of grandparents, my brother and myself. Things are,…
It’s early morning and I am enjoying my coffee in the great Boreal forest of Canada: a forest that spans across much of Canada, all the way from Labrador to the Rocky Mountains. It includes many lakes and rivers and is made up of Aspen, Birch and Spruce and other coniferous trees. However, most impressively,…
Warm greetings to you all! What do they say about travelling? It’s not about the destination, but the journey itself. Well, I am mid journey. I am on my way to the far reaches of Northern Canada and my cabin, where I hope to enjoy some downtime after our hugely successful Summer Conference! Funny, when…
They are like a lasting kiss, our sounds, when they are tender. How else would I want to speak to you except in a way that unfolds your curves, rolls you out like a heirloom tapestry across a rare sky? You have an important story to tell. It is like mine. Yours is nearly complete.…
Living with uncertainty has been a bit of a theme for me this year. There have been all sorts of changes taking place around and within me, with one of the biggest changes about to happen- a house move. As you can imagine, there have been all sorts of worries and frettings happening about, as…
Over the past year, I have come to really love the practice of Tonglen. Only, I don’t do it so much when I am doing my sitting practice, rather I have been doing Tonglen on the spot. So, as I have mentioned in past posts, Tonglen is the Buddhist practice of Taking and Sending. A…
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