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How Do You Score Your Own Flexibility of Mind?

Monday, May 24th, 2010

There’s a saying with racing driving that if the two cars in front of you crash the best thing to do is to drive in the place where they are hitting each other because by the time you get there that’s the only plave they won’t be.

How is it with you also when you quite sensibly plan something in advance but then there a signals and suggestions – are moods, thoughts and circumstances change – that maybe it is no longer the right thing to do?

The “Jam Tomorrow” Entrepreneur

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

When I was training to be self-employed, and attending weekend seminars on the subject, there was a particular philosophy that was presented by the host; that of “Jam tomorrow”. In any kind of investment situation, whether it be of investing money, or time, there might have to be a period in which the ‘good things’ in life are foregone, at least for a period of time.

Walking On The Earth

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

It has been said that to feel the earth under your feet is to reconnect with nature, and is a very soul-replenishing, healthy, positive and rejuvenating experience. It is certainly natural, and while the right choice for all such things is whether you would really like to or not, it might be the sign of a return to self and a remembering of the basic passions and desires that lie within us to choose to do so; the continued ability to play naturally and find joy effortlessly.

Nothing is Constant Except Change AND The Witness

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

If you count change as a constant, there are actually two things that are constant in life – change, and The Witness. We can think of The Witness as or our ever-present sense of self-awareness or self-knowing – our very beingness, suchness, or unqualified consciousness; the constant awareness that “I am”, whatever else may be happening.

Attachment and Conditional Love Go Hand in Hand

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Have you noticed how love starts as a blossoming flower, fully expressive, radiant and open, and often moves away from that, as expectations replace invitations, creativity dissolves into habit, and fear of loss replaces desire? Attachment, and Conditional Love, which is really Neediness by a more generous name, are pretty much the same thing, or at least the one causes the other.

How Can You Speed Up Charisma?

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Someone has placed a comment on the YouTube site under John’s video clip on Charisma, which explains the act of uncovering one’s natural charismatic self, asking if there is any way you can speed that process up? The answer is, yes, there is.

Witnessing Self-Awareness and Emotional Mastery

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

When I realised also that my emotions often changed with the same kind of frequency, from dull to bright and back again, I realised also that in addition to any exercises I may do to embrace my emotion and get to the bottom of it to find it’s ‘gifts’, I didn’t either need to see the emotions as any kind of permanent negatives in themselves.

Living in the Moment – In All Four Seasons

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

The Summer has gone, and for some that can be a big loss. But unless you intend to chase the sun round the world – a valid option in itself – then learning to live in the moment must include enjoying all four of the seasons.

Better Out Than In – The Art of The Freedom to Cry

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

It would be anecdotal, and is certainly speculative on my part, but I would guess that the prevalence of diseases such as cancer is slightly higher among those who don’t allow themselves to cry when they feel the need to do so, compared to those who do. Cancer and what else? Depression? Heart disease? Relationship difficulties or breakdown? Entropy? We have developed a society which isn’t really comfortable with the idea of people – adults – crying, and particularly men.