Articles

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.