It is time to be with the cow. You may recall a blog back in the eons of time in which I told the story of how my teacher sent me to spend the day in a field with a cow. It was a long and a hot day , filled with many one sided… Continue reading The Answer Lies Within
Category: meditation
Why Meditate? Part 3 – Focus
Have you ever used a garden hose? If not go and find one after you have read this blog. When you water your garden or wash your car with a garden hose you can turn the end nozzle to vary the way that the water flows from the end. If you close it down the… Continue reading Why Meditate? Part 3 – Focus
Why Meditate? Part 2 – Stress
Are You Stressed? Stress is a modern buzz word and although stress is real people often use the word to mean that they are busy, perhaps even very busy. It is rather like when people describe a common cold as ‘the flu’. But, it is true that stress is real and the more that we… Continue reading Why Meditate? Part 2 – Stress
Why Meditate? Part 1 – Silence
My wife, Rie, recently completed ten days of silence on a Vipassana meditation retreat. Upon her return she was met with a variety of responses. There were those that saw her as a hero who had survived some great ordeal, those that saw her as an idiot and were in total disbelief as to why… Continue reading Why Meditate? Part 1 – Silence