Practice: Developing observational and attentional skills

Practice: Developing observational and attentional skills

Observation without evaluation “You can learn a lot just by watching” – Yogi Berra What happens when we observe something without evaluating it? The primary way we ‘know’ something is pre-conceptual – it comes before thoughts and ideas. The normal way we process...
The art of attention: How we create our experience

The art of attention: How we create our experience

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein Whether we experience our life as a miracle or not depends on the way in which we attend to our lives. What we pay...
The perception of possibility

The perception of possibility

A story is told of a group of blind men who heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: “We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are...
The mind is a place of its own: from problems to paradise

The mind is a place of its own: from problems to paradise

There is middle eastern story about a man who is very unhappy because his family are oppressing him. His wife constantly torments him. His children annoy and hassle him. He feels hard done by and thinks it is time he went away in search of heaven. After searching for...