“The cave & marketplace are two images to play with to get the feeling of how to really be in the inner world and really in the outer world, and to be able to do both properly. This way we can be in the world but not of the world, participating but not entangled” Dear […]
“If I understand freedom of awareness then gives freedom of choice, then I understand that I myself and am the creative agent that lies between the freedom of my awareness, and the current limitation of my life” Dear Integral Meditators, One of the great pleasures of meditation is the discovery that, wherever you are […]
“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working.” – Henri Matisse Dear Integral Meditators, “Productivity” is a word that always needs to be held in context to do well in my opinion. In this weeks article I explore seven mindful positions to improve your work and creative output (for me work and creativity are […]
“Imagine you are a tree with deep roots. When wind, rain and storms come, your branches get blown around, but you don’t worry, because the strength of your roots is more than capable of dealing with the stress. You can even enjoy the play of the weather and the extremity of it. Being more present […]
Dear Integral Meditators, This week’s article that aims to use playful techniques to build different but complementary dimensions of our inner strength. Enjoy! The themes in the article are some that we will be exploring in this weeks Tuesday & Wednesday class. You are welcome to join us at both events, either live or online. In the spirit […]
“Envisioning involves visualizing with hope, optimism and appropriate ambition a goal that you want to achieve in the future, being specific about what it looks like” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores how to combine future, present and timeless presence into a complementary, mutually supporting practice. If you enjoy it, it will be the subject of […]
“With working samadhi, all our actions an expression in one form or another of the confidence, generosity & compassion that arises from meditative presence in action” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores a practice called ‘Working Samadhi’ which for me is one of the most compelling ideas in meditation! If you enjoy it then […]
“On a simple level, the aim of meditation is to turn your everyday experience from this ‘PASTpresentFUTURE’ into this ‘pastPRESENTfuture’.” Dear <<First Name>>, This weeks article explores how you can make your body a pillar of presence in meditation. It is a subject we will explore in this Tuesday and Wednesday evenings meditation session, you’d be welcome, […]
“When we build competency at ‘conscious hopelessness’, we can then move consciously back to how we approach hope and fear in our life, and seek to do them a better.” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article is on a meditation technique I’ve enjoyed over the years, and that invites both resilience, peace and insight. If […]
“Let the light rays of your thoughts re-absorb back into your sun-like mind, and rest in that sense of wholeness and integration” Dear Integral Meditators, This weeks article explores a method I was taught many years ago by my Tibetan teacher as a way of resting on you primal mind or primal awareness. If you […]
