How Meditation helps to increase our Baseline Happiness
Happiness, the elusive fleeting sensation that seems to have a lot of adults chasing our tails in pursuit of. A sensation that is achieved via a temporary external situation that stimulates a sense of happiness. You know, we just fill in the blank; I am or will be happy when (____________), let me throw up […]
Reverence and its place in society
For a long time reverence was a word that had disappeared from my vocabulary and think it is safe to say that’s the case for most of the western world culture. With one huge exception. Reverence for $$$$$$, or what it can buy. The mighty god, M&M, Money & Materials. That which we devote the […]
Fight or Flight.. The dilemma of the modern mind
Got a question for you, can you imagine trying to run the latest games, apps and software on some of the earliest computers? What do you reckon would happen? Yep, not much, the machine would be overworked to even load the app/game etc and probably get sent to the cyberspace graveyard in no time. And […]
Don’t Fake it till you make it… Your just in training
Don’t know about you, but the saying “fake it till you make it” doesn’t sit well with me. I know, I know, it’s just a saying but what do you think of when I say the word “fake”? Yeah, same here, it’s not a positive thought that springs to mind. If we look at the […]
Meditation is not a magic bullet
Let’s face it, for a lot of us, we’re driven to practices such as meditation in search for something that seems to be missing, fix something we feel is wrong with us, a challenge that we want to correct or areas requiring improvement. Now if that is not you and you are just “curios” about […]
Ahh I am having a busy meditation…
So I tried meditation and I found that my mind was way too busy. Aha, yep we’ve all been there, in fact, I was on a recent call with a mew meditator recently who said: Sometimes my meditation feels more like my shopping and to do lists… Now before we dig into that, here are a […]
The Cold Lonely Wave Of Depression
As surfers on the east coast of Aus we can find ourselves mid summer wearing steamers, days where the sand could fry and egg, yet thanks to howling northerlies the ocean which is normally a balmy 26 – 28 degrees has been swapped with chilling cold waters (at least for us used to above mentioned […]
MEDITATION FOR STRESS
Are you feeling frazzled & need help to cope with the ongoing anxieties of life in the often turbulent 21st century? Stress is a result of overstimulation of our ‘fight or flight’ reaction in dealing with these anxieties. Stress can and does affect practically every aspect of our lives, from relationships, careers, & our sleep. […]
MEDITATION FOR DEPRESSION
Unlike other illnesses or disorders, there is no simple explanation as to what causes depression. In general, depression can be due to a number of factors including stresses which can range from mild to severe, combined with vulnerability or predisposition to depression that can result from biological, genetic or psychological factors. Each type of depression […]