I’m sure many people enjoyed an outrageous weekend. Going to a strip club, drinking too much, behaving outrageously and then getting banned from ever returning. That sort of thing. My version involved almost getting banned from Wikipedia. Technically I’d broken a fundamental Wikipedia rule, reverting an article three times. Since I’m absolutely passionate about the… Continue reading A Wikipedia ban and the wisdom of a 5-year old
Category: Wood (Spiritual)
Motivating ourselves, success and doing.
So many of us don’t do all the things we feel we should. Dreams deferred, out of control todo lists, promises to learn this, do that, frustration at our inactivity, looked back upon years later with a sense of regret and wasted opportunity. The being/doing balance is a tough one for us as humans to… Continue reading Motivating ourselves, success and doing.
Elements of Health – raw bliss
This weekend I attended Elements of Health, a 2-day Raw Food Course. Urban Sprout‘s turbosprout also recently attended the course, and you can read their review here. Facilitated by Peter and Beryn, two experienced raw food vegan chefs, the course was lots of fun. Peter has a similar presentation style to David Wolfe, ie great… Continue reading Elements of Health – raw bliss
Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old
Having a child is a great lesson in mindfulness, and living in the moment. Dorje’s mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplane, yeeeoooowwwww, crash, into the mountain. Jump, the plane’s on fire!!! Don’t worry, here comes the fire engine, bee baw, bee baw… My mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplan… damn, he’s putting his feet on… Continue reading Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old
Time to go cold turkey – no more news
For a long time I’ve been resisting the advice to stop reading news. The advice comes from so many different sources. From Andrew Weil, in his book “8 Weeks to Optimum Health”. I do not want you to become uninformed about the state of the world, but I note that paying attention to news commonly… Continue reading Time to go cold turkey – no more news
Happy People Dancing
Dancing is the source of the cycle of creation and destruction. Or at least a lot of fun and something we should all be doing much more regularly. Here’s someone who literally danced his way around the world. As the source I got it from implied, if you don’t smile when watching this, you need… Continue reading Happy People Dancing
Some thoughts on leadership
Lao Tzu, according to Tony Benn at least, said that the best leaders are those who are never noticed. Those who are praised follow, then those who are despised, with those who are feared at the bottom. A related Zen saying is that a teacher’s work is only done when the student has bettered the… Continue reading Some thoughts on leadership
Why do YOU need a detox?
Recently I undertook a 10-day detox. Facilitated by a yoga teacher, and wife of one of the Ethical Co-op members, I was drawn to it after my colleague’s tales of his wife’s boundless energy. “I want some of that”, I thought. Besides the obvious what does the detox consist of?, I’ve had two common questions… Continue reading Why do YOU need a detox?
Manifestation of our humanity
It’s been wonderful to see the reaction of many to the recent attacks. In my local community, the nearby Observatory Methodist church quickly swelled from supporting 80 people, to supporting 300 people. Many of the first batch were Somalian, who later moved to a mosque in Salt River. The next batch of people were mostly… Continue reading Manifestation of our humanity
Blame alone is not enough to address the violence.
I am immensely sad at the violence taking place in our country right now. Many of the responses too have left me saddened. When what’s needed is help, all round, so much poison has come up. Much of the response has simply been blame, spoken or written in anger, without any compassion for those involved.… Continue reading Blame alone is not enough to address the violence.