Blaming perpetuates a cycle of anger and irritability. In contrast, we can increase our own happiness if we can stop finding fault with others, and instead encourage a climate of accountability.
Making decisions
A decision is an intervention into your own future. You can help your own decision-making ability by knowing your territory, and by knowing your priorities.
Volatility and crystallisation
There are two contrasting forces in us and in the universe. One wants us to be free and new; the other wants us to be safe and stable. Our job is to balance the two.
Protecting ourselves against uncertainty
We are evolved with alarms to detect risk. But when those alarms go into overdrive, we can stop functioning so well. How can we protect ourselves against an excessively anxious response to life?
A meditation for consciousness
Do you have trouble staying focused in the present? This is a simple, easy-to-remember meditation to gain control over our mind and find peace.
Selfishness and selflessness
The paradox of selfishness is that we are defending a self that doesn’t really exist. Once we realise the emptiness of the self, we can lose our defensiveness, and find greater peace.
