In his memoirs, Chairman Mao referenced an incident from his childhood which is incredibly instructive for us all, and one he seems to have woefully overlooked in his destructive rise to power. Find an upcoming course When he was a wee lad, young Mao’s mother had a garden which was the pride of the province. […]
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Here we are in the glories of India, taking a break after what has been a ridiculously busy year. It feels like we’ve rolled all our weekends into one extended break and our bodies are singing in thanks. This brings us nicely to the subject of dynamic rest. At least one of our newsletters has
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I had the great pleasure of being invited to dinner by one of our meditators and he took me to the very refined confines of the Bombay Brasserie. For all those who haven’t frequented this well healed Kensington establishment, space is certainly at its most generous here with widely spaced tables, perfect when you wish
As anticipated, June was an especially eventful month. What was perhaps less anticipated by most was the almost unbroken sunshine, the broken World Cup dreams and of course, the antics of Luis Suarez. Some may argue the latter two didn’t come as a huge surprise but the sight of the Uruguayan sinking his gnashers into
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I had the great joy of catching up with our dear friend and student Jasper recently as I was in his neck of the woods and so he suggested we lunch at this highly rated restaurant on the Thames waterfront. A very cute and unassuming place with barely ten tables to dine on, this little
A yummy place to eat: Riverside Vegetaria, Kingston Upon Thames Read More »
I was at a talk recently and the subject of dreams popped up. Dreams as in our personal goals, our aspirations, our future hopes. This was followed by some lively discussion about the validity of identifying our dreams and the natural inclination to wish to follow them. On the one hand was the encouragement for
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We will begin at the end, and that is with enlightenment and yet, that is also the beginning, because from the Beeja perspective, that is what we are driven to search for (often unwittingly) in our lives, hence our continual, and often dissatisfying pursuit of sustained happiness. We are constantly chasing rainbows when in actual
Of diamonds and spinach … our journey to enlightenment Read More »
Here at meditation towers, we are so busy with the completion of the epic digital tome that is our new website, I thought the subject of procrastination would be a good subject to broach in the time I have to write this before my train reaches its final destination! Find an upcoming course It is
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I hope you’re all travelling nicely. Lots of cool things happening behind the scenes here at meditation towers which hopefully we’ll be able to update you on next month. Up until yesterday I had a complete blank about what I was going to write about this month. Usually I’m filled with an abundance of ideas
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Greetings one and all. After a refreshing Christmas break it was great to be back teaching again. One of the recurring themes of the last month has been people’s attention to weight issues and a general dissatisfaction with December’s waistline developments! So we thought we should address it with a few eye opening ideas about
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