Is silence a skill? Is it an art? Or is it just the natural flow of being deeply content, not needing anything more? Nicholas Sparks writes in The Notebook: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the great teachers. But you could also choose to turn it … Continue reading This has taken a lifetime to learn…
There is wisdom in you! Have you ever had a feeling, deep in your gut, that you knew something to be true, even without logic or explanation? Perhaps a moment of sudden clarity or a powerful intuition that guided you in the right direction? That, my friend, is the voice of your inner wisdom whispering … Continue reading You’ll remember what you are… and that there are things you know… always knew.
We live in a world obsessed with action. A desperate need to always be seen “doing”, and yet our constant busy-ness seems to primarily result in “never enough”. Never enough time, never enough money, never enough acceptance, never enough stuff. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all … Continue reading Without wisdom, our compulsion to “do” re-creates the same old problems again and again…
Sunday meditations are an opportunity to come together, simply to share in a silent space. Jaya John's work doesn't speak much about meditation or silence, but this quote points right in the direction of finding the kind of stillness that we can call home: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Peace knows where you live, but it will only find you there if you are in fact home.
Sundays invite us into a different rhythm, one that honors silence over noise, stillness over constant motion. Regular meditation practice introduces us to a lifelong companion who offers unwavering support and endless depths to explore. This isn't a relationship that requires introductions or carefully crafted small talk. This friend is you - the authentic, unfiltered … Continue reading The friend that you’re gradually coming to know, is YOU.
Words can be beautiful tools, painting vibrant landscapes of imagination and sharing the whispers of the heart. Yet, some truths dance just beyond the grasp of words, like moonlight on water, shimmering and elusive. Lao Tzu, the ancient philosopher, understood this dance intimately. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading Trying to describe the indescribable…
Imagine life as a giant radio dial, buzzing with frequencies. Each station offers a unique experience, a specific lens through which you perceive the world. But unlike a physical dial, you have the power to choose your vibration – to tune into a consciousness that shapes your reality in remarkable ways. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading The level of consciousness you tune into, determines your experience of the world.
Imagine for a moment the scene of commuting to and from work every day in a noisy train car. Looking around you, you can see how the train is crammed with anxieties, doubts, and the echoes of others' opinions - this is a screenshot of the reality of what we’re surrounded by day after day. … Continue reading Almost as if we’ve been carrying with us a bunch of noisy passengers all along…
Do you create the space to spend time in your own silence? And what benefit does spending time in stillness have? Can this benefit be described? Our teacher for this week has been Eckhart Tolle, and we'll have a look at how he describes what it is we find in silence: "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading The infinitely creative womb of all existence.
I clearly remember waking up on a Sunday morning in 2022 wanting to use Thich Nhat Hanh's work for the morning meditation. After powering up my PC I did a search on his name, and right on top of the search results was the news that Thich Nhat Hanh had just passed away. "Your Daily … Continue reading Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.
Today’s journey starts with a thought from Jiddu Kirshnamurti, "The ability to observe without evaluating, is the highest form of intelligence." - Jiddu Krishnamurti Have you ever paused to reflect on how quickly we tend to judge - not just others, but ourselves, events, and even fleeting thoughts? This innate compulsion to label things as … Continue reading This is the highest form of human intelligence!
When we subject ourselves to silence again and again, to the point of complete surrender, there is a softening that happens. Inside of this space of silence we have no need for any of our old patterns, our old habits, the old armour or masks and by repeatedly experiencing the absence of these habits we … Continue reading Allow the rawness of your true strength to be revealed to you.
Imagine… stepping beyond the buzzing hive of thoughts, anxieties, and to-do lists. Beyond the judgments, doubts, and endless noise of the "doing" mind. There, in the hushed space between breaths, lies a field. Not a field of grass or wildflowers, but a field of pure potentiality, of unbridled connection, of a love whispered in the … Continue reading Beyond Words: This field can only be found with the heart.
In today’s meditation we journey together into the transformative process of self-discovery, guided by the wisdom of five powerful quotes that illuminate a path to understanding, and inner peace. What story do these quotes tell? Together, they form a roadmap to silence, urging us to turn inward and find within ourselves the answers we seek. … Continue reading This fire will not burn you, but it will burn everything that you are not.
We live in a world that is constantly buzzing. Between notifications, deadlines, and endless to-do lists, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Amidst this chaos, the idea of embracing silence might seem alien or even intimidating. Yet, silence holds a transformative power - one that connects us to our deepest selves, to the soul that often … Continue reading Seeing YOU through the eyes of your soul.
You probably know that on Sunday mornings we do a silent meditation, just a circle of people who get together to be in silence together. I love the simplicity, and the connection. In our fast paced world, silence is a rare and precious commodity. The constant barrage of information, the incessant chatter of our minds, … Continue reading See the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
In a world that constantly demands our attention, action, and achievement, there exists a sanctuary that few have come to know. Meditation is far more than a trendy wellness practice or simple relaxation technique. It represents a pilgrimage inward, a journey to the sacred sanctuary that exists within each of us. In this inner space, … Continue reading Deeply surrendering to this human experience is where you’ll find your soul.
Sunday morning meditations are reserved for silence. I love the idea of us getting together and being able to just slip into a silent space together. In our perpetually connected, endlessly buzzing world, silence has become a rare commodity. We fill every moment with podcasts, notifications, and conversations, afraid of what we might discover in … Continue reading Your inner GPS guiding you to true north.
A thought on meditation... I have seen countless lives change with this one choice - "the decision that meditation will be my new normal." Like getting up in the morning and automatically brushing your teeth, making meditation a part of your day every day, will change how you live your life. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation…
While we have a guided meditation every day of the week, on Sundays the meditation is just quiet. Just you sitting with your own silence, and knowing that all of us are sitting in our own silence along with you. "It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet … Continue reading You ARE the voice of wisdom.
A silent meditation for today......... In meditation and other mindfulness practices we often hear the term, “quiet the mind”. This may create the impression that we should somehow be able to just shut down our thoughts which of course sets us up for failure before we’ve even started, because shutting down the thinking in that … Continue reading You ARE the universe experiencing itself.
Welcome to the practice of silence... Take a moment out of your day and come and sit with us in a circle of silence. You don't have to complete the whole meditation, just come and sit with us for as long as it feels useful to you... "Solitude is for me a fount of healing … Continue reading The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Are you stuck in what you know? It may sound like a weird question at first, but it cuts to the heart of why so many of us find ourselves recreating the same patterns, relationships, and outcomes year after year. Iyanla Vanzant shines some light on the importance of this question - "Your Daily Dose" … Continue reading Are you stuck in what you know?
We are always creating! We were created to create and therefore we create by default, through our thoughts, choices, and actions. The real question isn't whether you're creating - it's whether you're creating from your highest potential or from a place of limitation. What is it that prevents us from creating at our highest potential? … Continue reading What is holding you back?
A regular practice of silence is like medicine, and the long term healing properties of meditation are becoming increasingly clear through modern science. Recently, meditation researchers have investigated how meditation impacts what is called the brain's default mode network (DMN), which includes the self-talk that constantly chatters in the background as you go about your … Continue reading A study on negative self-talk.
Surrender is always a bit of a tricky subject to get one's head around, and most often the ideas of “surrender”, “being present” and even “meditation” elicit the image of floating around in a state of bliss, removed from life's problems. Matt Kahn does a great job describing the difference between resisting life and surrendering … Continue reading Become a willing participant in your life.
Light is everywhere. It gives us vision, keeps us warm, and facilitates life. Light is even responsible for developments in communications technology, the internet, and space travel. However, light is not just a physical concept. It is a central theme used throughout scripture to literally and metaphorically describe spiritual concepts. "Your Daily Dose" is a … Continue reading Do you know yourself as light?
Have you ever been able to find a profound sense of peace and tranquility amidst the chaos of life? Perhaps it was during a solitary walk in nature, a quiet moment of reflection, or a deep meditation. A moment of pure stillness where the world seems to fade away, leaving you alone with your thoughts … Continue reading Where there is nothing, there can only be God.
Our subconscious holds what I like to call a "recording" of the past. Our whole body understands this recording as “truth”, because these are the things that, in fact, we lived through. And so like a well-worn record, the meaning we’ve made in the past - the dots we’ve connected subconsciously - are played on … Continue reading You can train your brain to support your NEW beliefs.
Anita Moorjani has been our teacher this week and I hope you’ll do yourself the favour of searching her name on YouTube and listening to some interviews with her. She reminds us that we are not defined by our bodies, our accomplishments, or our possessions. Instead, we are interconnected with all of existence. This realization … Continue reading The greatest truths of the Universe lie deep within us.
