Trying to Describe The Meditation Experience
In ‘A Book For A Change’ I try to describe some of my meditative experiences. It’s incredibly difficult. There simply are not words (at least, not in my vocabulary) that can adequately convey such...
Category: Meditation
Delta Waves, Your Brain & Your Inner Peace
It’s been a massively lovely learning weekend for me. I’ve been to a neuroscience conference in London to get the latest information about amygdala depotentiation and delta waves. And I’ve gained some wonderful insights...
Decision-Making Strategy for Xmas Trees and Life
Picking a tree Just before Christmas, we went to get a tree to decorate from the local garden centre. On the way in, I passed a man and boy sifting through all the trees....
The Physiological Effects of Mindful Meditation in an Emergency
Spending time with a loved one in an accident and emergency room is a hairy experience. He was suffering from chest pains that wouldn’t go away, and I was there for support. While we...
Just Chilling – Cool Vibes & Entrainment
Just chilling in the sunshine in a beautiful pub garden at the edge of the Mendips listening to the cool vibes of some jazz funk – that’s where you’d have found me Saturday afternoon....
Ever Do Something You Don’t Want To?
Do you ever do something you don’t want to do? You’ve been asked to do something for someone else, but you just don’t feel like going? Today was one of those occasions for me....
Does meditation make you a better person?
Does meditation make you a better person? A kind person posted a newspaper article through my door this week. The headline shouted in the negative: “Study finds meditating will not make you a better...
MEDITATION AND THOUGHTS
I was listening to an expert talking about the myths of meditation – the first being that you clear all thoughts from your mind. Duh! We have 60-80,000 thoughts a day. Jeez, no wonder...
FEAR AND STRESS – FUD AND FOMO
There seems to be a lot of fear about. Recently, I’ve learned two new terms: FUD meaning Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt; and FOMO meaning Fear Of Missing Out. It seems as if our lives...
INEXTRICABLY BOUND – WHAT YOU DO MAKES AN IMPACT
I was standing in the dark on the deck of an ancient tall ship, a small one, but a tall one nevertheless. I had been at sea for about two months, working my passage...