Recovering from backsliding

At the beginning of the year, I made a promise to myself that this was going to be the year that I stopped taking my good health for granted and made more of an effort to take care of my body. I joined the gym and was going 2-3 times a week, as well as [...]

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Meditation observations

As I’ve been meditating for almost a month, I can draw some conclusions and observations from the practice and how it is becoming integrated into my daily life.

Photo by Nick Russill

I look forward to the mornings
When the alarm goes off I am happy to get up as I know the first activity of the day [...]

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Dedication to Meditation – days 16-24

I have kept up with the morning meditations all week, getting up that bit earlier has become incorporated into my morning routine which helps. I do seem to have a lot a mental clutter at the moment though. Sometimes a great idea or realisation comes to me during the sessions, and it’s hard to let [...]

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Religion is the opiate of the people. Discuss.

I came across a provocative article the other day by Steve Pavlina, called 10 reasons why you should never have a religion. It probably won’t surprise anyone when I say that I’m not really big on organised religion in general, however when people bash others’ faiths I have a bit of a problem with that too [...]

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Confessions of a self-help junkie

On Saturday, while polluting the environment on a 180-mile round trip to Nottingham for my monthly OU tutorial, I popped in to see my folks.
I have been moved out almost a year now, but it still seems that every time I visit, I bring back a bag of “stuff”. A lot of that stuff finds [...]

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