by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
My fiftieth year had come and gone, I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness,...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
What is my philosophy of life? This is not a ‘heady’ exercise involving abstractions and metaphysics, but a simple and direct clarification of the meaningful energies that direct your own unfolding. Roger Walsh suggests an exercise whereby we drop this question into...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
After a long, hard climb up a mountain a group of seekers found themselves in front of a great teacher. ‘How do we become wise?’ they ask. ‘Good choices’, replies the teacher ‘But how do we make good choices?’ ‘From experience’ ‘And how do we get experience?’ ‘Bad...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
The Buddha advocated contemplating these truths everyday: This body will grow old; I am not beyond ageing This body will become sick; I am not beyond sickness This body will die; I am not beyond death Everything near and dear to me will become separated from me Try...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 15, 2019 | News |
A Jazz saxophone player from New Orleans suffered a stroke that meant he could never play the saxophone again. His response: without that Sax in my mouth I can now sing! In the face of suffering, loss, pain and even death there are possibilities. We must simply train...
