Archive for July, 2010

Drama:Who Needs It?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The road inland from Santa Cruz, where I’m staying, is a winding highway through a mountain range. I’m getting to know both the road, and the habits of the local drivers, well.

I’ve noticed, that unlike many Australian drivers, they don’t get angry at the slow drivers in the fast lane. They don’t flash their lights, blast their horns, or ride their tails.  They just quickly and quietly change lanes, go around them and then overtake. They don’t make a fuss, but nor do they let these obstacles hold them back or distract them.   (more…)

The Thorn In Our Side

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

I met up yesterday with an old friend who I haven’t seen for 10 years. We used to live in Singapore together. We would spend our time with our kids round the pool, chatting and enjoying being with people from a whole range of different countries but funnily enough, all having the same problems.

That’s because most of our problems stem from our relationships. Our relationships are the thorn in all our sides. (more…)

All Is Not As It Seems

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

I just went to see The Karate Kid last night. It was a beautiful story of one child’s journey into spirit. He thought he was mastering kung fu as a form of self-defence, but he soon realised that was just the beginning of what he was really learning.

The boy’s kung fu teacher was a maintenance man in the apartment complex where the boy lived, and seemed to be of only modest background and education – an unlikely person, in many people’s minds, to be the conduit for such profound wisdom. But as the teacher told his young student, if you think only with your eyes, you are easily fooled! (more…)

Truth That Sets You Free

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

It is not often you come across a truly profound idea but recently I read this passage in a book called The End of Your World by Adyashanti and it has stayed with me since. It deals with what it really means when we tell the ‘truth’ :

To tell what is true within ourselves is not to tell what we think; it is not to tell our opinion. It is not to dump the garbage can of our mind onto somebody else. All of that is illusion, distortion, projection…Truth is not telling our beliefs about things. That is not truth. Those are ways we actually hide from truth.’ (more…)