buddhism - Posts

I've already written about what I understand to be the benefits of having a better memory in the modern world. These were namely to aid us in our thin...

In the first and second parts of this series I have discussed the advantages of a memory system as well as proposed a simple technique for organising ...

For most of human history, we shared a strong belief in the supernatural. This anchored our spiritual life and helped us answer some of lives most pai...

I've discussed a number of practices that may aid in the path to enlightenment. Each of these, I believe is valuable and worthwhile to pursue; however...

We should never underestimate the power of our mind to direct and shape itself. We can do so through physical adjustments, such as bringing ourselves ...

I have already written about a practice centred on the powerful emotion of compassion. However, today I came across an interesting variation of a prac...

I recently read the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. One of the interesting ideas presented in this book was that in order to bring about personal c...

In life, things are bound to happen to us. Sometimes they are caused by our actions or inaction but, more often than not, things just happen for no ap...

I am currently reading the book 'Happiness' by Matthieu Ricard and a small exercise is presented at the end of the first chapter. The exercise is to t...

> Look within; within is the fountain of all good. Marcus Aurelius We often go about our lives in a robot-like way. We do what is prescribed by our ...