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⭐️ The perfect portrait of Buddha – the art of the Ajanta caves ⭐️
I found this image ages ago in one of Nat Geo magazines, I think! It was with me and inspired my practice for years. The serene, soft gaze of Buddha guided me in my quest for inner peace, compassion and … Continue reading
✨Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) 💖
I am about 15 years late to the party 🙂 but I finally watched “House”. I am a massive medical show fan but the obnoxiousness of the main character kept me from watching it for a while. I loved the … Continue reading
New practice — a sensory deprivation tank
As you know, I love trying new practices that allow me to prod my unconscious 🙂 While researching next practice to try, I learned that FloatWorks offer floating in a sensory deprivation tank in London and I dived straight in 🙂 … Continue reading
A year later: what psilocybin taught me
Source: The UK Psychedelic Society. On September 28th, it was a year after my psilocybin ceremony. I celebrated by rewatching The Mind Explorers, buying an LED mushroom lamp from Ikea 🙂 and thinking about what I continue learning a year … Continue reading
New practice: love the season you hate
Source: Tricycle The onset (onslaught) of the austere British autumn with its chills, wool layers and mandatory cold (or in my case sinusitis) reminded me that I am not a big fan of winter. I love spring which is filled … Continue reading
Make art even if it sucks — Hitrecord ‘Death’ remix
Making art is something I have missed when I was busy. In my archives I dug out this cheery 🙂 short film that I remixed using rewfoe (Hitrecord user) imagery . Perhaps I should return to creating there, there is … Continue reading
Chicken Ryaba, Buddhism and emptiness — an interpretation of an old Russian folk tale
As one of their first fairy tales, children in the Russian speaking countries used to get told an old Russian folk tale about Kurochka (Chicken) Ryaba. It is a very simple story (see below*) that is not so simple once … Continue reading
The allure of unrequited love, or why we fall for unavailable people #crush
To all love addicts out there…
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Art therapy — a piece of summer
I wanted a memento of summer for dark winter days. I did some research and found this Lego idea on internet. In retrospect I could have knit it rather than use plastic but here we are. Art therapy and seasonal … Continue reading
Life purpose – everything I’ve learned so far
Blogging is like gardening. You go back several years, 6 or 2, you read your old posts and you realise how far you have come. This morning I’ve had an urgent urge 🙂 to summarise everything I’ve learned about life … Continue reading
The day was crisp/ The light was new/ Autumn has come/ Like deja vu
Man, I forgot how much I love autumn. I was washing dishes one day and glanced outside – the light was different. It was soft as if in an oil painting. The angle has changed. Sunlight in autumn is very … Continue reading
If it’s not fun, don’t do it! And if you must do it, make it fun!
What do you do when you are mini retired? Well, art, of course. In the Episode 94 of the Here and Now podcast Ram Dass tells a hilarious story about cooking a lobster with his father as a buddhist (from … Continue reading
Postcard paradise. Emptiness and holidays.
You can go as far as you wish – and yet, there you are. Hope you have a joyful holiday and enjoy this poem.
Chanting with Ram Dass – Rama Rama
I have not realised how purifying, elevating and electrifying chanting is until I tried it. Wow! You don’t have to be a buddhist, religious, spiritual or have singing abilities (I don’t). Chant along and feel the expansion and the light. … Continue reading
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