(6-minute read) - The ego is responsible for all our emotional discomfort and our mental anguish. Emotional discomfort includes anger, pride, narcissistic injuries and hatred. These feelings arise when our egos are hurt. Mental anguish includes doubts and fears about our lives, our relationships, … [Read more...]
Leaders Being Mindful
(2-minute read) - Dear new DA Councillors and Mayors, we need mindful leaders at this critical time in our country's political history. When we look back on the events of the past month let us call it one of the greatest times in the evolution of our democracy. You cannot afford to repeat the … [Read more...]
How To Overcome False Self
(6-minute read) - There seems to be a rise of false self in the world. This rise of false self is a collective increase in egos in our communities and societies. We are becoming narcissistic. The rise can be seen everywhere as self importance. Self-importance Too many of us think we are entitled to … [Read more...]
Mysticism and Christianity
(5-minute read) - Why is it that many Christians think mysticism and Christianity are not compatible? As if there’s something dangerous about mysticism. Is it because meditation is all about saying less and doing less? It is not a prayer where things are being said or where things are being asked … [Read more...]
I Met Gandhi
(5-minute read) - It was a bitterly cold winter morning in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa when I met Gandhi. The steel rails below the concrete platform of the station were icy cold like the hearts of the officials on the train the night before. The hues of wintery foliage in the pot plants out the … [Read more...]
Seven Aspects of Spiritual Intelligence
(6-minute read) - We limit intelligence to rational and emotional abilities, but there are seven aspects of spiritual intelligence as well. Spiritual intelligence (SQ) is the ability to know beyond the programmes and habits that shape our thinking and feeling. Mystical union results as a sense of … [Read more...]
Simple Meditation Technique
(6-minute read) - Before starting on a simple meditation technique, it is important to understand what meditation is not. It is not the same as mysticism. Meditation is the practice that leads to mysticism. So what is mysticism? Touching on this helps us to understand the simplicity of the … [Read more...]
Her Dying Day
(5-minute read) - The morning sun warmed her room like it did every day on her dying day. Its rays coming through the window fell upon the outer half of her bed and lit up the lilacs and greens in her bedspread. She’d always loved those lilacs and greens. Her bony skull with its gaunt, colourless … [Read more...]
Voting Day
(5-minute read) - It was voting day. The lady was still writhing and jerking on the concrete ground as Angie and I slowly passed her in the queue. Four good people had given up their places and were crouched around her. One of them had his jacket under her head to protect it from the hard concrete. … [Read more...]
Anger Games
(6-minute read) - The fool on the beach thought this was the anger games. He still looked at me, daring to think he was my equal. His friends seemed to think so too. Birds of a feather. Anger and pride coursed through my veins like a drug. I knew no one could touch me as I soared on an ego rush. … [Read more...]
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