I’ve just read Maybe you should talk to someone by the psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author, Lori Gottlieb. It’s a humorous and thought-provoking book that takes us behind the scenes of Lori’s world as a therapist. I highly recommend it! At one point in the book, Lori’s own therapist Wendell, shares a famous story about the prisoner shaking the bars of a prison cell. … [Read more...]
The Four Harmonious Friends
Tucked away in the Himalayas, is the marvellous kingdom of Bhutan. There’s a well-known story and painting which features prominently in many homes and monasteries around the country. The painting is of four friends; an elephant, a monkey, a rabbit and a bird, who in the beginning were not friends. They argued about who had the right to a tree bearing delicious fruit. One day a man came by and … [Read more...]
Remember Ubuntu
Legend has it that an anthropologist visiting a village in Africa, proposed a game to a group of small children. He placed a basket of sweets under a tree and asked the children to stand a few hundred feet away. “Whoever reaches the basket first gets all the sweets,” he shouted “Ready, set, go!” Do you know what these children did? They held each other’s hands, ran towards the basket together … [Read more...]
Conversations That Matter.
Wow, my story of Ensō and ‘The Space Between’ from last week, really struck a chord! Thank you to everyone who reached out and the many heart-warming conversations that ensued. Everyone shared that they were definitely sitting in that space right now. Many loved the essay, The Coronation by Charles Eisenstein and agreed with his supposition that humanity is standing at the crossroads. Many were … [Read more...]
The Space Between.
In Zen, Ensō is a circle drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes. It expresses the reality that everything that has a beginning also has its end. Some endings, such as the ending of a season occur gradually without us really noticing. Other endings, such as the loss of a job, are abrupt and traumatic and turn our life upside down in an instant. Yet other endings, such as the end of a … [Read more...]