Our Present Is Not For the Faint-Hearted Cont’d from What Are We Able To Do? Heads up: this mind-meander might simply end up being a grab-bag of ‘throw away’ ideas about the harms we, humans, have accepted to inflict ourselves under the guise of ‘modernity’ – but, hopefully, there will be a bit more
Brisbane – Australia Dear reader, I’m so glad you’re here, ready to read and reflect, ready, too, to share your thoughts on this new ‘mind-meander’. As I sit, fingertips on the keyboard in this, the moment underfoot, I have no idea why the current ‘breeze blown infiltration of thoughts seems to be about
Cont’d – from Neutral Observers Cast a Light on Purpose We observe the choices we make as we dig our innate ‘purpose’ out of the muck. July 2021 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the iconic writer and philosopher explained over 200 years ago that, ‘In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a
Cont’d from Neutral Observers? Yes, We Are! Brisbane – Australia – May 2021 When it comes to one’s owns ‘purpose’, for the most part, we think about it in terms of doing our job as consciously as possible. After all, that job is the means by which we earn the money needed to make
Conclusion of Who Gave Us ‘That’ Life?!? July 2021 Eventually, once our neutral introspection is underway, slowly, with more of the true grit and heart-based determination that has reaped for us the positive aspects of our lives, we move towards our end game. A purpose-full life. A life well worth living. Instead of
Brené Brown, an academic and public speaker of international renown, has spent several decades studying the topics of vulnerability, shame, courage, and empathy. According to her, ‘Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.’ Ultimately, it’s up to us. It’s up to
August 2021 According to C.S. Lewis, the lay theologian author of The Chronicles of Narnia, ‘We are what we believe we are.’ Heads up: in these challenging times, of course, it’s nice to dig around uplifting messages that might encourage us to move forward with love for our selves, love for others – and with
Warning: ever since I embarked on this three-part fashion centred mind-meander, my darling partner, Myahr, has warned me to not come across ‘as an older woman out of touch with what it means to be a liberated ‘female’ in 2021.’ So, dear reader, hopefully, you won’t think that as you read on. But it’s true,
Brisbane – Australia – June 2021 “So, why don’t people feel happy?” asks Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, P.H.D. (in psychology from Stanford), who has been featured on CNN, in the N.Y. Times and many other renowned news networks. In answer to her own question, she said, ‘Because our lives are clouded by our individual stuck
July 2021 Some 400 years ago, Michel de Montaigne wrote, ‘My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.’ He was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. Yes, luckily for us, many of the circumstances we dread and lose sleep over never come to pass. But
Cont’d from The More we Change, The More We Stay The Same … ‘The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are,’ said Carl Jung. And we could easily add, ‘The sooner that is achieved, the longer we enjoy living our authentic life.’ Bliss! But how to bring THAT on once we’ve
Humanity has been engineered with absolute wholeness in the karmic mind. Each one of us, as distinct entities, are intended to complement each other as do each piece of a puzzle that is so ginormous that it can be boxed. It is so unknown and unfathomable to absolutely every human who has ever lived that
Courage comes from our willingness to trust and be humble little blind mice in a maze. No idea in which direction lie the coveted morsels of cheese. No idea behind which are hidden the punishing electrical pulses.
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