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Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Heart with the Life of a Buddha”: Fear

“We all have neglected and hungry dogs in the cellar. If we make a mistake, the dogs can tear down any sense of competency we may have. If somebody gets angry at us, suddenly the dogs ae there, threatening to dismantle our world. If we feel rejected or betrayed, the dogs convince us that noContinue reading “Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Heart with the Life of a Buddha”: Fear”

Passage of the Day: William Thackery’s “Vanity Fair”

William Thackeray (1811-1863) was at one point as popular as Charles Dickens. Vanity Fair was, as common in Britain, published in serialized format between 1847-48 and was a wickedly satirical look at the English upper classes full of louts, buffoons, fortune hunters and a crumbling aristocracy “When men of a certain sort, ladies, are inContinue reading “Passage of the Day: William Thackery’s “Vanity Fair””

Poetry Corner “The Wandering Mind and Ceaseless Chatter in Your Brain”

The Wandering Mind and Ceaseless Chatter in Your Brain Do you notice there is that voice in your head that never shuts upcriticizing, complaining, worrying and analyzingthen there is that mind that wanders like a bee to flowers looking for pollen?your level of concentration has fallenas you listen to that voice and get trapped byContinue reading “Poetry Corner “The Wandering Mind and Ceaseless Chatter in Your Brain””

Text of a mindfulness pause for a group leader in a major project

I would invite you to close your eyes or look ahead a few feet away from you at a particular point on the floor. Breathe in and out…in and out in the most relaxed fashion you can. As there may be some stressful moments ahead for you in this project I am going to leadContinue reading “Text of a mindfulness pause for a group leader in a major project”

Poetry Corner: “Your Self Importance Insults Me”

Your Self Importance Insults Me Yes we are working on the big deal as  legal teamsobviously so very important as a huge revenue deal upper management deems So it is time for our holiday mealGod forbid political correctness ring the bell as a peal if we call it a “Christmas” departmental dealgotta be careful withContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Your Self Importance Insults Me””

Pinot Noir Battle: Canada vs. South Africa

We here in Ontario are certainly familiar with Niagara’s Flat Rock Cellars Chardonnay, Rosé, Gewurztraminer and Riesling all jolly well top end. How about their Pinot Noir? Having visited the winery within certain lockdown periods their Pinot Noir is good stuff! So let us get the cockfight going here with a sharp clawed Flat RockContinue reading “Pinot Noir Battle: Canada vs. South Africa”

Mindfulness as a Tool To Vanquish Hatred?

Has anyone done something so egregious to you that you ended up hating them heart and soul? Yes it has happened to me. Over 21 years ago involving an employment relationship you might say I suffered from an incident that was hurtful and possibly today I would have gone to the police and reported it.Continue reading “Mindfulness as a Tool To Vanquish Hatred?”

Passage of the Day: William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair”

William Thackeray (1811-1863) was a British satirist compering for popularity with Charles Dickens. “The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly to you: laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly companion:Continue reading “Passage of the Day: William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair””