Best of Blog: Inner Peace and Gratefulness

Many people around the world today are looking for inner peace. They are searching in many places, in many techniques, in many books and in many workshops for an answer. I understand this very well because inner peace was the reason why I went to the Zen Buddhist monastery when I was 17. I realised that no one around me could really say with 100% truthfulness, “I am totally in my centre and I have a sense of inner peace”. This made me ask, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?”

I think that anyone who asks that question begins to search and the first place I looked for it was in other people. I met and found a few wise people who claimed that they were enlightened and felt that inner peace, so from that space I asked the question to them, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?” They invariably answered that inner peace is not an experience outside of yourself nor is it an experience inside of yourself. It is an experience that goes beyond that question because it is not an experience that you can find - it is an experience that you have to live in this moment. Read more

Joyous Communication

How can I honestly express myself when I fear that others will think less of me? How can I be true to my heart when I fear the reactions of the person that I would like to be able to be truthful to?

During the various seasons as we are meeting with many people familiar and unfamiliar this is a perfect time to be conscious of a new way of dealing with old situations that no longer serve a purpose.

There is no purpose in creating fear or anger within yourself or in others. There is no purpose in bringing your heart to a space where joy and light fade into the mundane disappointments and disillusionments that are inevitable when we go down a well-trodden path that leads to nowhere. Read more

Inner Peace and Gratefulness

Many people around the world today are looking for inner peace. They are searching in many places, in many techniques, in many books and in many workshops for an answer. I understand this very well because inner peace was the reason why I went to the Zen Buddhist monastery when I was 17. I realised that no one around me could really say with 100% truthfulness, “I am totally in my centre and I have a sense of inner peace”. This made me ask, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?”

I think that anyone who asks that question begins to search and the first place I looked for it was in other people. I met and found a few wise people who claimed that they were enlightened and felt that inner peace, so from that space I asked the question to them, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?” They invariably answered that inner peace is not an experience outside of yourself nor is it an experience inside of yourself. It is an experience that goes beyond that question because it is not an experience that you can find - it is an experience that you have to live in this moment. Read more