Contemplations
Blog pieces on life, mindfulness and living
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The ‘Empty’ Garden
A year ago, Christina and I had the great pleasure of visiting Jampa Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Co....
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Africa Calling
June 2023. One-and-half years in Mozambique. I am sitting on the veranda of the house we rent here overlooking the...
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Why I Teach
“Those who can do, those who can’t teach” was a phrase coined by fellow Irishman, playwright George Bernard Shaw.
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“And Yet….”
I was never interested in this mindfulness lark. For most of my life, anything to do with meditation, spirituality or...
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Changes and Choices
Us humans have been long conditioned to fear change and everything that it might bring. Our unwillingness to accept change...
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