The Four Types of Psychologist: Ineffective, Satisfactory, Gifted and Gone...
Note: The following post was written with Professor Mark Griffiths and has recently been published on PsychCentral. The full reference is: Van Gordon, W., Shonin., E., & Griffiths, MD. The Four...
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Should Buddhists Celebrate Christmas? Our immediate response to the question of whether Buddhists should celebrate Christmas is: ‘if they feel like it’. However, we suspect that some readers might be...
View ArticlePutting the ‘Buddhist’ Back into Mindfulness: A Research Round-Up
Putting the ‘Buddhist’ Back into Mindfulness: A Research Round-Up The past is history and no longer exists. The future never arrives. Life can only be experienced in the present moment. Mindfulness...
View ArticleDo You Really Know Yourself?
Do You Really Know Yourself? The words ‘know thyself’ appear frequently in the work of the Greek philosopher Plato and have been used by writers and philosophers for thousands of years. But what does...
View ArticleLetting Go
Letting Go The following post is from a friend in Thailand. Roughly, the words translate as: ‘If you let go, time will heal’. This is sound advice. However, better still is not to hold on in the first...
View ArticleThe Winds of Change
The Winds of Change Gone, all is gone. Nothing remains. Completely alone. Silence abounds. Nothing to fight for. No more doing. No more being. The path has been discarded. How sublime to abide in...
View ArticleThe Meditation of Life
The Meditation of Life Without exception, everything that has happened in your life, every choice you have made, has brought you to where you are now. And where are you now? You are reading this blog...
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