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Finding Joy In Conflict

In this article we will discuss how some seemingly insurmountable conflicts actually harbour the seeds of joy, and why, ultimately, every conflict turns out to be a conflict within ourselves.

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Grasping and Letting Go

We are very good at grasping and very bad at letting go. As a result, we cramp up, and here we’re going to see that the balance between grasping and letting go is no different from that between day and night.

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Light in the darkness

After the shortest day our hemisphere will move towards the sun for yet another six months. But if we could, we’d surely influence the tilting motion of our planet. This blog post is about our convulsive and ineffective way of controlling, and the relaxation we experience when that form of control is let go.

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On the Nature of Life

The older we become, the more we seem to resist change in all its facets. In this article we discuss common factors sustaining that resistance, and how a genuine sense of wonder at the ever changing nature of life, harbours the possibility of experiencing true joy.

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