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Miracles
Miracles.
We love ‘Miracles’.
Human beings love miracles!
For the fact remains that we as human beings did conceive of and are the creators of the idea of miracles!
A miracle, may merely be an ordinary, naturally occurring event or happening. However, it is our particular perception and conception, that transforms and creates that happening into a miracle, the miraculous.
Miracles are a matter of mind!
A miracle is relative to the Mind-Heart and eyes of the beholder.
So, in that sense, apart from what...
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Neutral Knowing
Have you ever noticed how easily it is for our mind to become caught up and caught out; reacting, resisting, denying and distracting from just noticing and noting what is, with Calm, Clarity and Peace!
With SATI PANNA- mindfulness and wisdom, we can understand and see the ways and workings of SAMSARA – the rounds of rebirth into existence.
The energy that perpetuates SAMSARA is life energy, the universe’s energy, manifesting through the ‘Three Ills’ or defilements – KILESA, of Greed,...
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Protectors of Truth
We all seek to be Happy, Healthy and Safe.
We all fear the loss of these or not having these at all.
We all seek various insurances against the loss of our Happiness, Health and Safety.
Insurance Policies, tend to not insure against the loss of Happiness, Health or some misfortune affecting our safety and security, but they can provide some financial support if something happens. They can also make life a little easier by financially helping so that things don’t get...
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New Year 2018
Dear Friends
A ‘Mindful’ and ‘Kind-ful’ welcome to our New Year of 2018.
I do hope and trust that the last year ended well for you, with some Mindful Reflection on the lessons and learnings from a year of life well spent.
I also hope that what ever worth and wealth of understanding and wisdom you have gained from the last year, that you are able to use it well in our New Year, so that it becomes an even better year...
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2018 … different but the same
Different but the Same
How can this be?
The idea of something being different but still the same!
From the Buddhist Philosophical and Wisdom Teachings, we can appreciate that all things do change at some time or another; that any thing that is a conditioned thing is subject to impermanence and hence change.
Yet could there be that which is not such a conditioned, transient, changing thing?
Certainly, this could be related to that which is fundamental, that does not change, that which is...
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End of Year Message from John
YEARS END
Dear Friends
Welcome to another – Years End in this journey of Life.
Such a time offers us a powerful point to pause and ponder, look back and reflect on what has been this year.
What has been the worth of this year, another year of life for us?
Certainly, if we wish to live mindfully, consciously; to learn and grow through our life, then it is about the ‘getting of wisdom’.
At the time of certain experiences, especially the challenging ones, it...
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Dates for Weekly Meditation Group Farrants Hill
Our WELL-AWARE-NESS Monday Evening Meditation Group will have its last session for the year on Monday 18th December, 6.30 – 7.30 pm (NSW time).
If you have not been able to attend for some time, it would be wonderful to see you again for our last session for the year.
For our Session if you would like to bring a small plate of (party) food to share for the occasion.
I hope to see many of you that have attended over the...
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You are Remembered, more or less …..
Recent reflections around the experience of Dementia, Alzheimer’s and the process of aging, inspired these reflections regarding the fundamental nature of the self.
You are Remembered – more or less!
This I, this you, this me, this we;
This psychological seeming self;
This apparent appearing person;
Is merely a collection of memory moments.
Whilst this I, this you, this me, this we,
might also be made of ideas and plans, posed for the future;
for the most part, the greater part;
We are the remembered moments of this...
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Have the Time of your Life, Message from John
Dear Friends
OUR LIFE – TIME
Our Life is our time and thus our ‘Life Time’!
In the same way, our life time includes our,
Year time, month time, week time, day time and
Hour, minute, second, moment – present time; all ours!
Strangely always passing, yet always present – now.
So, this year; our year time 2017, is moving towards an end,
Expressing the Truth of Impermanence, that the Buddha spoke so much about.
Yet in his great Wisdom and Compassion, the Buddha also taught...
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Life as our STRESS TEST
LIFE AS OUR ‘STRESS – TEST’
So, as it turns out, ‘Life’ is our big ‘Stress – Test’!
To see if we can proceed, process and make progress,
Without compromising our integrity;
Without giving into selfish wanting and greed,
Without getting caught into reactive anger and rage.
Maybe ‘Life’ is not about the accumulation of wealth,
Maybe it is not about the collection of material things.
Maybe ‘Life’ is not about growth in great knowledge,
Maybe it is not about just gaining and gathering family or friends.
‘Life’ might...
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