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Recently I suffered two bereavements within three weeks of each other and the subtle differences between them surprised me. Much as other strong emotions have facets and flavours within them, as does grief. Which led me to explore grief based emotions as they arrived. A family bereavement evoked huge sadness, tears (many, many tears) the experience of deep loss, followed by waves of anger and frustration. Then a lack of focus and concentration, which is current as I write thi

1Jul 7, 2023, 2 min read Practice makes perfect - yes ideally, of course. But it is more about how we practice. Often we recycle the same habits, restless thought cycles, and distractions leading to frustrations and restless unease. So you fix on doing it better next time.... Well better isn't in the game plan of meditation - it's like swimming in the ocean, sometimes it's with ease; the water is warm, refreshing, calm and welcoming. Our bodies glide with ease, breathing sync

There is an idea bouncing around social media that you have to generate and create compassion, but this is slightly skewed, as we all contain a wealthy seed stock of compassion; it's more about how we cultivate, tend and nurture our compassionate selves. Through loving kindness of thought, word and action. So here is a image, a selfie, that I took in 2020 on my birthday at Easter. It was glorious weather and I am in my garden, smiling, I seem happy and peaceful - yet this was