You’re probably well aware of the three wise monkeys. They embody the proverbial principle to “see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil”. The three monkeys are: * Mizaru – covering his eyes * Kikazaru – covering his ears * Iwazaru – covering his mouth Their pictoral origins can be traced back to […]
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I’m a member of a few different meditation and mindfulness social media groups, or I follow their pages. One is focused around meditation humour and sometimes the memes posted are hilarious. But a couple of posts recently really made me stop and think. The first posed this idea: Delete one thing from Earth that you
Awesome affirmations… Read more »
It’s nearly that time of year again… Christmas? No, no, no. Black Friday! For some reason this year, the shopping frenzy piqued my interest. Where the heck did it come from, because I don’t really remember it being a ‘thing’ in Australia until quite recently? Okay I know it’s American but what’s its history? Apparently
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Another wet, miserable and grey day… with more rain forecast for this week. It’s been going on for a few days now. When I was waiting to go in for surgery last week, the anaesthetist and I watched the lightning show as yet another storm rolled through. It was all very dramatic and quite the
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It’s interesting isn’t it… well, maybe more frustrating… how the mind decides to be most active when you least want, or need it to be? I’m having some surgery tomorrow, so I’ve been trying to ensure a good sleep routine in preparation. I need my body up to speed, fully charged and ready to heal.
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I intended to watch the United States election coverage today, but quickly felt myself becoming overwhelmed by it. It doesn’t really make a huge difference to us here in Australia (I hope), but it was wall to wall coverage everywhere. I started to do something else – but quickly became overwhelmed by that too! Suddenly
Okay I know not everyone’s that happy about it, but love it or hate it Halloween is here again. It’s funny growing up in the UK, Halloween was never really a thing, but every year for some reason I used to get dressed up. None of the other kids in my street (or even my
This year has featured quite a lot of star gazing. When I told my regular meditation group that for our 25th wedding anniversary we were going to look at telescopes, I thought they’d think us a bit odd. But as one lady pointed out what could be more romantic than looking at the stars? She
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On a recent trip we woke up to discover the clocks had changed overnight and we were in a daylight saving time-zone. We only realised because I noticed my phone was an hour ahead of my husband’s. Apparently his phone wasn’t set to auto-update the time, based on location. It led to a bit of
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I get regular mindfulness messages, reminders and emails. One this week though really made me think. It asked the question: Are you taking better care of your phone than your mind? The answer, for most of us, is probably yes. We charge our phones on a daily basis – topping it up so it’s ready
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