Zen things
What is Zen? Whenever I study Zen Buddhism I am reminded of the saying (invented by me) that 'Life is so ridiculously simple that a child of five could…
6 ways to break an addiction
The first thing to realise is that addictions are actually obsessions. Obsessions work through tunnel vision, making the problem seem more urgent than it really. The key to breaking addictions…
Letting your personal genius loose
Explaining personal genius In my last post - Losing your personality - I briefly mentioned that developing your genius can free you from the ego. This item explores what that personal…
Moving beyond depressed thinking
Is depressed thinking a good thing? One very strange result of studies on depression is that depressed people are a lot more realistic than most. Their judgments about what they…