Interbeing in Nature Autumn is probably the busiest season of the year in my garden. It begins as something of a nuisance. Plants that looked beautiful only weeks ago have collapsed into a soggy mess. Perennial shrubs have become untidy and need cutting back. Trees need pruning. Leaves are falling everywhere. There is an enormous Read More
Tag: Mindfulness
When Did Autumn Arrive?
Autumn and Impermanence Thick morning mist drifts across the fields from the River Thames. After a week of rain, the countryside has changed almost overnight. Grass that seemed tired and dry is green again, with new growth appearing in only a few days. My feet are wet. I make a mental note that my walking Read More
Are You Mindful in Your Garden?
Your garden reflects impermanence, attachment and the restless mind, take a little time to be mindful and it can be as beneficial as a session of meditation.
How Mindful Walking Led Me to Haiku
Mindful Walking and Haiku I began writing short poems in the Japanese tradition of haiku during the Covid years, when I was recovering from prostate cancer. It was a difficult period of my life, but also a strangely reflective one. Perhaps age had something to do with it. Perhaps illness did too. I found myself Read More
Stillness Haiku | Buddhist Not-Self
Reflection on Buddhist Not Self Every now and then, meditation leaves me not with an answer but with a question. The teaching of Buddhist not-self (anattā) is one of the deepest and most challenging aspects of the Dharma. Intellectually, I understand that what we call "self" is not a fixed or permanent entity. Yet ordinary Read More