Meditation
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I Woke Up Today
Dreams of homes never lived in, lovers never had, And of lives lived forever, but not fire-retardant-clad. Dreams of spires and splinters, friends always known, Melted in palms once morning’s fires blown. Dreams so real you’d mourn, if memory would… Continue reading
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Behind the Wall of Sleep
The All-Nighter. No sleep. A feat that, for seven-year-old boys, surpasses mythical proportions. Midnight feasts; defying bed-time orders; going where no Me has ever gone before. I never made the grade, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. Toby’s seventh… Continue reading
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You’re Doing So Good
A child, named Tommy, sits on a step. Tommy is three. He likes dinosaurs and apples, and he is just learning to tie his shoelaces. As he does so, his inexperienced fingers get caught up in the loops he is… Continue reading
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Into The Big Forever Blue
Heathrow this morning was shrouded in a shawl of grey. Sat in the cockpit, on a wool shag Boeing jump seat, behind the pilots as they propel more fuel into the engines. Faster, faster, faster, until the point of no… Continue reading
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This Is All There Ever Is
One of the things that most amuses me is people’s desire to escape the moment they find themselves in. Earlier today, I was in the car with my parents. We had no real plans, only an hour’s journey home, then… Continue reading
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Table Tennis as Magic
What do Jesus and table tennis have in common? They both start by saying “Love All”. … Last night was the last I’ll ever spend in the house where I spent my entire childhood. My brothers and I have left… Continue reading
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Atomic Habits: A Tier List
Choose life. Choose daily ice baths. Choose lion’s mane, creatine, vitamin D and magnesium supplements. Choose meditation and breathwork. Choose learning a new language by being pestered by a fucking owl. Choose vegan, keto, gluten-free, carnivore, fruitarian. Choose pissing it… Continue reading
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Thoughts on Thought
“Rest in great natural peace. This exhausted mind, beaten helplessly by karma and neurotic thought, like the relentless fury of the pounding waves, in the infinite ocean of samsara.” Nyoshul Rinpoche … The alarm rings. Consciousness is returned from a… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 