Most people are other people “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde
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Why are we here? Why are we here?What’s this all about?Simple, to love and serve your world.Anything less you’re wasting your time. Lao Zhi Chang
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Zhen Qi Yun Xing History This approach was refined over 60 years of study and teaching by Dr Li Shao Bo, intending to give a method for improving health. The practices can also be seen as a simple way to grasp the foundations of NeiDan or Daoist internal alchemy. Posture The practice can be done in all four primary postures, and over time the practitioner should work to make this their natural state. The…
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Digital and Physical Personalisation Digital and Physical Personalisation As I write this, I’m sitting in a local coffee shop where the ambience of people talking and relaxing, as well as the staff’s level of friendliness and the fact the beans are ground on-premises are helping me to form a connection. Very different from the man who’s just came in while talking on his phone and ordered a takeaway coffee without even ending his call….
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Stages of Meditation – The Mind Illuminated Some 2,500 years ago, the Buddha presented meditation training as a sequence of developmental stages in a series of verses known as the Ānāpānasati Sutta. Each verse describes one step in a progressive method for training the mind. – Culadasa (John Yates) I am currently reading, The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness by Culadasa (John Yates). He outlines the stages…
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Scott Speaks Podcast In the second of my #scottspeaks with….” chats I spent some time with Ian Burgess. Ian was an ideal guest as he lives a life steeped in #cognitivediversity. A serial #entrepreneur, #futurist, #socialactivist and student of Eastern philosophy and #TaiChi Chuan Ian brings a wise and reflective perspective to any topic of conversation. I this, the fist of many, recorded discussion we cover a range of topics including #systemsthinking #dealingwithconflict…
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CIVIC’s COVID Experience The impact on the economy of the COVID pandemic has been profound, with many businesses unable to open their doors and the day to day activities of others changing dramatically. This, coupled with the impact of being cut off from direct contact with friends and family, as well as work-related contacts, has negatively affected many of us. As a Director at CIVIC, it is part of my job to help…
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OpenUk Kids Camp One of the things I enjoy about being part of OpenUK is that it does projects like the Kids Camps that help to get kids from all walks of life into tech and let them see how it can be a tool to make life better. From OpenUK “We have had an interesting summer with 3000 kids receiving free MiniMU glove kits either directly or through community groups and schools…
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Night Time – The Golden Verses of Pythagoras Never allow sleep to close your eyelids, after you went to bed,Until you have examined all your actions of the day by your reason.In what have I done wrong? What have I done? What have I omitted that I ought to have done?If in this examination you find that you have done wrong, reprove yourself severely for it;And if you have done any good, rejoice.Practise thoroughly all these things; meditate…
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Ask yourself some questions The lockdown is an opportunity to ask yourself some questions. 1. What is it you have really missed and who have you really missed? 2. How much of your life before was spent doing that or being with those people? 3. After this what will you do to make sure that you include the things and people that you missed in your life?
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