Joy is not something we can grasp and hold on to, it comes and goes like spring rain, softening everything.
John Aske
Morning meditation — Comfort of Being.
‘We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else.’
John Aske
Awareness, by John Aske
The more we become conscious of this awareness, and our attention is drawn to it, the more it becomes a safe refuge for us.
The Problem of Dukkha, by John Aske
Half the problem of Dukkha is the barriers we put up against it.
The Way We Look at Things, by John Aske
To be alive, to be fully awake, is to take your here with you everywhere…
The Mirror, by John Aske
But a dream is a frail raft on which to build our lives.
An Excess of Everything and a Lack of No-thing, by John Aske
The quiet awareness is full of amusement – and still full of other wonders.
The Theatre of Myself, by John Aske
When Hans Andersen was young, he built a little theatre out of paper. Then he made the sets and painted them and all the little characters – also out of paper. And when he had all the characters and settings… Read More ›