‘The idea you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last—the romantic person has a desperate confidence they won’t.’
F Scott Fitzgerald
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — I alone.
‘When the Buddha said “I alone am the world honoured one”, he was not making a dualistic statement but articulating awakening.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation: Any View or Teaching.
‘Any view or teaching that encompasses self makes awakening unattainable.’
Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation: Blossom into Full Awareness.
Buddhism has plenty of antidotes. Try this for over thinking — be aware of the many times you’re not thinking. This will blossom into full awareness.
Everyday Buddhism
Morning Meditation — Desire Just Cheats You.
‘And that taught me you can’t have anything, you can’t have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you.’
F Scott Fitzgerald
The Theatre of Myself, by John Aske
But if we turn and look at the quiet space that sees all this and the frustration we feel, sometimes a curious creativity occurs.
The Land of Lost Contact by John Aske
Religion once gave us a sense of belonging, of being part of something greater.
Living Through Difficult Times by John Aske
As Mark Twain said: ‘All the worst things in my life never actually happened.’
Buddhism now 