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Andrew Lewis
Nov 71 min read
ONE DAY
Pause for a moment to reflect on this statement: 'One day, perhaps today, I will be seeing you for the last time' This is true for all of...
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Andrew Lewis
Oct 121 min read
Giving the Brain a Rest
John Ratey is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a widely acknowledged expert in neuropsychiatry....
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Andrew Lewis
Sep 121 min read
HAVE YOU EVER......?
Have you ever felt that you didn't want to do something or go somewhere, and discovered that you enjoyed it much more than you thought...
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Andrew Lewis
Aug 71 min read
Connecting with the Universe?
You may sometimes hear it said that Meditation is 'connecting with the energy and divine power of the universe'. There are, of course,...
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Andrew Lewis
Jul 241 min read
Different journeys, same destination?
Bertrand Russell and Hermann Hesse were philosophers of a different kind with very different backgrounds, yet it seems that both arrived...
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Andrew Lewis
Jul 21 min read
Living Creatively.
In a 1990 publication Shangharakshita /Dennis Lingwood wrote this: 'Personal development means ceasing to live reactively and learning...
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Andrew Lewis
Jun 212 min read
Weeding the Garden.
Meditation is one way of stepping outside your mind and experiencing the many benefits that accrue but it is not the only way. The...
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Andrew Lewis
Jun 191 min read
The Body Scan.
This evening at Ebbw Vale Institute we are going to do a body scan. This is a core part of mindfulness practice and something that many...
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Andrew Lewis
Jun 121 min read
A few things that make a big difference
Don't take yourself too seriously! Don't assume that everything has to be the way you want it to be (we often don't know what's best for...
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Andrew Lewis
May 81 min read
Life is not a story
The philosopher John Gray wrote this: 'If you think of your life as a story, you will be tempted to write it to the end. But you do not...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 252 min read
The Marketplace at Athens.
There is a story told of Socrates the ancient Greek philosopher wandering through the busy marketplace at Athens looking at the vast...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 232 min read
Meditation at the Bus Station.
The man had been sitting in the bus station for a long time. A friendly stranger asked him what bus he was waiting for. 'I'm not waiting...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 191 min read
Don't Measure Your Life in Years.
We all do it now and again. We all run ahead of ourselves sometimes. When we notice this, we can bring ourselves back. Life is lived in...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 111 min read
EMOTIONS
We habitually justify our emotions instead of exploring them with care and recognising that they are inconstant, impermanent and often...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 71 min read
It's just how I feel
If we always allow how we feel to determine how we act, we lose sight of the liberating understanding that how we choose to act can...
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 21 min read
Thoughts
My thoughts are not much to do with me. How I deal with them is everything to do with me.
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Andrew Lewis
Mar 181 min read
The Enigma of Desire.
' Maybe what you want isn't what you want, you just enjoy wanting.' Charles Bukowski
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Andrew Lewis
Mar 172 min read
A Healthy Dose of Negativity?
All this stuff about happiness can really get you down! People will tell you there's something wrong with you if you're not happy. EAT...
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