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Andrew Lewis
Jan 281 min read
The Flower.
'What happens when you see the impermanence of a freshly picked flower? One reaction might be to vow to never buy a fresh flower again...
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Andrew Lewis
Jan 191 min read
Mindfulness is not more thinking
Mindfulness is not about thinking. Nor does it care much for worrying. Mindfulness is not constructive or creative. In order to worry, we...
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Andrew Lewis
Dec 8, 20242 min read
Doing what you don't feel like doing.
Ask any child about learning tables or practicing piano. It takes a bit of hard work. It's not the most exciting thing to do. What's more...
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Andrew Lewis
Nov 7, 20241 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 12, 20241 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 12, 20241 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 7, 20241 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 24, 20241 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 2, 20241 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 21, 20242 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 19, 20241 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 12, 20241 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 8, 20241 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 25, 20242 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 23, 20242 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 19, 20241 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 11, 20241 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 7, 20241 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 2, 20241 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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