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Is Mindfulness good or bad?
It depends what you use it for. What does it mean to be mindful? To be mindful you need to be 'right minded' for the task or goal or...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 242 min read
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Welcome Spring at EVI
As Spring arrives we look forward to lighter evenings and warmer temperatures. It is a season of growth. It is a time for coming out of...
Andrew Lewis
Mar 231 min read
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'Writ in Water'
The poet John Keats (1795-1821) lived for only 25 years. When he knew he was dying he requested the epitaph ' HERE LIES ONE WHOSE NAME IS...
Andrew Lewis
Mar 161 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Jan 281 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Dec 8, 20242 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Giving the Brain a Rest
John Ratey is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a widely acknowledged expert in neuropsychiatry....
Andrew Lewis
Oct 12, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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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,...
Andrew Lewis
Aug 7, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Jul 24, 20241 min read
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Living Creatively.
In a 1990 publication Shangharakshita /Dennis Lingwood wrote this: 'Personal development means ceasing to live reactively and learning...
Andrew Lewis
Jul 2, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
May 8, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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Andrew Lewis
Apr 14, 20240 min read
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EMOTIONS
We habitually justify our emotions instead of exploring them with care and recognising that they are inconstant, impermanent and often...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 11, 20241 min read
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