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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...
Andrew Lewis
Apr 7, 20241 min read
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Thoughts
My thoughts are not much to do with me. How I deal with them is everything to do with me.
Andrew Lewis
Apr 2, 20241 min read
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The Enigma of Desire.
' Maybe what you want isn't what you want, you just enjoy wanting.' Charles Bukowski
Andrew Lewis
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Lewis
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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Being with Uncertainty.
We discover through mindfulness and meditation practice that uncertainty need not be a problem, a cause of anxiety or self-doubt. A life...
Andrew Lewis
Mar 10, 20242 min read
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Llanhilleth Miners Institute.
Thanks to all who attended our session at this venue today. It was a pleasure to meet such lovely people at this impressive site. The...
Andrew Lewis
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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What can we learn from cats?
It is often said that there is something zen-like about cats. What does this mean? How can cats teach us something about our meditation...
Andrew Lewis
Feb 28, 20241 min read
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Patience and Practice
Sounds old fashioned doesn't it? We live in an age when instant gratification, immediate expression, fast results are required, almost...
Andrew Lewis
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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Freedom in Mindfulness
FREEDOM IN MINDFULNESS IS NOT FREEDOM FROM EMOTIONS IT IS FREEDOM FROM COMPLICATING THEM
Andrew Lewis
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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What is Interoception?
A very recent New Scientist Publication on 'The Human Mind' features an article on 'Interoception'. It states at the outset, ' How our...
Andrew Lewis
Jan 10, 20242 min read
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Who are you? Who am I ?
Chances are, we are not what we instinctively think we are. Can you describe yourself in one short sentence? Is it the whole of what you...
Andrew Lewis
Dec 10, 20232 min read
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Monmouthshire Housing Association.
It was a real pleasure to visit MHA again yesterday. This organisation features in a previous Blog posted on February 3rd 2017. There...
Andrew Lewis
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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Ebbw Vale Institute
The regular Monday and Wednesday sessions are open to all. They are not closed groups, or for members only. Anyone can attend, whether...
Andrew Lewis
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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The purpose of kindness
What happens when we pay kind attention to things around us, to other people and to ourselves? This is what happens: We reduce...
Andrew Lewis
Oct 11, 20231 min read
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It makes a practical difference
When people come to Mindfulness/Meditation sessions and start the practice, it is never very long before they report that real change is...
Andrew Lewis
Sep 15, 20232 min read
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GETTING ANGRY.
People and circumstances will often provide you with the opportunity to get angry. They cannot MAKE you angry. Whether you get angry or...
Andrew Lewis
Aug 31, 20231 min read
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How to please your productivity manager by slowing down.
When we broaden our awareness through the practice of meditation, we cultivate a helpful 'slowing down'. This slowing down opens up space...
Andrew Lewis
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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There is no path to happiness
IT'S TOO CLOSE FOR THERE TO BE A PATH.
Andrew Lewis
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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I don't have time to slow down!
One thing that puts people off the idea of meditation is that it seems so impractical. 'I don't have time for all that', they say. ...
Andrew Lewis
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HAPPY
Lots of opportunities to be happy come along in an average day. They arrive without interference, just by chance. HAP means chance. From...
Andrew Lewis
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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