A reflection on how a change in perspective can change the whole game
Use the difficult – the cheat code to life
Never Seen, Never Will
Contemplations on the wonder that uncertainty brings, and how feeling small can push me to achieve poetry.
Why Buddhism attracts people-pleasers
And how it ultimately allowed me to slowly heal from it
The spiritual commodification of body
How can we fight back against an objectification of our body in society by accepting that nothing is truly as it seems?
How to suffer
n a capitalist world that rewards the mechanical status quo, it is hard work to suffer from disabilities or mental health gracefully. But since we can't help doing it anyway, what is the best way to suffer nowadays?
Happiness is dangerous (or £100 flower pots)
We know that desire is insidious, and that inner happiness doesn't come from things. But does desire ever make us happy, or just not unhappy?
Suffering is ignorance, and ignorance is suffering
Today was the first day of a one week retreat on the precious human life with my favourite lama, and we discussed the origin of suffering (spoiler, its ignorance).
Why we refuse to surrender fear
If fear was meant to warn us of danger, anxiety is fear gone mad. Biology might explain trauma response, but why do we emotionally hold on to fear?
The material search for intimacy
How do you create intimacy: does it come naturally to you, do you have to make time for it or do you fear it? And can you find it within yourself?
Where Academia and Spirituality collide
It's been 3 weeks since I started my course in Human Rights, and this article surprisingly reminded me of the Buddhist scripture.
Reparent Your Soul 