Category: Simplicity

Issues to consider and overcome along the Way

On the path to mastery, various factors can either facilitate or hinder the continuation of one’s practice. Recognising them clearly is part of the journey itself.

Overcoming obstacles to mastery

Resistance to any kind of change is a natural phenomenon, regardless of the nature of the change taking place. This characteristic of self-regulating systems is called homeostasis, and it manifests itself at all levels through feedback systems. Essentially, homeostatic regulators interpret any change as a threat to what is accepted as […]

It is time to weave the world we know is possible

Reflections following the European Meeting of the Global Ecovillage Network on community, coherence, conscious simplicity and universal responsibility.

Seasons

We're already in a new season. Depending on which hemisphere you're in, autumn or spring arrive with their own colours, temperatures and rhythms. I realise that the very word “season” reveals a human intention to compartmentalise what is, by nature, fluid. It's impossible to fix in absolute terms the [...]

Movement and Rhythms - The Body as a Universe of Practice Life is Movement

By definition and verifiable experience, life is movement. From the subatomic pulsation of matter to the rotation of galaxies, at every level the Universe moves, transforms and breathes. What is born grows. What grows, changes. What changes reveals itself. Everything that begins has an end. Cycles are permanent. E [...]

The power and challenge of form

Imagine that you can change some aspect of your existence from today onwards - so that you feel more freedom in your choices, calmer in the face of everyday challenges and a level of vitality compatible with your current reality. Like every human being, it's likely that your aspirations are at odds with what you [...]

New life, new year

(4min read) The usual expression is "new year, new life", and I know we're already halfway through January. This text is, in a way, a questioning of the beliefs and certainties I have harboured about time. Let's take a look at some historical facts (source: Wikipedia): "the conventional Gregorian calendar we currently use originated [...]

One more time

From 17 to 23 November 2024, I took part in the Zen Peacemakers' Retreat in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland. But why take part once again? My first participation in this Retreat took place in 2010 and since then I have expanded my effective engagement in the practices of socially engaged Buddhism, particularly as a member [...]

The importance of space

Beginnings and endings

In our existence, every process has its beginning and end point. In our human limitation of partially understanding reality as it is, we are often reluctant to accept the moment of serenely welcoming the fact that something has come to an end. Dealing with the conclusion of processes, whether in the personal or professional sphere, [...]