"If people hurt us, we forgive them. If people are good to us, we thank them." I really like that, because it's so simple. Based on this, I must say thank you and ask for forgiveness. A lot of crap has arisen this year, mainly within myself, and some of it has managed to spill out, as it does. I've practised enough with...Read More

A good heart, so rare in the world People try to take advantage of that because goodness is no longer seen as strength It is seen as weakness, naivety But goodness is power Because it takes a lot of courage to go against the stream It is easy to just follow moods like anger, especially when it is righteous It is easy to...Read More

PSA: It's Groundhog Day.  Again. ...Read More

Photo by Nick Cooper on Unsplash (P.S. I love ferns) ...Read More

At some point you get tired of living like a zombie At some point you want to stop filling your brain with mundane crap At some point you want to taste your food when you're eating At some point you want to give more time to the profound Over the trivial At some point you want to stop distracting yourself from life From...Read More

Okay I don't know why I'm doing this right now. It's the middle of take-home exam week and I have a thing due on Friday and I've decided to write this post in the ERC library. Taking a quick break from my take-home exam so thought I'd write this quickly. Today I've been turning up the metta dial. Today is one of those...Read More

I know I've been posting way more recently, I think part of that is how immobile I am at the moment! Talking to myself on this blog has been a kind of solace. Part of that is also having an excuse to procrastinate - I have a mid-sem test on Wednesday but you know, this is obviously more important hahaha. Yesterday was the...Read More

I wrote this note a while back, and it's been sitting in my Evernote ever since. It was a pretty personal reflection to me at the time, but I think I'd like to share it. Probably a bit ironic / irrelevant at the moment given what happened to my arm, but most of this stuff still holds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a plane back from...Read More

Crash course 2 weeks till I'm out of the sling. I've been having a hard time since the accident. Yes, lots of gratitude and joy -- but also suffering, of course. Ajahn Hasapañño the other day said I was getting a "crash course on the First Noble Truth, no pun intended" (he's the best). I'm just gonna be really honest about how I...Read More

Close your eyes and you will see clearly Cease to listen and you will hear truth Be silent and your heart will sing Seek no contacts and you will find union Be still and you will move forward on the tide of the spirit Be gentle and you will need no strength Be patient and you will achieve all things Be humble and...Read More

What if we all had the courage to fully recognise our boundless nature. I dont want to be comfortable  I want to be awake ...Read More

Peace with the past All g man Too heavy to carry all that around Also you deserve better!!! You are not your mistakes  Your past Your thoughts, feelings, perceptions You are iridescence  You are this space that is boundless ...Read More

How it's not that bad and could have been sooo much worse.      The nurses and doctors at St Vincent's. All angels.  Ajahns who visit you at hospital and bring you avocado juice, yoghurt and chocolate wafer from the day's only meal. Oh and not to forget the massive compassion and good vibes. They possess basically nothing, but keep giving... Friends like...Read More