Dido A thrutopia is a story that will help us imagine how we can create a healthy future on this planet, starting from our present time. I am in the process of writing a novel about how it could happen in the place where I live, in New Zealand. The novel is still in the pipeline. However, … Read more
Green Tara has 20 sisters. They each specialise in practising and living wise compassion in a different area of life. There are several sets of these. You will find my paintings of the set I practice most, here: . These are arranged in a mandala of the four directions, the five elements. So our knowledge … Read more
we are made of elements – Buddhism says our troubles come from thinking we are a separate ego, a permanent separate ego – this element teaching shows us we are not that – and, we’re still here – let’s imagine our bodies as a hollow space – surrounded by nature – you don’t have to … Read more
Fire element in our modern world culture is extremely out of balance – this is why we’re getting climate change among many other ills – war, bombs – there’s too much heat being pumped into the atmosphere – that’s the most worrying thing about climate change – there’s too much heat because we want too … Read more
Earth, Water first, let’s work with the posture, down into the body, remind yourself of all the bits of the body you haven’t been aware of. back of your knees, heels, elbows, wherever your special bits that you don’t notice are. Notice them now – check your spine, that your spine is rising from the … Read more
in my first Buddhist school, we looked at all the Buddha’s teachings in terms of the elements, wonderfully simple and unified. it was used as a main vehicle. I laid it out in in this chart. we start from the outside on our path, and move inwards through the different teachings. First, the precepts tell … Read more
Let’s not be limited by patriarchy’s gender stereotypes. Gender stereotypes run very deep. We seem to have difficulty imagining that ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ as we know them in patriarchy are not our Natural State. They are just stereotypes. And not healthy ones either. Patriarchy reckons that to be a ‘real man’, you have to be not things it … Read more
People are always asking me, please write the story of your life. So here are a few stories, in this category.
