Dido 
Green Tara is our wise natural Self: the numinous presence within, our guiding light, that we long to uncover. Green Tara is the mystery, the magic we long to live in, the light in our eyes: as if we’re on a mountaintop while washing dishes, or a nice light breeze rocks our little boat on a calm … 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.
When I couldn’t do anything else, I could still meditate. Here are some basic instructions I made for the M.E. society of Oxford. They can be used by anyone who has no chronic illness too. I suggest you start with the meditations in the recipe Life, Care for Life, and the elements, in We are part … Read more
All that’s laid out in this website is a Paradigm Shift, a fundamental system change, out of patriarchy, into a culture based on a different set of values. Why is it important to think of it as a complete system change? When we see the two systems are based on very different patterns, we have … Read more
