Knowledge of the Ages

Which is it.. the unrelenting pursuit of Knowledge or of Wealth that drives us? In many respects there seems to be a link. Generally speaking, the more knowledge you have of a subject the more ‘in demand’ you are for that particular skill and correspondingly the higher the potential to gain wealth from it. Isn’t this why we put our children through school and college/university? Isn’t this why we put even ourselves through these institutions (often for the 2nd or 3rd time) just so that we can get ahead?

Well I’m here to tell a converse story. The intelligent woman doesn’t spend her life acquiring information, she spends it recognising that it’s already there! All of it! Yes.. all knowledge is available to all of us, not only the privileged few. The catch is that it requires awareness, and let me state emphatically that the majority of the human race is unaware. Spending all your time in front of a talking box (TV) is not awareness, it is a distraction.. pure and simple. Awareness is heightened with that simple tool silence. Silence can be [Read on...]

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Meditation: Being vs Doing/Having/Thinking

06:00am.. the alarm clock tolls and wakey-wakeyness beckons. Of course it’s winter and your latitude on the globe says that it won’t really be light outside till about 08:00, but that doesn’t excuse you from work though, does it? The routine is set: shower, dress, eat, travel, work, eat, work, travel, eat, watch telly.. “hmm I have an hour before I’d like to hit the sack.. perhaps I’ll just watch some more telly”..sleep. Then, repeat 5x out of 7, perhaps 6 if you’re really dedicated to your work.

Come weekend and well there’s really so much that needs to be done.. things that you just don’t have the time to do during the week. Things that you prefer to do and things that you’ll [Read on...]

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