A meeting of minds.

Tai and I recently enjoyed A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood in which Tom Hanks does an extraordinary job playing Fred Rogers. One of the scenes that particularly struck Tai was of Mr Rogers praying. His manner of prayer was exactly the one I was taught at Sunday School in 1963. One kneels beside the bed, clasps hands together, closes the eyes, and remembers by name and with affection each and every person you have ever met. By doing so you are keeping alive and vital all the connexions of spirit you have ever made. The sum total of these connexions is what we call Soul, something that nowadays is entirely neglected.

Like a bonfire, a good fire, beside which others may warm themselves. A beacon, symbol, example.

Make do with less.

Let go of your shit.

As I move into a leg, the leg is also moving into me. And this is largely why we move – to get the ground beneath that foot into the opposite hand.

Prayer is the purest form of giving because it expects nothing in return.

The hips are all-important. They should be so open and relaxed that the knees have a life of their own. If not then the legs, simply by supporting your weight, will be constantly driving the pelvis and sacrum up and back, out of alignment. This gives us what we perceive as safe-distance but it is really a tragic disconnexion with ourselves. We do not inhabit our own space, we are always behind it, afraid of the spot-light, afraid of the plunge.

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.

Nowadays, when someone tells me about a book they're reading, I generally find, upon further questioning, that they're not reading the book at all but listening to an audio version whilst commuting. Hardly close reading.

Those who have not crossed the river yet should not laugh at those who have drowned trying.

A stream of consciousness. Continuity. Contiguity.

Flitting from one distraction to the next. The modern mind.

heedful & circumspect

Consciousness may be defined as the ability to hold two opposite or paradoxical realizations in the same moment – what might be called radical inclusion. It is this ability to stop identifying with either opposite that evokes a third force called presence.

The miracle of a child's smile.

Give thanks. Show gratitude. Say thank you. The simplest – and the best – form of prayer.