One can look at the path to ‘awakening’ in terms of what we find along the way or what we lose. I seem to have lost the sense that something is missing. I think I’ve found trust.

The dharma wants to reveal itself to us all the time. If we think we already know what the dharma is and isn’t, we’ll miss it. It’s everywhere and until we find it everywhere, we won’t be enlightened.

The season of winter is full of opportunities. It’s a time of rest, stillness, silence and reflection. When we develop ‘a mind of winter’, a wabi-sabi mind we find beauty in the barest of places. 

I think I have 'aesthetic sensitivity disorder'!

Looking for the wabi-sabi aesthetic in Eddie the Van.

Two methods, minimalist and maximalist

A beauty that shows us the truth of impermanence, imperfection and insubstantiality.

We long for a soulful life full of real, earthy, handmade things. But how do you are getting the real deal?

Anastasia Pottinger’s pictures bring to mind the beauty of ancient olive trees. Why is it harder to see beauty in the human body?

Coming across the Dharma when I did felt like being in the right place at the right time. But I soon hit a problem.

Realising there was beauty in the laksanas opened up a whole new avenue of practice for me.