I don’t know what to do, I’m desperate!

If that describes how you feel right now then congratulations! The circumstances are right for growth. You might think that I am pulling your leg, but growth is rarely comfortable. Personal growth, by its very nature, means stepping outside of your comfort zone. All of us have a desire for self-realisation (to be the best that we can be and live the best life we can live). This desire is stronger in some than others. Life is a series of problems. The universe sends you a problem. If you succeed in solving the problem then the universe sends you another problem. So it goes! If you do not solve the…

Your mind: Your Greatest Friend and greatest enemy

Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than your own mind untamed. And who is your friend? Mind is your friend. No one can help you more than your own mind, wisely trained—not even your own mother and father. —Buddha One of the things that would improve my experience of bars and restaurants, would be to not have the television relentlessly blaring away. Just the other day I found myself becoming irritated by some stupid program which seemed to consist of weirdly plastic people gossiping, criticising and being horrible to each other; at other times it has been telesales  — the voice of…