February 2023

Garden of Evening Mists

Glimpse by Olly Monk: “Is is the wind that is in motion, or is it only the flag that is moving?”Response: “Both are moving, Holy one.”Monk: “One day you will realise that there is no wind, and the flag does not move. It is only the hearts of men that are restless.” I wanted to […]

Swimming into the Light

Dharma Glimpse by Chris Earle-Storey In an attempt to improve my fitness I joined the local leisure centre last December. As well as attending gym sessions, I’ve also started to swim again after a 30-year break from the pool. I’m not a strong swimmer and to be honest have found swimming quite hard work after

Trust in the Tathagata

Dharma Glimpse by Barbara It was around 3 am and I was wide awake again, on full alert, for the 3rd night running One of my anxieties being that I was returning to a familiar pattern of insomnia that had plagued me in bouts since I was a teenager. I tried a new strategy; imagining

Half Glimpse

By Izzy It’s Friday morning and I’m accompanying visits on my first day of work today. I was slow to sleep at 11pm last night and woke up at 6am sharp, feeling alert, my mind racing, my stomach churning. I do what I do every morning. I lie there for a while before getting up

Homecoming Dharma Glimpse

by Angela Today, my dog Aine and I went out for a soggy November walk. I was on the 1st day of my bleed and my body was in the mood for warmth and softness and nothing too physically demanding. I enjoyed hearing the sound of the rain and noticing some of the daily changes

Letting go

A Dharma Glimpse by Frankie Carboni couple of weeks ago a small petrol station in the middle of town closed down. It was a family business and the owner has retired. It’s something of an icon, the only petrol station actually right in town, situated in an awkward triangle of roads right on the portside.

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