Glimpse by Philip Wallbridge I’ve learnt sometimes things fall apart in life. It happened to me recently. Things built up I couldn’t let go of or process, so there was an inevitable falling apart. A few days later, as I was piecing myself back together, I was walking towards the Malvern hills. I was more […]
(23 Oct 2023) By Bobby Ahlander So far this year I have experienced the death of three people that were fully integrated into my life in one way or another. In March, my dad passed away from natural causes, just one day shy of his 80th birthday. In April, one of my closest friends died
A Dharma Glimpse by Philip I recently returned to live in Malvern. I’m temporarily staying at the temple, where I lived for a year not so long ago, while I find myself somewhere more permanent nearby. The hills have always had something special for me. I used to come here by bus and train when
A few weeks ago, my oven broke. It came with the house where I have lived for seven and a half years now. The oven had been here much longer. And it had chugged along well enough for that time. I don’t know what the little gold knobs were supposed to do, one was a
Dharma Glimpse by Frankie Serendipity – by definition good luck; coincidence; fortuity. I also define it in my own loose way as a coming together, a falling into place.In the last week I had been thinking about a question posed in a book by secular Buddhists Stephen and Martine Batchelor – What is This? It’s
By Maria Trotter The other day I was on the phone to my mum and we touched upon the topics of gender identity. In particular, I was trying to explain the concept of non-binary to her. There was a lot of cross-cultural work going on of course – my mum was born and grew up
A Dharma Glimpse by Alison Recently I came up against a huge obstacle, one of those obstacles where you need to decide whether to run or confront it. The decision, in these situations, will likely depend on a third strand – that of faith and firm resolve. In this case, if choosing to follow faith
Dharma Glimpse by Paramita Some months back, as I was considering my next career move after an unexpected complication had uprooted me in my then current employment role, I experienced a moment of synchronistic alignment that influenced my decision about how to proceed. The sudden interruption to my life plans had sent me into a
Dharma Glimpse by Dave Smith I am a very lucky man. As part of my job, I get to go out into the countryside and carry out ecological surveys. I get paid to look for bats, reptiles and dormice amongst other things. It’s a bit of a dream come true in some ways, but its
Dharma Glimpse by Dave Smith I spend a lot of time driving around as part of my work. Driving through towns and cities can be quite stressful especially if you have a deadline to keep to. I always try to leave ten minutes early to allow for hold ups and unexpected roadworks. This takes the
