Alan Watts – 101 Quotes to Celebrate 101 Years of Influence

Source: Alan Watts – 101 Quotes to Celebrate 101 Years of Influence

The illusion of Time

“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infintesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize […]

First impressions are all in the mind – Unconscious Bias

“It’s not at all hard to understand a person; it’s only hard to listen without bias.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy As part of a company wide program on corporate social responsibility, one of the major focuses is to recognise and try to manage the fact that we tend to make snap judgements of people and […]

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud poem by William Wordsworth – Daily Inspiration

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. via I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud poem by William Wordsworth – Daily Inspiration.

Friday thought for the day

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy. Émile Zola French writer Emile Zola (born April 2, 1840) was friends with artists like Cezanne and Manet, who both made him the subject of paintings, but when he wrote a novel about the artists and their bohemian lifestyle, The Masterpiece, Cezanne broke off their friendship.

Where has January 2014 gone?

Here I am sitting in the kitchen on Friday 31st January, realizing that the first month of the year has already passed. The month has seen: The New Year celebrations and back to the grind of work with a bang Flooding across the UK and the worst rain for a long time I had to […]

Thought for the day

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting. Haruki Murakami January 12, 1949:

Stunning early morning sun rise

This was the view as I took the kids to school this morning. Conversation went…. “Dad, why are you taking a photo we will be late for school?” answer came back…. “Sometimes you just have to stop and look”….

Thought for the day

Yesterday is history, tomorrow’s a mystery but today is a gift, that’s why we call it the present

Sunday morning walk

Sunday morning, November 3rd. Fresh, sunny, warm and strangely quiet. The family are away to the homeland visiting the rest of the clan and I am to take the dogs for a walk. Round the village seems the answer. Strange, I decide to go round one of the public fields I have not visited in […]