Socrates is said to have claimed, The unexamined life is not worth living. By this he meant that examining our lives, beliefs and values is what makes us fully human. An unexamined life is lived passively without a conscious understanding of why we think, act or choose as we do. Carl Jung echoed this when he wrote, He who looks outside, dreams; he who looks within awakes. Meditation then is not a modern invention. Yet in this era we often feel too busy for introspection. In

Recently I spent some time at our Main Centre in South Korea. Nestled in the mountains there are stunning views from every window It’s a...

This meditation is the real deal! After 2 years and 8 months of consistent practice, I’m beginning to see just how profound it really is!...

I was lying on my side, watching time fly by, when a wave of frustration swept over me: “Why am I doing this?” “This meditation is doing...

When our house burned down in the middle of the night last year, my husband and I escaped death by a series of amazing coincidences.  We...

Many decades ago, as a student, I studied the French language. I amassed a large vocabulary and mastered the grammar but my conversation...

A few months ago in the middle of the night our house caught fire and burned to the ground. We fled the building with only seconds to...

Meditation often gets boxed into stereotypes: it’s seen as either a practice for deeply spiritual people, people with unusual mystical...

Hi, my name is Tim, but you could call me Mr. Fickle… well, until recently. My entire life, I struggled to stick to anything. I'd start...

Why Meditation? Meditation puts me in ‘ the zone’ ‘The zone’ is not mine; cannot be owned In ‘the zone’ life is simple. Decisions and...

My meditation helper, Robin, invited me around for lunch one day and I was excited as it was going to be a Korean lunch. I arrived with...

Questions and answers with Tim Dean/ Sydney Meditation Why started? Reasons why I meditate? I have always had trouble with my mind. I...

When people discard their human mind, each experiences positive benefits according to the extent to their mind has been expanded. It is...

I read recently that ‘How to be happy’ is typed into google more times than ‘How to be rich’ But what do we even mean by happiness? When...

Prior to starting this meditation, I had tried many other meditations and studies related to the mind so I had acquired a lot of...

In this meditation, we reflect on myself, not from my own insider viewpoint mulling over and dwelling on things. We attempt to unmask the...

Now most people are aware that stress triggers the release of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. Cortisol is often...

Everyone in this world lives together with others while they live in this world, but there are many who are living selfish lives that are...

Awakening comes when you discard and break free from your fixed conceptions and customs, and habits. The more you break away from them,...

The poems Abandon and Coexist sum up what this meditation is about. "Abandoning the false human mind, the mind that not only blocks our...