The Zen story Empty cup mind

There is a story about an old Japanese Zen master who was engaged in conversation with a prospective student. The student chatted on and on, full of his own ideas and ambitions. He described the master everything he knew about Zen, trying to impress the old man with...

Coaching Exposed – Boldness in Action

The King’s Speech – the final scene from this engrossing film. The nation needs a king who can rally the forces of good in a clear inspiring voice. Stammerer King George VI works boldly through his personal misery, frustration and embarrassment in front of...

Poetry that bridges two worlds

WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN WAKING In that first hardly noticed moment to which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day which closes the moment...