My parents told me I was an unplanned and unwanted child and constantly told me I was naughty and an idiot. Just read my old school reports and they constantly said that I didn’t try and was naughty. Not surprisingly I was cast out into the adult world disenfranchised, with no skills, no certificates and a low self image always under the impression that everything was my fault and rejected everything and everyone with an angry and violent reaction to it all. When I found the Martial Arts and Buddhist meditation and logic I realised that actually all my opinions … Continue reading Become Who You Should Be

We take space for granted. We know it and are aware of it. ‘The Tao Te Ching’ reminds us that a room or doorway is only of any use because of the space between the walls and frames that make it so. Space is endless, shapes are put in it and all of them rise and fall as animate and inanimate are all impermanent but that which we never notice is always there. So it is with consciousness, we know we are conscious, we are aware of it, but because it’s always there, we forget it. We think it belongs … Continue reading The Space Between

Sometimes when I’m meditating I like to gaze at a tree; I’ve always thought of trees as natures watchers; Still, silent, watching; Humans only have brains because they move and need to anticipate; But when I stand still and silent, I am like the tree; Motionless, silent, not thinking; My consciousness joining with the tree and the rest of nature; As we both bear witness to and for, the universe. Steve Rowe Continue reading Be A Tree