What Mindsprings Stands For
A couple of weeks ago I went to a day-long conference in Brighton hosted by the political journalist, Paul Mason. There were a number of...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 3, 20166 min read
Samahi and the Sacred
It’s been a couple of week’s since I left the Island. And the resonance and awareness of what we explored there seem to be growing. First...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 1, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #8
Being lost in our storyline is usually boring and fusty-dusty. The ego is characterised by a mirthless and relentless quality. Space is...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 1, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #6
Central to the project of samadhi is recognising the scrunched-up, constricted feeling of being ‘lost in your thoughts’. Spend time today...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 1, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #7
In contrast to yesterday’s feeling of constriction, take time in your meditation practice (lying or sitting down) or at any other quiet...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 1, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #5
Like all practices, samadhi builds up over time. We are cultivating the mental habit of placing our awareness where WE chose to place it...
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Alistair Appleton
Oct 28, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #4
The key tool in samadhi practice is coming to recognise that where we breathe is parallel to where awareness flows and settles. The...
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Alistair Appleton
Oct 27, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #3
The defining emphasis of samadhi is on dropping down into space. Practice here is relentless and repetitive from the ego’s point of view...
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Alistair Appleton
Oct 25, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #1
This is not mindfulness practice. That encourages a wide field of awareness and growing comprehension of all the phenomena that unfold...
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Alistair Appleton
Oct 25, 20161 min read
Samadhi Tip #2
Energetically, the lower belly is the arising point of this fundamental space of life. This is where we train our awareness to drop into....
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Alistair Appleton
Sep 6, 20164 min read
Do not judge!
I’ve been thinking about writing this blog all week, to be honest, writing isn’t my thing. I tend to overthink it and end up a judge with...
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Alistair Appleton
Aug 30, 20165 min read
Blackberry juice and nasal cavities
There was a lovely moment this Sunday morning where I was sitting in a room full of art – paintings hanging from the rafters, portraits...
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Alistair Appleton
May 22, 20156 min read
A Nightingale, wild garlic and the Vajra world
There was a madcap drive through country lanes, haunted by pale meadowsweet in the dusk light, trying to find the farm above Lewes...
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Alistair Appleton
Mar 6, 20156 min read
The New Simplicity
Four months ago, I lost my iPhone up on the South Downs during a particularly blustery winter walk. I decided to not replace it. I...
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Alistair Appleton
Dec 9, 20141 min read
Retreat into the Right Brain
Tomorrow sees me setting off to the Rockies in Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo mountains to be precise. After a few busy years studying...
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Alistair Appleton
Dec 8, 20141 min read
Thoughts & Thinking
One of my lovely students sent me this photo today. She said it was the perfect instruction to thoughts that pop into our heads on a...
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Alistair Appleton
Nov 7, 20144 min read
Holy Island (Part 1):
I got back last weekend from our annual Mindsprings retreat up on Holy Island, off the coast of Arran in Western Scotland. It’s a 2-mile...
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Alistair Appleton
Sep 29, 20146 min read
The heart is a revolutionary cell
I’ve been meaning to write about Suzanne Moore’s thought-provoking article in the Guardian last month. You can often spot the speed at...
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Alistair Appleton
Jun 28, 20143 min read
On talking out of my hat
Apologies firstly for the long lacuna on this site. I have been utterly consumed with the completion of my studies in psychotherapy which...
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