HeyJaredJust As You Are
"Interesting, thought provoking and witty.” Helping you to be yourself. Untangling the knots that come with being human. Let's all be kinder to ourselves. Psychotherapist & Buddhist Priest.
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We all need a little grace (or a lot) (opens the original)
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Episode four of my podcast is now live: Healing, Equanimity and Faith – a Conversation with Ananda; and Bowing to Buddha Statues. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, on Substack, or using the web-player. In it I’m talking to Rev. Ananda about his 15 years running a charity on Hawaii, and what he learnt from that time. Essential listening for anyone in a helping profession.On Saturday at 10:45am UK time, I’m offering a Buddhist Q&A in person and online. Come and join us and bring y
You are Responsible for your Life! (opens the original)
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If you have not yet listened to episode three of my podcast go and listen. In it I’m talking with Satya about how she came to Buddhism (it’s an insightful chat, I think) and I’m also reflecting on the death of Dolly Parton, and personal Buddhas.You are responsible for your life!‘Kaspa’, you might be thinking, ‘that’s a big statement considering last time you wrote you told us that everything in life is a gamble! What gives?’For me, they
Everything in Life is a Gamble (opens the original)
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Episode two of my new podcast Human Nature/Buddha Nature came out ten days ago. Episode three will drop on Friday. Listen (and subscribe) wherever you get your podcasts: Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or here on <a href="https://brightearth.substack.
How to be a Buddha: Acceptance of Everything, Including the Climate Crisis (opens the original)
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“… if you actually accepted everything, you would be a recognized Buddha.”Paula Arai, Bringing Zen HomeWhen I started working with therapy clients, years ago, I quickly discovered that acceptance could be taken as “I can’t do anything about this”.I think this is a quirk of the English language, as much as anything else. But acceptance is not always about inaction.If we said “I can’t do anything about this” to everything would, we be recognised as a Buddha? No! We’d be recognised as a doormat. As
New Podcast launched: Human Nature/Buddha Nature (opens the original)
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Recently in the temple we’ve been talking about how we welcome and invite people into our community. How do we let people know we’re here? Are the first timers events really suitable for beginners? And perhaps more importantly, how do we increase the volume of our own spiritual practice, trusting that will then flow into the world?Various new projects have sprung up as a result of those conversations. Tomorrow Satya is offering an online intro to our Buddhist practice, and in a few weeks time sh
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