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Arjuna Ishaya
June 8, 2022

A life less ordinary

Arjuna Ishaya
June 8, 2022
A life less ordinary

Sacred or mundane? ‘Wow!’ or ho-hum? Live a life less ordinary.

Tagged: Mindfulness matters, Shine bright, The power of now, More to life

Arjuna Ishaya
June 1, 2022

Getting back on the horse

Arjuna Ishaya
June 1, 2022
Getting back on the horse

You never master anything in life; there’s always more learning.

Tagged: Learning, Practice, Mastery, Grit, showing up, intuition, trust, surrender

Arjuna Ishaya
May 25, 2022

Prioritise your peace

Arjuna Ishaya
May 25, 2022
Prioritise your peace

We don’t realise how crucial peace is to living the kind of life we want to live; to being the person we want to be. Here’s why you want to prioritise your peace.

Tagged: Go within to go beyond, Peace, Mindfulness matters, Priorities, Important things

Arjuna Ishaya
May 18, 2022

Challenge, overwhelm and creativity

Arjuna Ishaya
May 18, 2022
Challenge, overwhelm and creativity

Challenges are inevitable. Whether they detract from, or contribute to, our health and happiness depends on a few things.

Tagged: Challenge, Problems, stress, suffering, anti-fragile, choice

Arjuna Ishaya
May 11, 2022

First world problems, when things go wrong and poisonous anger

Arjuna Ishaya
May 11, 2022
First world problems, when things go wrong and poisonous anger

Life will never be totally problem free. There will be things that make you frustrated and angry. Here’s how to deal with your destructive emotions.

Tagged: anger, frustration, when things go wrong

Arjuna Ishaya
May 4, 2022

Force or flow in life?

Arjuna Ishaya
May 4, 2022
Force or flow in life?

I’m not on holiday and I should be. Yet there’s a valuable lesson there about things that just won’t happen no matter how hard I push, try, or control.

Tagged: intuition, inner wisdom, over-thinking, controlling, flow

Arjuna Ishaya
April 27, 2022

Thought can organise the world so well, you are no longer able to see it

Arjuna Ishaya
April 27, 2022
Thought can organise the world so well, you are no longer able to see it

Our minds directly shape our lives. Changing the mind is one thing to change our life; but when you go beyond the mind, you find a different level of living altogether.

Tagged: true potential, mindfulness matters, fully alive, more to life, more to you

Arjuna Ishaya
April 20, 2022

A Buddha's focus and deep understanding – what would be the point for you?

Arjuna Ishaya
April 20, 2022
A Buddha's focus and deep understanding – what would be the point for you?

The spiritual attainments of a Buddha may seem frivolities in the modern world; but undistracted focus and deep understanding are possibly even more valuable today than thousands of years ago.

Tagged: mindfulness, wisdom, intuition, awareness, distraction

Arjuna Ishaya
April 13, 2022

Difficulties in life

Arjuna Ishaya
April 13, 2022
Difficulties in life

Life isn’t difficult. We make it difficult by the amount of resistance we bring to what we have to do.

Tagged: stop resisting, surrender, serenity, acceptance, higher power

Arjuna Ishaya
April 6, 2022

Rules for life

Arjuna Ishaya
April 6, 2022
Rules for life

What are the rules that you can follow and be guaranteed of success in life? There’s no shortage of books and programmes suggesting various options. Ah, if only life was that simple.

Tagged: best version of you, life well lived, an intentional life, end to suffering, mindfulness matters, flow

Arjuna Ishaya
March 30, 2022

Keep moving

Arjuna Ishaya
March 30, 2022
Keep moving

We say we’d love to do this and that, to go there and experience that, to make a change somehow … but how often do we actually get down and put something into the calendar? Here’s an invitation to stop sleepwalking into a rut.

Tagged: stuck in a rut, boredom, work life balance, intentional living, mindful living

Arjuna Ishaya
March 23, 2022

“I shall use my time.”

Arjuna Ishaya
March 23, 2022
“I shall use my time.”

What do Epictetus and James Bond have in common?

Tagged: shine bright, live strong, fully alive, mindfulness matters, go within

Arjuna Ishaya
March 16, 2022

The thing you need to know about your mind in meditation

Arjuna Ishaya
March 16, 2022
The thing you need to know about your mind in meditation

From an early age, we’re led to believe that more effort means more rewards. But in meditation and mindfulness it’s the direct opposite – more effort means less. Here’s how to get what you want from your practice completely effortlessly.

Tagged: Meditation practice, Mindfulness practice, Inner wisdom, the power of now

Arjuna Ishaya
March 9, 2022

"The world has never been in a worse way". How can you help?

Arjuna Ishaya
March 9, 2022
"The world has never been in a worse way". How can you help?

If you follow the latest news, it can be easy to think life has never been so bad, that the world has never been in a worse way. But is it? And how can you help?

Tagged: panic, fear, media, disaster, world peace, inner peace

Arjuna Ishaya
March 2, 2022

Be patient – but don’t ever wait

Arjuna Ishaya
March 2, 2022
Be patient – but don’t ever wait

Patience may be a virtue, but don’t waste your life waiting.

Tagged: Patience, Fully alive, Mindfulness, Planning, Present moment, Intentional living

Arjuna Ishaya
February 23, 2022

Can you be simple when you want to be clever?

Arjuna Ishaya
February 23, 2022
Can you be simple when you want to be clever?

We prize our intellects and thinking over and over again. Yet given the mess of our world, the conflict and suffering and seeming lack of wisdom being shown, perhaps there’s another way, a better way, a simpler way?

Tagged: wisdom, ego, pride, arrogance, control

Arjuna Ishaya
February 16, 2022

Truth and love – Finding depth, substance, meaning and purpose in life, part 2

Arjuna Ishaya
February 16, 2022
Truth and love – Finding depth, substance, meaning and purpose in life, part 2

The transformational power of giving away the highest thing you know cannot be overstated. Do this one thing for an incredible amount of satisfaction in your life.

Tagged: be better, purpose, meaning, service, giving

Arjuna Ishaya
February 9, 2022

Finding depth, substance, meaning and purpose in life - Part 1

Arjuna Ishaya
February 9, 2022
Finding depth, substance, meaning and purpose in life - Part 1

Life has no inherent meaning and purpose. It’s up to you to provide that. And it’s essential that you do.

Tagged: meaning, purpose, clear direction, passion, spirituality

Arjuna Ishaya
February 2, 2022

Lighten the load

Arjuna Ishaya
February 2, 2022
Lighten the load

What makes the perfect team member on any outdoor adventure is exactly the same for all of life’s adventures.

Tagged: service, giving, attitude, positivity, teamwork

Arjuna Ishaya
January 26, 2022

Life doesn't happen to you, you happen to life.

Arjuna Ishaya
January 26, 2022
Life doesn't happen to you, you happen to life.

Our brains are so much more powerful than we ever realise. They actively create the world around us and the life we live.

Tagged: choose, manifestation, creating reality, power of thought

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