The Source Blog
In The Source blog, John shares reflections on the link between state of mind, effectiveness, and well-being. Each post explores how understanding the Three Principles and the deeper nature of life leads to greater clarity and impact in daily life.
The surprising truth about happiness
There are over 7,000 books on the topic (source: Amazon), and every day the media serves up another set of tips, hacks, and “scientific breakthroughs” promising to make us happier. Recently I found myself wondering: Why are we so endlessly fascinated with happiness? And it struck me that it often comes back to one innocent question: “What will make me happy?” It sounds perfectly reasonable. Sensible, even. But here’s the surprising truth: Nothing will make you happy. At least, not
Why I stopped meditating
‘We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I remember getting curious about meditation, probably twenty years ago or maybe even longer. Reading the local newspaper one day I saw that there was going to be a local talk on Transcendental Meditation (TM) and so I went along with a friend. I was inspired by what I heard and in 2001 was taught TM by Jonathan Hinde.
The little understood power of the present moment
When we truly understand the power of the present moment, then it becomes the most important thing in our life. I learned that to truly connect with others I had to be fully present with them. I learned that happiness and contentment are not circumstance dependent; they are a function of how present we are in our lives. I learned that to perform better in anything I do then the quality of my attention is the most important thing of
Learning to laugh at our foibles
Just how much success, money, fame, material goods, power, etc. would you need to eradicate your insecurities? I recently read an article about the actor Brad Pitt and it was interesting to read how he is still beset by self-doubt. He said: ‘It’s a constant battle. You gain wisdom as you get older, so self-doubt gets less, hopefully. But it’s universal, that battle in the mind between beating yourself up and finding a place of peace.’ Let’s reflect here for