Through Mindfulness Meditations and Conscious Reflection, we can develop an understanding, appreciation and joy in using ‘The Four Miracles’. These are: The Miracle of Life The Miracle of Life as a Human Being The Miracle of Thought The Miracle of the Mind - Free from Thought This Half Day Meditation Retreat is an […]
THE THREE WAYS TO WISDOM Much of our experience of stress and suffering would be alleviated if we used more Wisdom in making choices and dealing with the challenges of our life. Living and relating from Wisdom can enhance our well-being and the welfare of others that we connect with. Wisdom is a faculty that […]
Mindfulness Meditations & Reflections for ‘Inner Listening, Seeing, Feeling, Knowing & Being’ With John Barter BA.(Psych)(Uni. Syd.), Grad. Dip.Sci.(Psych) (Uni. Syd.), M. Coun. MAPS Half Day Retreat So often and so easily, we become attracted and distracted by the external world of things. In doing so we miss out on the great wealth of information, understanding […]
MINDFUL MORNING WITH A MONK Ajahn Tiradhammo is a Canadian born Buddhist Monk of the Theravada Forest Tradition. With over 40 years of monastic life he is one of the Venerable Ajahn Chah’s most senior Western Students. Ajahn Tiradhammo and John have been friends for nearly 30 years, meeting in 1989 at Amaravati Monastery in […]
More than anything else we strive to be happy. The happiness that we really seek is more of a ‘Well-Being’ than a light hearted happiness that does not last long. This ‘Well-Being’, includes both being well and living well. For the Happiness of ‘Well-Being’ to be worth while it needs to be ‘Sustainable’. Where we […]
Mindfulness Meditations & Reflections for ‘The Four Ways to Mindfulness’ With John Barter BA.(Psych)(Uni. Syd.), Grad. Dip.Sci.(Psych) (Uni. Syd.), M. Coun. MAPS Mindfulness is a ‘Conscious Clarity’, an ‘Awakened Aware-ness’ and our Minds connection to the experience of Life. Mindfulness is our Mind’s natural ability to be present to what is happening externally through our […]
MEDITATIONS & REFLECTIONS on ‘The Four Spiritual Emotions’ With John Barter - Psychologist & Meditation Teacher BA.(Psych)(Uni. Syd.), Grad. Dip.Sci.(Psych) (Uni. Syd.), M. Coun. MAPS How we think, feel, speak and relate to our self, others and the happenings in of life is very important; for they do make and create our experience of Life. Is […]
MINDFUL MEDITATIONS & WISDOM REFLECTIONS on ‘A Life Well Lived’ With John Barter Psychologist & Meditation Teacher BA.(Psych)(Uni. Syd.), Grad. Dip.Sci.(Psych) (Uni. Syd.), M. Coun. MAPS This ‘Half – Day Meditation Retreat’ offers the opportunity for Meditations and Reflections on how we can lead a life well lived. This will be based on the verse from […]
Here are the dates for the Mindfulness Retreats at Farrants Hill. Please mark your diaries – Sunday 10th February Sunday 31st March Sunday 19th May (John’s Birthday on 20th) (This will be a visit to a Monestery, see details below) Sunday 7th July Sunday 1st September Sunday 20th October Sunday 1st December Sunday […]
MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON Coming to our Senses -The Art of Receptive Knowing – How we know and experience life is based upon how we see and perceive. So often we get caught in seeing things through our conditioned and conceptual mental perspective. This can cause us to not really see with our eye but […]