by Monk Anchorwind | 27 May, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is Sadness? Sadness is the pain of losing an attachment to the world. Alternately, sadness is us relating to someone else losing theirs. Imagine a mother handing a child a balloon and seeing the pure excitement on the little one’s face when they...
by Monk Anchorwind | 29 Apr, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is purpose? Purpose is the principle guiding how we choose to spend our time if all environmental factors are equal. It answers the question ‘what do we want to do/be when we grow up?’ Realistically, we don’t always get to choose how...
by Monk Anchorwind | 11 Mar, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, I just wrote (In my Dear Diary, What is Rest piece), ‘I think of rest as being in a state of peace.’ However, I felt I was vastly understating my feelings. I couldn’t find the words to elaborate upon rest and peace. What is peace? Peace...
by Monk Anchorwind | 11 Feb, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, For as long as I can remember (which isn’t much), I’ve found myself drawn to songs with a fair bit of repetition in them. I’ve created over two-hundred pieces spread out across over twenty projects, and they mainly bear a theme of...
by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jan, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, The practice of mindfulness and meditation cannot be separated from introspection. On the contrary, developing an awareness of our inner selves is at the core of the practice. In the beginning stages of learning how to re-train our attention, it is still...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 Jan, 2021 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Lao Tzu wrote, “Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.” I have spent several years alone and have specifically meditated upon and written about my...
