Nick WilliamsExploratory ModeOne definition of mental health could be to say that what is healthy (what leads to our psychological well-being) is when there is a…Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021
Nick WilliamsNot Clever To Be CleverWe wear out the shoe of samsara by walking on it, says Chogyam Trungpa. This is a very radical statement and completely contrary to…Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2021
Nick WilliamsSubtler Than ThoughtWhen we’re ‘thinking all the time’ this has the effect of making us fundamentally insincere — it makes us insincere with other people and…Jul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021
Nick WilliamsDetachment and IntimacyOddly, ‘detachment’ and ‘intimacy’ turn out to be the very same thing. We wouldn’t normally think that this could be the case but it is…Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
Nick WilliamsPurposefulness and SpontaneityThere are two modes in which we human beings can exist, so to speak — one being the spontaneous mode and the other the purposeful one…Jun 26, 2021Jun 26, 2021
Nick WilliamsThe Piece We Just Don’t GetThere is ‘a piece’ that we never seem to get and this causes a particularly vicious problem that we are quite blind to. The problem is that…Jun 21, 2021Jun 21, 2021
Nick WilliamsDreamers And DoersHumanity is divided into ‘the dreamers’ and ‘the doers’, or — at least — that’s what we love to say in the West. We’re nailing our colours…Jun 5, 2021Jun 5, 2021
Nick WilliamsThe world that we are in is the world in which we lose ourselves.The magnetic pull of forgetting is overwhelming, irresistible; we lose ourselves without ever noticing it happen. As newborn babies we…Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
Nick WilliamsThe DreamscapeI was talking away to myself, trying to cheer myself up. ‘Now that’s not so bad is it?’ I said, ‘that’s not so bad, that’s not so bad’ at…May 27, 2021May 27, 2021
Nick WilliamsNot Mentioning The TravestyOne definition of mental health could be to say that it is when there is a movement away from the self, away from who we think we are. This…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021
