Sparks: items 1-29, 2016

‘Sparks’ is a selection of poems and short writings by James Low on various dharma topics. They can be read in any order. Click on Sparks to read them all. Numbers 1-29 are writings with individual titles. The remainder are brief extracts from talks and mostly grouped by topic.  They total 314, as at November 2016. More may be added later. Click here to read […]

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Opening to what is. Talk, 2012

Opening to what is, and the practice of psychotherapy: a talk given to to C. A. T. therapists in the Munro Clinic, 2012 James Low   Read the talk Extracts …Since therapists work to enliven others, an important aspect of our task is to try to maintain our sense of freedom, flexibility and playfulness in whatever we do. In fact […]

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Dharma and personal responsibility, 2014

Download as PDF James Low, 7 August 2014 Buddhist thinking and practice focuses on freeing ourselves from unhelpful limiting beliefs so that we may see ourselves and the world clearly and act with compassion. In order to let go of limiting beliefs we have to see their negative effect and decide to cease from indulging them. This is facilitated by […]

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Learning to swim in the ever-changing ocean of experience, 2014

James Low, 7 August 2014 Written for CAT [Cognitive Analytic Therapy] Trainees. Download PDF  For change to be fundamental it has to address the foundation, the ground, the basis, the source.  For it to be radical it has to identify the radix, the root.  Only when the root of experience is firmly planted in the ground of spacious presence can healthy […]

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