Here's a few more stories and reflections from the years gone by, but here too is a reflection from the heart; my heart to your heart, which sums up for me everything I hold dear about the wonderful powerful mid winter festival of Christmas.

Hope it lifts you up and the you have a wonderful Christmas. Blessings. And thank you for your support during the year.

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From a rich litany of images that come from stories and memories over fifteen years, as I continue stories for winter, to warm your heart with reflections and stories.

And this is a kind of workshop as well because I try to make sense of a few secrets as to how we can make good stories.

After that it's just a joy to share with you, and sending you love and good wishes for this weekend before the big Christmas weekend.

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 It's an apartment in an old stone building. A huge labyrinth of rooms and wooden staircases, and I'm here on my own, apart from yourself, and I'm reflecting this week on that thing called a retreat. 

I used to come to Warsaw for about 6 weeks in the winter and go home with the guts of a new book. But this year I'm just here for 7 days. It's still fantastic. A cold frosty city of magical light and life. I love it. Join me in the castle to share my intimate feelings about all this. And of course I'm sharing a few stories as well. Welcome.

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Three stories, because it's second half of November. Winter is here. Nothing is happening. How do we get through the dark. With stories.

Everything in all these podcasts is story. I'm not a scholar or theologian, but faith experience is the story of my life. I love sharing it with you. And thank you for being here. More Stories next week. And then Christmas. Sure how good can it get !

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Delighted to share this; it's a meditation about what Buddhists might call emptiness. But it's also a simple technique that I use to keep sane. Basically it's like this - I believe, I become enthusiastic, and then it slips away. So I let it go, and relish the space of non-belief. I don't judge myself as good or bad because I believe or don't believe. I take them both as like the weather. Faith comes like the tide. it comes in. Then it goes out. So I walk the empty strand, and that too is ok. In fact this oscillating from one to the other is a very buddhist thing, a diamond drill whereby the mind reaches a clearer light. 

But don't worry; it's a very simple reflection this weekend. And I hope you enjoy.

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Enjoy this. Slip into a flag draped incense filled prayer hall in a Tibetan region of India, and just open the heart.

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It's the end of October, and to bring our Buddha Corner meditations to a close we have three special audio packages this weekend. This is the first. Prepare yourself for the unspeakable

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