Andy

Metta What is it that cause most people suffering in this modern world? I wouldn’t be able to quote firm statistics here. Only my perceptions, what I’ve seen and experienced. And it seems to be separation. Many of us isolate ourselves these days. Through fear, primarily and also confusion and delusion. This isolation is awful. It is almost as if we build our own cell and lock ourselves inside of it. E.M. Forster wrote  “only connect” in Howard’s End. Look…

Bach Flower Remedies at The Sangha House  

Or to put it another why – Why is that our best intentions fail us? We set out to learn something new and initially everything seems to be going well and then, oh, things go off track. Suddenly excuses come up that stop us doing the activity or class. We lose our way. Buddhism does give us a potential answer here. One of our members asked me for some advice in the Sangha House the other day. This related to…

Denise and I, the directors of The Sangha House, have been working in the Holistic Health Sector for more than 12 years. There is one common factor that always comes through, loud and clear. If you look at the statistics associated with our customers, you will see that, across the board, three quarters of our customers are women. Why is this? Well, I believe it is coupled with the complexity of how men feel about their place in society here…

Here at The Sangha House, Taunton, we have people through our doors from all walks of life. When we established our timetable, one of our aims was to provide a timetable built around people’s busy lives, to give them lots of flexibility. Therefore, we concentrated on places where people would (or should) take their breaks. i.e. start of day, lunch time and end of day. This has certainly helped a great many people, but we are seeing a clear trend…