Donkeyvotie is my favourite quick rundown on parties, but they rarely have time for the ungrouped as they cover all states, and the only Queenslander you'll learn about briefly is the very last name on our ballot, Paul Stevenson of the Mental Health Party, and I can't help but agree with Donkeyvotie's observation we could all do with some ( Read more... )

You don't have to be a shining example of sexy talent to make me weak at the knees. You just have to be shining ( Read more... )

Last federal election, I was on a mission to find out who the obscure people were on my senate ballot so my vote could be more informed. It's more difficult and expensive to appear on ballot papers at this year's federal election, so there are no ungrouped candidates, and only two lots of independents, but there are more parties than ever before. ( Read more... )

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Soldiering on. Up all night and slept a chunk of day. Spent a lot of it ruminating. I'm going to start timing it. If I can worry at one thought for ages, I can focus in meditation that long, too. Got through all routines. Motivated to go out and climb in the cold by an interesting thing I learnt last night about how your reach is affected by your ( Read more... )

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And on the sixty-sixth day, she didn't meditate ( Read more... )

My theme for the month is "Revise in July". It seems a good time to take stock. I'm too cold to do much else, anyway. I'm trying to be enthusiastic about re-visioning things, rather than the attitude of making an effort to go over things. I'm actually incredibly tired still, and quite sad a lot of the time, which I'm willing to sit with until I get ( Read more... )

I did today's meditation in a vibroacoustic sound chair, surrounded by thousands of people. It made it very easy to universalise lovingkindness to all the "seekers". MindBodySpirit Festival was this weekend. Here is the "zero gravity" chair. http://oasissynergy.com.au/homeRead more... )

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