Changing the direction of your life
This workbook is structured to be both instructive and engaging, making complex principles understandable and accessible without ever being patronising. Each chapter offers global explanations, connects to our core RAFT metaphor, and provides opportunities for self-reflection and journaling, along with supporting insights from science and philosophy.
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Episode 1 – A map to navigate our journey:
Introducing the RAFT framework
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For me, there is no happiness without freedom, and freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
(more…)The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain.
Dr Gabor Maté
Surveying the dangerous shore: Gotama’s world in his own words:
“Violence gives birth to fear.
Just look at people and their quarrels.
I will speak of my dismay
I will tell you how I experienced terror.
I saw this population flounder,
like a fish in a little puddle.
Seeing them at odds with each other,
fear came upon me.
The world around was volatile,
all directions were in turmoil.
Wanting a home for myself,
I did not see any place unoccupied.
I felt discontent
at seeing only conflict to the very end,
then I saw an arrow here, so very hard to see,
embedded in the heart.
Overcome by this arrow
you run in all directions.
But simply by pulling it out
you don’t run, you don’t sink.”
Episode 2 – Gotama’s intoxication’s
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Generosity – the antidote to selfishness
Gathering the first materials with open-heartedness
Episode 3 – Dana – the gift of generosity
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If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving and sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of miserliness overcome their minds.
Gotama (the Buddha)
(more…)Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Simone Weil
The foundational planks of our raft: laying a groundwork of kindness
Episode 4 – The Foundational Planks of Our Raft: Commitment to harmlessness
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(more…)RAFT to RecoveryRecovery is not just about stopping the destructive behaviour. It’s about cultivating a life worth living
Gabor Mate