Better than me

I met an erstwhile teacher colleague and we were discussing a student of his who was a bit of a mathematical genius – now comfortable amongst the elite of the elite in Cambridge. The colleague’s attitude was unassuming, that he could still guide the students whether they were better than him. I replied with an …

A free slave?

I began thinking about slavery in meditation yesterday. Have I always been free? This question is the wrong way round:- Have I ever been free? Have I always been a slave? Discounting my childhood as I was definitely not free to make decisions then as I was not developed enough, life decisions came when I …