Gordon C. Cardona's Posts

As I slowly settle for summer at my summer house, I talk about the challenges but need of change in our life.

In this episode, recorded on the 6th July 2012, I briefly share a few words about His Holiness the Dalai Lama and 2 post entries posted in 2011 and 2012 related to this occasion. Enjoy!!! Music used from the album "Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama" by Peter Cater. Blog entries from my blog at: http://ZoneMind.gordonGD.com

In this short episode, I read a haiku I posted at Haiku Flow this morning. Enjoy!

In this episode, I share a rather painful experience when I learned that my best friend was awarded a prize for ''helping' me which is awarded every year in Malta to promote the values of solidarity and friendship between non-disabled children and their disabled peers. But, I think that the organisers need to rethink the whole idea of awarding such a prize in today's world as such an award fails to consider the effects the prize would have on these friendships while emphasising differences rather than equality and inclusion.

In this episode, I share two entries I posted today on my blogs ZoneMind and Gordon's D-Zone on faith and reason and on party politics and Disabimity issues respectively. Enjoy!

In this episode, I share my reflections following a bad fall which led me to meditate on compassion and charity.

A haiku dedicated to the people of Syria and especial the children killed for nothing. This haiku is in their memory...

In this episode, I share some thoughts and reflections on the importance of silence in our daily lives and how silence is essential in order to cultivate our sense of authenticity based on the insights I gained during my meditation practice.

This is the first in a series of episodes "READINGS FROM THE COSMOS" and it features a short introduction and the first chapter: Namuh's State. Enjoy!

In this episode, Gordon shares a haiku called "The Cycle of Life". More haikus by Gordon can be found at http://haikuflow.gordongd.com. Enjoy!

In this episode, you’re asked to reflect on the purpose of life and in particular about the purpose of your life! In this episode, I also talk about what I’m learning during my investigation of Buddhism and on the changes that I’m noticing since I started a regular practice of meditation and mindfulness. Ultimately, I seek to find out whether I’m being authentic to my being as I grow in self-knowledge.

The first episode in a series featuring chapters from a book I wrote around 1999 entitled “Cosmos”. This boo is an introduction to the subsequent book in which I explain what experiences motivated me to write the book and to share this work in the form of a blog named “Cosmos Online”. In this boo, I also share my experience as a child growing in a world which I felt partly out of touch and talk about the questions that I had as a child who was preoccupied with the big questions while living life as any ordinary child. This In this episode, I also talk about the evolution of my life’s outlook since the time I wrote “Cosmos”. Enjoy!

In this episode, I share a reflection on the phrase “I’m proud to be humble” and explaining how it’s important to interpret ‘pride” and “humility” within a context before one can say whether such a phrase makes sense. This reflection also explains how pride and humility aren’t intrinsically good or bad but closely related to our humanity and linked to the Buddhist outlook on life.

Just a short announcement to let you know I'm planning to start a new series of episodes containing chapters from a book I wrote in 1999 called "Cosmos", available to read now from http://Cosmos.GordonGD.com. But, please tune in for future readings. Don't worry - this will not stop me from submitting other Boos...

In this episode, Gordon talks about the importance of asking yourself what you feel is your personal commitment in life based on his own personal experiences.

In this brief episode, I talk about the recent launch of my FaceBook page for GordonGD.com. A bit of self-promotion? perhaps...

In this episode, I talk of the importance of practicing our values and beliefs in daily life.

What does being humble really mean? In this boo, I reflect on humility and share a few thoughts about this topic - as well as a reading from my blog “ZoneMind”.

In this podcast episode, I share two audio versions of two posts I submitted to my "Buddhist" blog, ZoneMind over Easter.

In this boo, I talk about how our experiences as disabled people is often unduly associated with suffering. I also discuss my journey into Buddhism and how it is affecting my outlook on life.