This is being written on 5th November, which in the United Kingdom is traditionally Bonfire Night. It can’t have escaped anyone’s attention that this year it has been overshadowed by a certain election going on across the Atlantic.

Given the apparent deep divide this election has stirred up, perhaps it is ironically apt that both share the same date.

The way out of suffering is not all that obvious. Michael Haggiag looks at which direction we need to head towards if we want to find a way out.

Is this the beginning of an AI revolution that will free humanity or enclave it? Or could it be the next Buddha? Find out in this week’s Blog article.

Is Heaven really a far off place, or is it something much closer to home?

After (begrudgingly) starting a gratitude journal, Rachel Hilton discovered things about herself which had remained hidden for years.

Nick Julius argues that the teaching of Drama in our secondary schools may be more important than the teaching of ‘hard’ subjects like Mathematics and Science

Rachel Hilton takes a look at what Psychopaths can teach us about compassion.

Nick Julius takes a look at the influence of Zen Buddhism on one of the most enduring cinematic franchises, Star Wars.

Zen practice and the ancient Greeks, have a lot more in common than you may think…

Our sense of incompleteness is not an inherent part of human biology. Martin argues that the values of modernity may in fact be fueling this feeling of lack.

As with the birth of Jesus, Buddhism and Zen Buddhism also have stories of major figures having emerged from a miraculous birth. Martin Goodson explores what this might point too, and the role of consciousness in Buddhism.