Dr Russell Razzaque

How To Negotiate With Spiritual Wisdom

The British public have woken up to an entirely novel spectacle this year; politicians talking to one another. Instead of bickering and exaggerating their differences through loud speakers, they are actually sitting down and treating one another with mutu... Read >

Meditation; The Oldest and Ultimate Self Help Course

Three dozen men shuffle politely into a drafty room, quickly taking seats in wooden pews. A chaplain, in a flowing brown robe with a gold sash, draws their attention from the front. He begins instructing them on how to breathe, focus and empty their minds... Read >

Making Failure A Form Of Spiritual Self Help

Everyone knows that failure is a part of life. Yet, sometimes we can get so absorbed in the stress of failure that each failure can feel like it is the first time it has ever happened. Yet has there ever existed a person on this earth - past or present - ... Read >

Meditation; A Self Help Program For Body & Soul

From cancer, to aging to heart attacks, blood pressure and mental health, meditation has a proven impact across a whole variety of areas in the body. Here are just a few scientifically proven facts about meditation - verified by robust research: * Medi... Read >

The Ultimate Meditation Technique; Sticking With It

People often talk to me about their difficulties with meditation; it's hard to start and, often, just as hard to maintain on a regular basis. In our lives we are programmed to remain active. Work, play and sleep - these are the three distinct modes of ... Read >

Happiness - What is It?

What is happiness? What do we mean by this term and how do we attain it? Philosophers, psychologists and social scientists, who have been exploring and debating this issue for millennia, have concluded that there are two ways of looking at it: One is k... Read >

Spiritual Self Help Needed For The Catholic Church

A lot of people these days see only the negative in religion. In my view this is a slightly lazy "all or nothing" position to take as it overlooks the fact that for many millions of people, religious belief, community and practise brings a light, hope and... Read >

Meditation: The Ultimate Spiritual Wisdom

Things people associate with meditation include calm, peace and tranquillity. But not pain. The spiritual wisdom gained through meditation is, however, all about pain - deep emotional pain. Not removing it but truly feeling it. Because the truth is, it ca... Read >

How Meditation will Help Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods cited the point in his life when things started to go wrong, was when he set aside his Buddhist philosophy. But what does he mean by that? At the core of Buddhist wisdom is the concept and practise of meditation, but how would that have helped... Read >

How Culture Can Effect The Way You Think

Our ideas about ourselves and the world around us - who we are and how we fit in - arise out of our relationships with our parents in our toddler years. If parents are suffering from the pain of traumas past, that can easily be passed onto the toddlers th... Read >

How To Make A Relationship Work

Making relationships work isn't easy. Even the most balanced and accomplished people struggle with it. There is not a single pocket of humanity that is immune to this hardship. Indeed the degree to which relationship disharmony impacts society as a whole ... Read >

It's Official: Meditation Makes You Compassionate

From ancient spiritual traditions to modern self help courses, the knowledge of meditation and its value has been awakening society for millennia. Some of meditation's benefits, like reducing stress and lowering blood pressure have been scientifically pro... Read >

The Treatments for Depression

I have been in the business of treating depression for nearly two decades now and, during this time I have seen many additions to the treatment armoury that psychiatrists use. Since the latter half of the last century enormous leaps of progress have been ... Read >

Managing Violence

We all have a propensity for violence. It is a part of who we are as humans. We carry this propensity within out genes and it is always available to us, when ever our world starts to crumble around us. I am, of course, not writing an article that advocate... Read >

The Self Help Program We Call Life

Every situation we are in offers us an opportunity to work on ourselves. Indeed, each of our regular activities can be turned into a vehicle via which we can further our own personal growth. Such self help notions go back a long way - thousands of years, ... Read >