Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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May 19 2009
Do we really need bottled water? Learn the facts. Bottled waters are a disaster to our green planet. Save our planet today. Ditching bottled waters is one of the ways.
May 18 2009
ON TRANSPARENCY AND THE WIZARD OF OZ
A writer recently contacted me about a book he was putting together of truthful stories about the challenges of the spiritual path. He said that he was tired of all the teachings that suggested the journey was easy or pretended that the teacher had achieved some spiritual status and [...]
May 18 2009
The word “education”, like “democracy” and “freedom”, is an idea. Like democracy and freedom, we cannot bestow it on anyone — no matter how hard we try. We cannot “teach” anything. We can only issue an invitation to learn. In fact, teaching is arguably counter-productive. It creates resistance. It stifles learning. It hammers square pegs [...]
May 18 2009
Bill Moyers speaks with Lawrence-Lightfoot, one of America’s leading educators and author of THE THIRD CHAPTER: PASSION, RISK, AND ADVENTURE IN THE 25 YEARS AFTER 50. Lawrence-Lightfoot envisions a much needed cultural shift in our attitudes toward youth and age — a need based on simple demographics. People are living longer and remaining engaged and vital — about 76 million Americans are now in what Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has dubbed “the third chapter” of life.
May 18 2009
Anneke Wills, actress, who played the iconic role of the glamorous assistant Polly in the earlier episodes of this giant of a series has written two lively, witty, outrageous and true books about her life.
The first Self Portrait covers her earlier days from childhood, through the swinging sixties, career and marriage, to the early 70s. [...]