Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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May 26 2010
There have been a couple of e-books/articles sent that I would like to publish and save in the Free e-books section of this website. Those of you who like to read them, keep your eyes on the site. I will be adding other people’s writings from time to time. This is the first: From Lemurs [...]
May 26 2010
I received this today from my friend Bhagawati – it really speaks for itself. Make sure you see the photos! Just log in to: http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1491846#i
May 26 2010
I include this letter from loyal and frequent writer, James Bonser because he ‘gets’ what this site is about. Thank you James. Hello Persephone, Now the sun is shining again; I feel that there is so much to be done, and so little time in which to do it. It’s as though overnight, I’ve become [...]
May 22 2010
Some of you may know that in our Conversations blog there has been some activity around my article, ‘Yet Another Osho Commune?‘. This has been lively, as expected! Recently I received this 16 page pdf. entitled ‘A Gathering of Friends’. This comes from a talk given by Osho (then, of course known as Bhagwan Shree [...]
May 21 2010
This is just a bit of fun, read it carefully – worth trawling right to the end! The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English [...]
May 21 2010
Going into Retreat Reflections on the Soul’s Need for a Holiday The Collins dictionary on the word retreat is: v.1. To withdraw or retire in the face of an enemy. v.2. To retire or withdraw as to seclusion or shelter. n.1. The act of retreating or withdrawing. 2. A place to which one may retire [...]
May 21 2010
My friend has recently died quietly in his sleep. I was shocked at first, and then I allowed myself to feel the loss and just cried. Through those tears came a clear image of Terry Pratchett, a man trying to negotiate his own death; to determine when and where. And here on the night of [...]
May 21 2010
This clip shows courage over adversity – personified. The audience of young people is as important as the speaker. I guess you could also call this – Love in Action.
May 20 2010
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill, and The Monk and the Philsopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life, by Matthieu Ricard. Normally I am pretty bored by what I call ‘Spiritual How to Books’. However, Ricard’s writing comes from an unusually sincere, gentle, un-pressured stance. Nowhere did I feel [...]
May 20 2010
Here is a short video that touched a chord. Sometimes I need reminding to look for the best in those I meet, rather than reacting to what I judge as irritating or off-putting . Dr. Viktor Frankl. A Jewish psychologist and scholar who, on finally being freed from the Nazi concentration camps of WW2, was [...]