Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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Mar 07 2010
Why did Osho change the traditional order used for The Three Jewels? At first I wondered if it was just a mistake that Sheela made when introducing us to them, but later I found discourses in which Osho referred to them in the order that was presented to us:
Feb 25 2010
This piece came in originally as a comment on my article: Living Near Golders Green, which appeared recently. I thought it deserved more prominence, as I found it both moving and interesting.
Persephone, I thoroughly enjoyed your piece on Golders Green. Your words brought back memories of so many things I experienced when deciding to [...]
Jan 23 2010
From the New York Times Sat. Jan 2nd. 2010
I LOVE reading history, and the shelves in my living room are lined with fat, fact-filled books. . . The problem is, as much as I’ve enjoyed these books, I don’t really remember reading any of them. Certainly I know the main points. But didn’t I, [...]
Nov 21 2009
FAMILY Kurt Vonnegut
This was sent to me by Norman Chancer, a dear friend, whose sense of humour is very similar to that of Vonnegut’s.
“Okay, now let’s have some fun. Let’s talk about sex. Let’s talk about women. Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want: a whole lot [...]
Oct 16 2009
This blog comment was sent to me from the US. It was written in a response to a letter from a 44 year old woman, full of angst about her own ageing process. I thought it worth publishing for its intelligent encouragement.
Aug 05 2009
James has been corresponding with me for a few months now. He has also been generous enough to reply to many of the postings on this site. Today he sent me this poem. Normally I keep poems solely for the news letter. This one, however touched me deeply by its innocence as well as its [...]
Jul 01 2009
Several times over the last decade I have represented a holistic and new age approach at conferences and in the media, and have often been told, ‘Yes, it seems like there is a substantial movement – but where are the numbers, the core beliefs and the ethical code?’ In one academic description of this new spirituality, the author actually suggests that we have no chance of getting heard because it is doubtful that we can network and organise. Let’s surprise him.
Jun 26 2009
“In this time of global distress with the threat of terror and the actuality of war, individual awakening is increasingly urgent. It is not just a good thing to do, or an addition to our knapsack of experience trinkets. It is not even about some kind of personal pleasure or achievement. Awakening [...]
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 [...]