Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure?
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Oct 23 2010
All my life I have been plagued, or thought I was, by the feeling of not fitting – anywhere. Added to that was always the longing for something more – even though, as a young girl not recognising the fact. As some of you already know, that longing has got me into more pickles, scrapes [...]
Aug 24 2010
This piece came in the form of a letter to me. I wanted to print it just as it is. Dear Persphone, Just recently I wrote an article entitled ” The questions that are never answered ” Persephone intimated that it may be provocative in it’s content; Which I believe to be true. So I [...]
Aug 17 2010
I found this piece in my so-far ‘Unpublished’ file. To my shame, I thought I had lost the author’s name and said so on first publishing. Today, I received a letter from dear James Bonser telling me that he was the author! So, apologies to James and much happiness that he wrote and put me [...]
Jul 17 2010
After just over a week of total mind chaos, I happened upon this piece in a friend’s copy of Resurgence. I read it slowly and carefully, like a meditation. These words, translated from an ancient text, spoke clearly and kindly to me. They helped clear the chaos. “Life is paradoxical Reality is composed of opposites [...]
Jul 17 2010
I love the different things that come through my e-mail box. This was one such and I see it as an opportunity for a real conversation with someone who really wants your opinions and ideas.
Jun 20 2010
The following piece is timely. David Spangler’s clear writing about the BP disaster is totally sincere. The belief system behind the piece is not my own – but the place in the author’s heart from which it is written, touches me. . . . . A Louisiana costal resident was driving down a road alongside [...]
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 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
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 [...]
Apr 12 2010
The miracle of this particular ceremony was not that it was a ‘good one’. More, it was that Love took over and I was no more Persephone the celebrant, but became just another part of something that was much greater than any single person there.