Christopher

Legalise marijuana. For occasional recreational use and as a health treatment

Political / Christopher / June 25, 2015

It is time to make joints (of marijuana)

available over the shop counter and as a health treatment

I first smoked weed (marijuana) in a cave on the Matala beach in Crete with some other hippies in the Summer of Love in 1967. I never looked back from those weeks on that Greek island. I smoked marijuana and hashish from time to time in Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Laos and the rest of south east Asia. Ancient India regarded marijuana as a sacred plant owing to its medicinal properties. Hippies also adopted the tradition of thanking God (Siva) after inhaling smoke from a joint. Boom Shankar (The Sound of Siva).. …

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Join the retreat with Jaya Ashmore, Sutton, Quebec, Canada, August 14 – 21, 2015.

Communications / Christopher / June 23, 2015

Silent Meditation Retreat in Qu bec,

with Jaya Ashmore (Open Dharma)

August 14th to 21st, 2015

In Sutton, QC, Canada

Meditation, deep rest, yoga, nature and teachings

A week of exploration and inquiry

In English and in French (with translations)

Retreat offered entirely on dana (on donation)

For more information or for registration (limited spaces), please write to: quebec@opendharma.org

Facebook event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/853901721370554/

or visit: www.opendharma.org

Leaflet in English: http://www.spun-shop.com/redir/3c0361

Leaflet in French: http://www.spun-shop.com/redir/d72357

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Lewis Thompson (1909 – 1949). A Selection of Aphorisms from Mirror to the Light

Dharma Reflections / Christopher / June 17, 2015

Lewis Thompson, an English poet and sage, spent 18 years in India from the age of 22 until his death in Varanasi in 1949, aged 40. He devoted these years to the exploration of consciousness, experience and truth. Aphorisms, carefully filed away in boxes, were found after his death. Here is a selection of his aphorisms. Clear, sharp and direct, his aphorisms serve as an important resource for reflection for sincere people committed to the exploration of the human experience.

Still largely unknown more than 60 years after his death, Lewis Thompson has much to offer in his expression of numerous timeless truths. His aphorisms certainly deserve a wider audience. (see review of Mirror to the Light in the blog of July 13, 2015). …

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The Buddha and War

The Buddha, Spiritual / Christopher / June 5, 2015

Intentions, Ethics, Action and Consequences.

A Dharma Perspective on wars and moral superiority

(6290 words)

SUB-HEADINGS

Ignorance and Conflict

Ethics, Intentions, Actions and Consequences

Action and Suffering

Buddhists and War

Enquiry into so-called Cause and Effect

Powerfully armed countries, such as USA, UK, France and Israel, and military organisations, such as NATO, propagate our moral superiority over threats, real and imagined, from other nation states or political/pseudo religious organisations, such as found in the Arab/Islamic world. …

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