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Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Facilitators Programme and the Living Dharma programme, an online mentor programme for Dharma practitioners. He gives retreats, participates in pilgrimages (yatras) and leads Dharma gatherings. Christopher has been teaching annual retreats in Bodh Gaya, India since 1975 and leads an annual Dharma Gathering in Sarnath since 1999. A senior Dharma teacher in the West, he is the author of numerous books including Light on Enlightenment, An Awakened Life and Transforming Our Terror. A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher is a member of the international advisory council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. . Poet and writer, he is the co-founder of Gaia House, an international retreat centre in Devon, England. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.

The world is changing. USA and Israel needs to wake up…..

Political / /

The world has finally granted a birth certificate to the people of Palestine. It has been a long wait. At the end of a democratic vote, 138 nations at the general assembly voted to give the Palestinian authority a non-voting observer state status while only nine countries voted against with 41 abstentions. …

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The People’s Peace Treaty

Political / /

I vow to observe and respect the following:

 1. I vow to dissociate myself from all destruction of life including  military actions, acts of terrorism, initiated by the State, the political organisation or individuals. …

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THE MORE LOVING ONE – a precious reminder from W.H. Auden

Poems and Prose / /

 

I received this lovely email messsage:

“Your mention of how in a relationship, if one loves more than the other, please let me be the one who loves more supported me greatly in keep giving him love and attention.”

W.H.Auden, the poet,  reminds all of to wish to be the more loving one in  a relationship.

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Totnes, Costa Coffee and a Rocket Propelled Mortar

Business, Science Critiques / /

 

Costa Coffee, a British multinational,  boasts the biggest chain of shops in the UK with more than 1000 coffee shops in the country and hundreds more worldwide and, on average, a new coffee shop opening in Britain everyday. Unlike Starbucks, it also pays its full share of taxes in the UK. …

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OCCUPY! A Poem….

Poems and Prose / /

The Arab Spring showed the West a powerful form of street protest. Thousands upon thousands took to the streets in Arab nations and, instead of politely goiing back home in the afternoon, stayed on the streets day and night putting immense pressure on corrupt governments. These Arab citizens gave the inspiration to citizens in so-called Western democracies to to occupy the streets. …

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