Although an unlikely emergence in my lifetime but I believe there will be a time when global citizens will recognise Democracy as a sordid and unjust system of government in the same way we regard Fascism and Communism. …
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Kye, my nine-year-old grandson, accompanied me on a month long trip in November, 2010, to Australia where I offered Dharma teachings and visited family. Kye met his 90-year-old great grandmother. With the approval of his school in south Devon, Kye could leave behind the laminated wooden desk of his classroom for the rain forest of Yarrahapinni running down to the edge of the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales. …
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I sent a reflection on suicide to a follower of the Dharma after a relative in her 30’s committed suicide following a separation. I have changed her name to Angela. Angela had sat a retreat with me some years ago. Our heart reaches out to loved ones who try to make sense of suicide. We have to be mindful not to rush to judgment in terms of simplistic psychological analysis about a person who ends their life.
I wrote: …
When the self totally rejects its self and the world. A Reflection on SuicideRead More »
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Truthout is my favourite news analysis that arrives regularly in my e-mail box. Truthout is a US non-profit, no advertising news agency, that distributes a frequent e-news, rich in analysis of contemporary issues. …
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The first poem reminds us to take risks in noble ways.
The second poems is a daily meditation on the value of silence and stillness
The third poem reveals liberation through insights into great and small things of our experiences
The fourth poem reminds that footprints are not signs of going somewhere. …
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