Snippets from a Guardian article from 28 June 2024 ‘Give unconditional love to each other’: artist Marina Abramović silences Glastonbury for seven minutes “Serbian performance artist tells Pyramid stage crowd to confront cyclical violence in thousands-strong ‘collaboration’” It’s been home to some of the UK’s loudest singalongs, most propulsive rap …...Read More

Proudly showing off his newly-leased downtown apartment to a couple of friends late one night… …a drunken Kiwi led the way to his bedroom where there was a big Oriental gong hanging on a stand. ‘What’s that big gong for?’ one of the friends asked. ‘Issss nod a gong. Issss …...Read More

“If you love a man, meditation will be the best present that you can give to him. If you love a woman, then the Kohinoor is nothing; meditation will be a far more precious gift – and it will make your life sheer joy.” I am introducing a totally new …...Read More

Daylight Saving Time: The Power of Growing Older By David W. Berner (www.o-books.com) How Old Am I Again? Considering how to move through the time that remains. Not long ago, a friend of mine considered the state of his aging body. “Now days when I drop something, I seriously consider …...Read More

Osho, You have said that most of humanity is vegetating, not living. Please explain. “Man is born to achieve life, but it all depends on him. “He can miss it. He can go on breathing, he can go on eating, he can go on growing old, he can go on …...Read More

An excerpt from Rico Provasoli’s new book, Hiding Out With The Enemy: A Zen Carpenter’s Tale I grabbed my packed bag and headed north. An hour into the drive, anxiety fluttered my chest, followed by hot flashes running up my neck and back, forcing me to pull off the highway. …...Read More

Two reviews of Rico Provasoli’s recently published book Hiding Out With The Enemy A Zen Carpenter’s Tale by Rico Provasoli ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8328434621 ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D7GWCP71 and B0D7JSVQHF (kindle) Independently published, 18 June 2024, 244 pages Paperback and Kindle: amazon.com* – amazon.co.uk* Carl Masi, a well-educated …...Read More

“If you do not have needs, you once did.” ~ Marshall Rosenberg When I was born, my mother did not want me. In the northern part of India, there is still a very strong preference for having a male child. A female child is often seen as a burden because …...Read More

This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga Love, or God, are not techniques. They are not things to do, they are ways of being, not ways of doing. And the way of being insists for only one condition to be fulfilled and that is – you be totally there. Why …...Read More

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~Buddha I have, as I believe many of us do, grappled with the thorny issues of self-esteem for much of my life. But it was only when I became terribly unwell with an autoimmune disease …...Read More