Newsletter August 2012

Newsletter 2720 — 31 July 2012

Our articles published in July 2012

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Horoscope

“Supported by Jupiter, Aquarius Full Moon ushers in this August with a light-hearted energy…” says Sitara in the Horoscope August 2012

Healing & Meditation

Maneesha’s travel notes: On Board The Sammasati Train(ing)

Kaiyum (David Bloch), international expert in presenting and communicating, provides some valuable insights: Fear of Public Speaking: Fact or Fantasy?

Grahi’s beneficial research on healthy living, in particular on sugar addiction: Weight Gain, Fat, Overweight, Obesity

Remembering in the Here & Now

Part 13 of Bodhena’s ‘Samsara’: Neighbours, Macho Boys and the Power Structure

Part three of Max Brecher’s analysis of the ‘Controversial American Commune’: Same Old Leopard, Same Old Spots

Jeevan remembers, with gratitude, one of her Energy Darshans

Prophecies

In an apparent effort to keep a grip on life in these days of astonishing incidents (natural and man-made) we read increasingly about visions of the future, myths, and signs. The latest sign is the birth of a White Bison

Creativity

Suvarna’s ‘I Want Real’ is a song played in Path of Love groups around the world.

A poem by Madhuri: My Striped Boyfriend

Madhuri – I was on Koh-Pi-Pi, an island off the southern tip of Thailand: A Present for My Mother

On the Go

Madhuri’s impressions of generally undramatic Switzerland include The Egg Lady

News Articles

The number 13 by itself and in particular in connection with a Friday conjures up dread among many people (in particular for the Scottish who remember the Massacre of Glencoe), others simply call it superstition: 13 Freaky Facts About Friday the 13th

The following article by Derek Thompson was published in ‘The Atlantic’ earlier this month. It shows how marketing tactics are used to trick your brain into buying. Next time you find yourself looking at a ‘special’, remember The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math

5 million viewings in the last 12 months! Osho YouTube Channel

Media Watch

An article by Abhay Vaidya, published on 30th July 2012 in Firstpost, India: Osho Commune Says There Is No Rajneesh Samadhi

“I love saris. I’m just so into it,” says Anja Ploetz (Tara), Photographers’ Agent

From a daily newspaper in Malaysia, Poisoning Methods by Covert Agencies Questioned - including the poisoning of Osho

Letters

Wendelin’s letter about the activities at the Osho Resort and Selling My Flat in Pune

Global Awareness

A new HBO series with a captivating beginning: The Newsroom

Waking of Humanity

A study by Salford Business School at the University of Salford shows that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter Feed Anxiety

And yet another wake-up call about the threat we are facing through Monsanto

Science

Discovery News reports about a thousand-of-years old Bronze Age Facebook

Science recognizes more and more that meditation is helpful in curing dis-ease and the resulting pain in the physical body: Pain Is Produced by the Brain

Gems

From recently deceased Stephen Covey’s bestselling book… 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

George Carlin shreds illusions to pieces in The American Dream

A quote by Stephen Hawking on Computer Viruses

A classic as acute today as it was then – Charlie Chaplin’s Final Speech of The Great Dictator

Move forward and do what you have to do is Johnny Depp’s advice to an acting student

Reviews

Bhagawati’s review of Premesh’s thrilling Esoteric Trilogy, The Ashoka Chronicles

Pankaja’s impressions of the London play, The Last of the Haussmans

Kaiyum reviews Lokesh’s (Luke Mitchell) novel, Mind Bomb

Veetman adds another review of Rashid’s new book, The Point of Vanishing

Events