Madhuri elucidates at a talk the source of women’s unease at a lifted toilet seat, and of men’s at being shouted at (with two poems and video link)
One Hanukkah, a young man named Jake was coming to visit his grandmother in her new apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan…
News from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023, which concluded this session at the end of October – by Punya
Madhuri’s review of Ray Brooks’ book; “Having worked in Japan a lot during the 90’s, I enjoyed the immersion into aspects of the culture I’d not encountered, as well as some I had.”
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga. “This is the only time we have, and this is the only life we have.”
Photos by Premdharma taken in the German capital, on endless walks and bike tours (best seen fullscreen)
Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can’t look that old? Well…
Rico Provasoli writes, “My goal is living in the house of joy. And how I get there, for me anyway, is by walking the path of gratitude.”
This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho. “Man has lived uncivilized for a single reason: he never went deep into himself. I call only those people civilized who have reached their centre, and who have seen themselves as buddhas.”
Kul Bhushan traces the journey of his niece, Ruby Bajaj, and her daughter, Deeksha, both exhibiting at the India Art Festival at the Constitution Club in New Delhi.
An introduction by Roshani Shay Curtis of her newly-lauched book about her life with son Tarun. The book is subtitled: Our Adventures with Love, Deafness and Autism.
A chapter excerpted from Roshani’s book, Two Souls, Tandem Journeys: Our Adventures with Love, Deafness and Autism. “I can almost hear him thinking, ‘People around here really like me. Wow.'”
The British Library in London received the missing titles to complete their catalogue of Osho’s works, thanks to Neeten’s efforts.
“Rare is the possibility of someone’s listening, and rarest is the possibility of someone understanding.”
Sudhir reviews Pratibha Castle’s poetry book, launched today, 9 November 2023. “These poems resonate because they describe life as it is. They give a sense of how the eternal can slip into the world of time, of how, if one looks even in the midst of the mundane, there is magic.”
Jivana, a publisher of Osho’s books in Germany, is interviewed by Nirbija on the 20th anniversary of Innenwelt Verlag and Edition Osho
In these two videos, Deva Padma speaks about the five suits of her new Tarot deck, out today, 7 November 2023.
Life in the Amsterdam Red Light District, told by “a young British woman, a newly-qualified nursery nurse who was lured by an advertisement to work in a crèche.” The reflective review by Madhuri concludes with “If Yin was honoured, meditation would become possible for humans.”
A documentary about G.I. Gurdjieff with original and rare footage from his travels and of the dances.
This month’s planet transits discussed by Marga; “Wisdom means insight; not information but clarity, awareness, spontaneity, responsibility, the capacity to respond immediately (Osho).”