Back from her travels, Madhuri writes about books by Andy Cave, Doris Lessing, Dodie Smith, Joe Biel and Elly Blue, Walt Larimore, Karolina Ramqvist, Charlotte Bingham, Heather McDonald, Dave Barry, June Tate
“You are supported by your past life, that’s why you are here. And your past life is supported by another past life…”
“These people have taken a tremendous step. They have risked their established mind to enquire into the unfamiliar and the unknown – and ultimately, the unknowable.”
Madhuri reviews Dr Chris van Tulleken’s book, subtitled ‘Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food… and Why Can’t We Stop?’
Rabindranath Tagore, Hazrat Inayat Khan and Jiddu Krishnamurti each set foot on Dutch soil – essay by Shanti
“Mind has a stupidity: to complete things. Mind is a perfectionist. Ninety-nine? The obsession is created: they must be a hundred.”
The smartphone, of all things, is supposed to help with meditation? This month, an experiment gets under way that approaches a contradiction of our time in earnest and turns it into research, writes Dwariko Pfeifer
Dharmamurti remembers his move from Buffalo, New York, to the Bear Tribe in California – as told to Madhuri (Part 1) [Long Read]
When meditation becomes a profession, association becomes authority, and the messenger becomes a product – by Anuragi
An excerpt for the topic of ‘Tantra’; “Before you meet the woman you should rise higher in your consciousness because then the meeting will happen on a higher plane.”
In the last days of 1984, Hafiz, together with four others, is dispatched from Medina to join the Rajneesh commune in Freiburg, via the ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland… [Long Read]
Planet transits discussed by Marga; “The month looks fairly calm overall, although there are some elements of suspension due to the retrograde motion of several planets.”
Anandi’s monthly horoscope introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote: “Wherever there is happiness, there is joy in nonsense.”
“…it has tremendous beauty; it has something of the ultimate in it. Now it is pure sharing. Now it is a luxury, it is no more a need.”
In her series of articles dedicated to Human Design and Relationship, Marga delves today into the significance of the Lines, starting from the I Ching
Amido (text) and Purushottama (photos) end their 2006 pilgrimage in India with a visit to Varanasi, Darjeeling, Rumtek and Kalimpong (Part 7)
In this letter Pankaja acknowledges the lack of care many of the children in our communes have suffered, without denying the positive experiences that also happened
Shravan’s artwork in our online Art Gallery; “When the creative spirit calls, I just pick up my colours.”
Introduction from the book, Living with the Inescapable: Consciously Accepting Death, by Alfredo (Sanjiva) Ovalle
In this Long Read, Hafiz recalls his early taste of sannyas at the English commune – extracted from his memoir, I Am Cooking Something Else, the story of Oxford’s legendary Magic Café
“A real man of awakening is not hard, he is not frozen. He has melted. The ice has disappeared into water.”
Amido and Purushottama’s pilgrimage takes a turn toward the north, to the Himalayas, where they explore Rishikesh, Shimla, Manali and McLeod Ganj (Part 6)
Madhuri writes about the process of creating audio books for two memoirs: Mistakes on the Path and Reluctantly to Kunzum La
Not merely a review and recommendation by Bhagawati, but also a clarion call from the author to help spread the book worldwide
“It is not that you have to become a Buddha, you are a Buddha, fallen asleep. Somebody needs to kick you. Somebody needs to shout at you. Somebody needs to hit you. And that is the purpose of a master.”
Anandi’s monthly horoscope introduced by Oscar Wilde’s quote: “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.”
Veet Karen shares her candid, joyous journey through menopause – and a nourishing recipe to support you along the way
Amido (text) and Purushottama (photos) remember their 2006 visit to Rajasthan. They visit the cities of Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Pushkar (Part 5)
Planet transits discussed by Marga; “The month moves back and forth between openness to experience and periods of greater introspection.”