The BBC Proms 2020 was a low key affair as we all know with no live audience (due to Covid-19 restrictions). However, one of the most famous Sitar players of all time, Anoushka Shankar was allowed a restricted orchestra performance and it was incredible in my opinion. Music from the Sitar touches me deeply and […]
Month: July 2021
DO WE DISSOLVE INTO NOTHINGNESS WHEN WE DIE? MANY people on a spiritual path more or less accept that life goes on after we die. The following series of youtube videos is dedicated to shed light on how such a continued existence might look like in detail. All the information here is based on the […]
Free Will?
Brain Scans Can Reveal Your Decisions 7 Seconds Before You Decide Last Updated on Tue, 13 Jul 2021 | Curious Minds In a kind of spooky experiment, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences reveal that our decisions are made seconds before we become aware of them. In the study, participants could […]
A Lost Friendship
“If a friend doesn’t want you in their life – then you have no place in their life. But that’s okay – because your friendship was a journey on which you both grew as people.“ It’s important to think of this former friend as a human being- constantly thinking and changing thoughts, forming their worldview […]
A Mindful Death
You may have heard this story before but I’m narrating it here in my own words. A monk was being chased by a wild tiger and unfortunately he was chased to the edge of a cliff where he was now dangling from, clinging to some vines growing off the cliff. He looked down and the […]
#IDidn’tKnowHowToTeach #TrueTeaching #TeddyStoddard #ChickenSoupForTheSoul #SoulfulTeaching This is a story I came across many years ago in a book called “Chicken Soup for the Soul”. This story really touched me so profoundly and deeply and still does………… The Teddy Stoddard Story There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. […]
When things fall apart
Alway expecting that things will be ok one day? One day in the future? A perpetual conundrum in my opinion ….. Pema Chödrön