ByJulia Chi
This morning Hassan made us coffee and tea, which were ready for us when we appeared at 7.30am… We had a last photo call with him pouring the tea in traditional style from a great height… We had said goodbye to Nadia and Lamina yesterday, but ten minutes before we left the doorbell rang and…
ByTony Samara
Children are a central part of my work. I believe that if we work with children, we can change the world much more than working with adults. Firstly, it is important to create true boundaries for children without being negative, without instilling in them the fear that they will not be successful, or use this…
ByAnthony Altman
A Revolution in Consciousness A revolution in Consciousness means that those who can, will do whatever it takes to grow in consciousness, which means that they will expand their conscious awareness. This is the only way to transcend the problems we are facing at this time, and be in a position to resolve them for…
ByJulia Chi
As I finished my intervals today, and was jogging back to meet Jamal and Anadi on the dusty sunny parkland that I have become accustomed too, I passed two camels, they were ‘humping’, as Jamal described their union, in a very relaxed fashion… Their owner was standing a discreet distance away, and they seemed very…
BySue Ellam
I am certain that I’m not the only one who feels that their power of choice is being chipped away at day by day. Choice is a human right – we should be able to decide for ourselves how we want to live our lifespan on this earth – I’m sure it wasn’t in the…
ByDebs Atkinson
So many of us are on a spiritual quest, a journey, a path, whatever you want to call it, we are seekers and looking always for that spiritual goal of peace, joy, oneness, unconditional love amongst other things. You name it, we are after it! Of course “it” can be pretty elusive and cause some…
ByAnthony Altman
Changing World! How to Use Change Wisely The Story So Far Our world, our planet, our people, our human society, and even the animal world are all changing, in the biggest change we know. The human population is higher than ever, the pollution of our air, water and earth is higher than ever, the suffering…
ByTony Samara
Synchronicity always has a purpose. There are many people alive today who are deeply seeking in a conscious way the deeper aspects of the journey that we all have to undertake, which is to be more conscious of our actions and purpose here in life. My reason for being in the monastery during my teenage…
ByCaroline Nettle
Addiction to shopping, like all other addictions, is not very well understood in our society. However, the thought patterns that drive the addiction are common to the addictive mind, and recovery looks very similar. We live in a society of waste, excess, and pleasure seeking. We are encouraged to borrow money to pay for this…
ByAnthony Altman
Suffering has been with humanity since humanity began I would suppose, and there has always been someone to help guide us humans through this nightmare, if we would only listen, observe and learn how to do it. Gautam Siddhartha, better known as The Buddha, devoted his life to helping people transcend their suffering 2,500 years…
ByCaroline Nettle
A person can only make you angry if you allow them to. What this means is that no one can make you feel angry, only that you choose to react with anger to what they have said or done. Often we project so much of our own agenda onto someone or onto a situation that…
ByAnthony Altman
According to Western Astrology, we have just emerged from the Piscean age, which was a 2,000 year period, where the general characteristics were; extreme competition, greed, avarice, violence, ego-mania, control, aggression, and war. Of course, there were also positive traits, but the lessons that were to be learned by humanity centered around the negative traits….