Category: Christchurch
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Memoir
Hi All, I am in the process of putting final finishing touches on my memoir which is tentatively titled The California Files. Hopefully, it will be published within the next year. Wish me luck, and hold the space and see you all at the end of the rainbow with them Leprechauns. For excerpts from the […]
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Additional Venerations – the Hijab Row & Zelenskyy
Twinkle Khanna at her usual best…. In life, rummy or politics, the joker will serve you well https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mrsfunnybones/in-life-rummy-or-politics-the-joker-will-serve-you-well/ 11am Preparations are rife for Women’s Day. There are events and discussions lined up. More than feeling like an empowered woman though, I have started feeling like Ganpati bappa, who is put on a dais, and after […]
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War – The Effects of Sanctions On Russia
A friend sent me the following information about the effect of sanction on Russia. Not sure if it is true, or just to evoke a chuckle, but certainly worth consideration…. A. Leased Aircrafts These are interesting side effect of European sanctions on Russia, as per Phil Seymour – President of the association of European Leasing […]
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The Pied Piper of Ukraine
It is 5:00 AM here in New Zealand and I haven’t slept a wink. the war does that to me. I remembered the Pied Piper legend, and decided to write this blog instead. Great writers like the Grimm Brothers and Robert Browning have shaped the Pied Piper legend into art that has intrigued children for […]
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Derivatives in Jung’s Work
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake The individuation process is a term created by the famous psychologist Carl Gustav Jung to describe the process of becoming aware of oneself, of […]
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This Is What Life Does
This is what Life does. It lures you into existence with promises of Eros. Eros, that enables love and attachment, creation and creativity, survival and fulfilment. Eros, the harbinger of a magical life. But to keep you humble, Life infuses an equal measure of Thanatos, the instinct of death and destruction, of obstructions, of strife, […]
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The Matrix Of The Mind (Part III)
This is the concluding portion of the Trilogy Matrix of the Mind. It explores the totality of the mind, and the wisdom inherent in remaining in the “here and now” of mindfulness.
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The Matrix of the Mind (Part II)
The post reflects on how and why thoughts are created and what purpose thoughts serve in helping us handle the existential anxiety.
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The Matrix of Our Mind (Part – I)
Namo Tassa Bagawato Arahato Sammasambuddhasa Dedicated with gratitude, reverence and supplication to the meditations that have enabled the investigations and in-depth, personal experience of the matrix of my own mind. When I first saw them at the turn of the century, the Matrix trology left a very deep impression on my mind. The Wachowski brothers […]
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Why is Graceful Aging becoming such a passe…?
A personal experience of aging, by someone who is speeding across 55….and loving every moment of it.
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Mindfulness Is…..
I had heard references to a “mindful” state of being, but several years ago, I wrote a thesis on Vipassana Meditation as a part of my MSW education. During that period, I happened to come across the term Mindfulness, as it is commercially used. A detailed research recently has really amazed me into how […]
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The Underappreciated Mooladhara…..
Kundalini – The serpent power associated with wisdom, grace and power
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My quest for the god…
“My quest for the god” – The title isn’t grammatically incorrect – I specifically made it the way it is. I put in the word “the” there, and de-emphasised the word “god”. Since all religions claim monopoly on the god – not a god, therefore the term the is more appropriate. But today I want to discuss my personal god, not a generic god, […]
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The Great Mother
Originally posted on Madhu Sameer :
After playing with the developmental aspects of our physical, ego bound existence briefly over the last few weeks, the intuition spontaneously drives to exploring the archetypal, the collective and the symbolic aspects of the mother and the father in greater depth. These writings that follow are not my own ( cited… -
Be the Change…
There has been a lot of controversy lately about the role of Gandhi in the liberation of India. Regardless, Gandhi’s contributions, along with his quotes, reverberate and resonate across the world even now, decades after his death. One of the quotes that I often meditate on, and which has guided me in my personal life, is […]
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