I took G out on a date this week - ok, I didn´ ttake her anywhere and she actually was in the lead, but we went together to a cafe. A...

It was the equinox a few days ago and the clocks changed to BST or whatever they call it in Europe. One hour forward, with alll the...

OK - you are sitting somewhere catching up on this stuff, but should you be doing something else? (Yes, anything but this they think). I...

Advaita On Zen And Tao by Ramesh Balsekar This is pretty much where all my interests lie and encompasses the three philosophies that...

I had been thinking of penning an article on Zen Buddhism, but that is probably the worst way of going about it. When you look for Zen,...

Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Ancient Chinese books were commonly referenced by the name of their real or supposed author, in this case the "Old...

My path has touched on many different philosophies, with Taosim being the first one which fitted my way of thinking Wu Wei The method of...

Paramahamsa - literally great swan as "hamsa" is swan and the image of advaita Advaita Vedanta (sometimes called ”pracanna bauddham" -...

The third eye People talk and write of the third eye, or ajna, as if it were an additional sense. In Hindu tradition it is something that...

A lot of the statements from Nisargadatta Maharaj relate to memory and the problems that arise from memories. I originally started...

Hong-Sau I have found this to be one of the best "instant" meditatoo techniques I have come across Hong-Sau’s three components of...

I know it was Kubler-Ross who came up with the sequence of Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance for times of stress. I...

I have a folder of “philosophy” notes going back more than 40 years and I started re-reading it yesterday. I was actually surprised to...

Karl Marx is quoted as having said "Religion is ... the opium of the people." Francis Bacon, however, was of the view that "A little...

As I delve into the background to advaita vedanta, I have been interested to find thatI already have some of the books mentioned....

I have always resented being brought up a Christian. Even without being a catholic, the whole heaven and hell things is indelibly...

Talking on the ´phone to an old friend who is one of the few people I know who is actually interested in religion / spirituality /...

Went to my first Buddhist "retreat" at the Benalmadena stupa over the weekend and it was totally Ying / Yang as you´d expect. First...

I suppose this could have been entitled "my vision on the road to Damascus", but it was actually the road to Nottingham - and way before...