caravanserai

SD,
Re. gurus being “able to help purify others through sexual love-making”
That`s the line Mohan Singh came out with. He got ten years.
Sogyal Rinpoche used it. Busted
Roshi Sasaki,Leonard Cohen`s guru used it-busted
Sai babas disciples used it to defend paedophilia
etc etc etc.
In short “That`s what they all say”

If it helps you to believe…[Read more]

Why don’t both sides continue the discussion in the forums?
It would be healthy for them to get it all out.

Here`s weird one.

Savitri Devi, a mystical admirer of Hitler and a cat-loving devotee of the Aryan myth, seemed destined to fade into obscurity after her death 25 years ago. But thanks to the rise of the extreme right, her name and her image now crop up online more and more, writes Maria Margaronis.
In 2012, browsing the website of Greece’s…[Read more]

Here’s a really super picture of Madhu in her office.

Frank.

This you. Innit.

https://www.indy100.com/article/graphic-designer-trolls-social-media-users-james-fridman-perfect-photoshop-7806001?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100

Cultivating an Internal Locus of Control

You know you don’t have complete control over your life, but you understand that you do have control over your effort, attitude and ability to be proactive. You realize that you are responsible for what you make of your circumstances, she…[Read more]

Thanks for the positive responses to my painting.
Took me a year to do.
Was like playing a chess game, and climbing a cliff face,
while trying to find my way through a really complicated maze, all at the same time.

Interesting Ted talk.

Parmartha.

This references a few texts I’ve not heard of. Search Bhagwan and Osho.

http://www.eden.co.uk/images/lionhudson/files/Encyclopedia_of_New_Religions_Bibliography.pdf

Incredible India!

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sour-cream-indian-firm-launches-pickle-flavoured-condoms-1633558

So I discovered in 1971. Acharya Rajneesh gave a series of discources in Hindi, which upon translation were revealed to be on the Tao Te Ching. (The Way of the Tao.)

If you want to read both books on a tablet here they are.

http://www.wikifortio.com/635888/The Way of Tao.zip

I then went looking on line for a copy, and could only find…[Read more]

One such strategy is the somewhat counterintuitive “What Not Why” tool. When you’re facing a difficult situation, or you’ve screwed up in some capacity, Eurich writes, ask yourself “what” questions instead of “why” questions.

https://goo.gl/REyMFG