MEDITATION FRUSTRATION - Controlling the mind requires patience and discipline

MIND-STUFF: Patiently controlling the mind through meditation

If you want to really get in touch with your neuroses, try meditating. As Buddhists and yogis, mystics, spiritual seekers and human beings we spend so much of…

What are you eating - A look beyond nutrition facts

THE FACTS ON FOOD ADDITIVES: Reading nutrition facts food labels

How many of you woke up this morning, sat down at the breakfast table and without a thought, poured your favourite cereal into a bowl with your milk of choice?…

Stimulated senses cause an excited mind

EXCITED MIND: Using meditation to calm overly stimulated senses

The mind is not just the brain, but the sum of the physical, mental, and spiritual. We have six senses in total: sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing, and thought…

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GLOBAL FREELOADERS: Much more than just free accommodation

Global Freeloading - Travel the world and live for free

Freeloader. Sounds bad, doesn’t it? Well, guess what? It’s a little piece of wonderful (actually a BIG piece) for all travellers who want to see the world, but don’t…

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A WORLD OF WASTE: Effect of poor waste management on the planet

ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE - Effects of Poor Waste Management

Since the 1970s, major changes in waste disposal have taken place around the planet. Recycling has become a regular component of garbage pick-up—even…

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CHARITY ECONOMY: Learning to give and receive

TOWARDS A LIFE OF CHARITY: Learning to give and receive

Charity… since childhood, this was a word I only whispered in my inner cloister. Charity… The original radiance of this word has been dulled by the patina of time…

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MIX AND MATCH: A look into the world of interracial relationships

Mix and Match: A look into the world of interracial relationships

An attitude of inclusion has been developing amongst young Canadian adults, as race no longer plays a large role when choosing a significant other…

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THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Through an open window from The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin - geanine.files.wordpress.com

Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…

THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness

Fifty monks sit cross-legged in long rows. Their prayer books, narrow strips of thick paper bound by string, sit open in front of them. They chant the Buddhist sutras…

INNER INERTIA: Overcoming internal obstacles to stop climate change

INNER INERTIA: Overcoming internal obstacles to stop climate change

Humankind is stuck. We haven’t acted with conviction on climate change. We haven’t devoted the less than one per cent of income needed to eradicate…

A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

We have put together this dynamic anthology of poetry and prose expressing the profound love of Tom McFerran for his wife, Pauline who died …