I wrote a few weeks ago about a recent conference that I attended. The organizers were unwise enough to ask me for my opinion little realising that I would write voluminously but this is my contribution to get things as good as they can possibly be. Greetings Dear organisers I'm going to give you my considered opinion on a possible future path of your interactions bearing in mind the great...
The task of First Response Radio is to set up radio stations to keep affected communities informed within 72 hours of a disaster. It empowers two-way communication, via radio, with affected communities in the immediate aftermath of disasters. Teams have simple equipment that can easily be transported into any disaster area. They are trained to use the " radio in a suitcase". Training is...
I can't say that this is the best morning of my whole life. I've just been given a severe dose of reality by Jeffrey Sachs who after 70 years of experience lays out on the table showing how dreadfully corrupt and warmongering certain countries of the world are. The heading says ' Jeffrey Sach's EU Parliament explosive speech shakes Europe and Middle East. It is moderately long, 28:19, but it...
For no particular reason my attention has been focused on giving thanks. It was sparked off by someone saying on a video that we should give thanks for our life. I have heard this dozens of times recently, in spite of all the mayhem, but this time the word jumped out at me which is the universe telling me to get on with it and write something. I believe that giving thanks is transformative to...
I was exercised yesterday when I came across quite a controversial article saying that Jesus said he did not come to make the world a better place, rather to paraphrase 'world distraction is coming and only a few will survive'. The term 'good bloke' is in colloquial use in the United Kingdom if not elsewhere and I wanted to find what I have come to understand as a good bloke. First of all it is...
This is a mandala created by Françoise my partner who loves doing such things as a therapy but probably because for its own sake. The purpose of a mandala is to help transform ordinary minds into enlightened ones. This discipline is associated with Hindu and Buddhist cultures and are believed to represent different aspects of the universe and are used as Instruments of meditation and symbols of...
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