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Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Facilitators Programme and the Living Dharma programme, an online mentor programme for Dharma practitioners. He gives retreats, participates in pilgrimages (yatras) and leads Dharma gatherings. Christopher has been teaching annual retreats in Bodh Gaya, India since 1975 and leads an annual Dharma Gathering in Sarnath since 1999. A senior Dharma teacher in the West, he is the author of numerous books including Light on Enlightenment, An Awakened Life and Transforming Our Terror. A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher is a member of the international advisory council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. . Poet and writer, he is the co-founder of Gaia House, an international retreat centre in Devon, England. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.

To Believe in Rebirth is an extreme view. To not believe in rebirth is an extreme view.

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Millions of Buddhists and countless others believe or don’t believe in rebirth and future lives.

Such people should consider reading several times this discourse from the Buddha (SM 11 The Book of Causation.20.10). …

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Brexit, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May, Politicians and the plot of Macbeth

Political / /

Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s renowned play,  explores the suffering inflicted on people owing to brutal, naked ambition, ruthless desire to take power and a willingness to cut anybody down who stands in the way.

The story revolves around Macbeth, a popular general in the Scottish army, who believes three influential deceivers who promised him the kingdom. Following his wife’s scheming, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and takes the throne. …

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The Sense of Belonging and Living on the Edge

Dharma Reflections, The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Human beings sometimes engage in a deep search for a sense of belonging. The formation of an identity with the ‘other’ fulfils a certain need running deeper than the movements of feelings. We might think of this sense as a gut instinct to connect with a presence of the ‘other’ rather than confinement to our mortal self.

We have devised all sorts of formations of the collective to satisfy this need, this rather primal urge, to feel engaged with a group, network or collective with shared values and priorities.

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Have voters in England and Wales decided that they want the far right to run the country?

Political / /

HEADINGS

The Shift to the Right

The Plight of the Poor

The Vote to Leave the EU

The Divided Nation

The Warning Signs

The Future

The Policies of the Far Right

We Need to a Spiritual Revolution

 

The Shift to the Right

Great Britain seems to be moving towards sharing a similar political ideology as Donald Trump, the National Front of France, Freedom party of Austria, Law and Justice party of Poland, Golden Dawn of Greece and Alternative for Germany.

No wonder these far right parties were delighted with the UK vote to quit Europe. …

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Have voters in England and Wales decided that they want the far right to run the country? Read More »

Vote to RemaIN in the EU on Thursday or we go back to the Little Englander mentality.

Political / /

Thursday, June 23, 2016, people in Britain have to make up their mind whether they wish to stay in the European Union or withdraw into an insular existence.

The opinion polls show the vote could go either way. The duality of staying in or get out does not leave much room for manoeuvre. …

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Vote to RemaIN in the EU on Thursday or we go back to the Little Englander mentality. Read More »

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