Author: mktdaf
Thoughts: Response, reaction & oh, yeah, changing the world….
I love Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York.” He talks to ordinary people & they say the most ordinary things, which stick to you, and make you come back for more. I really liked this one, in an exchange he had with a South Asian couple: “It is important to maintain your equanimity. You cannot…
Poetry of Music: Noah and the Whale, ‘Give a Little Love’
When you do something for someone else, the circle is begun. It always comes back around to you. Trust me on this one. Here’s Noah and the Whale, ‘Give a Little Love.’
Thoughts: See?
A young couple moves into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looks on, remaining silent. Every time her neighbour…
ENC: Pope says weapons manufacturers can’t call themselves Christian
People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday. Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of…
Writings: Walking in the dharma, with Ram Dass
When I start to get angry, I see my predicament and how I’m getting caught in expectations and righteousness. Learning to give up anger has been a continuous process. When Maharaj-ji told me to love everyone and tell the truth, he also said, “Give up anger, and I’ll help you with it.” Maharaj-ji offered me…
Writings: Waiting for something better…
A man was trapped in his house during a flood. He began praying to God to rescue him. He had a vision in his head of God’s hand reaching down from heaven and lifting him to safety. The water started to rise in his house. His neighbour urged him to leave and offered him a…
Writings: Patterns, and the chance to change…
Time to change, isn’t it? If you don’t have something you need to work on to change, it’s possible you’re not really alive… Look around and there’s always something to make better. To make prettier. To make smooth. To make different. To colour, to shape, to whittle or to add to. And usually the only…