That leads me to also say that I'm a perennialist in the sense that I strongly believe this reality — whether we call it God, the One, Truth, Nature, Substance, Universe, Dhamma, Brahman, etc. — is a…

Does this make any sense?

France is still quite Catholic though isn’t it? If you have a single religion which is so dominant, then even other major religions are going to seem like cults.

I think in a way I never fully integrated my sannyasin childhood with later life. I lived a pretty ordinary life from about age 16 up until age 39, going to university, doing replacement National ser…

I took full responsibility for myself from a young age, then when I was 39 I did a little blaming of my parents. They came around to see my point of view and everybody was satisfied.

@Kerome , @Bunks is right ...the island where I live is close to Auckland ....White Island ( Whakaari in Maori) is just off the coast of the town of Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty...

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... and everything is giving.

This weather is truly bizarre... the forecast is 39 degrees C today, but on saturday, we shall enjoy a high of 17 degrees, with rain. Yessiree, climate change/global warming is all in your imaginatio…