Poor old Ho Chi Min. He wanted to be cremated with his ashes scattered throughout Vietnam, but here we are in front of an architecturally brutalist mausoleum in Hanoi, reputed to contain his embalmed body. Thankfully, the mausoleum is closed…
Vulcan, the Roman God of Volcanoes was chosen as the name of a theoretical planet that was thought to exist as the innermost planet of our solar system. It’s time as a possible planet began shortly after Newton’s theories of…
Perhaps the most misunderstood curse we can utter. Children fantasise about being ‘grown-up’. Being grown up means they become the boss and can buy as many ice creams as they want. Our perspectives change when we grow up. The authority…
Defining Spirituality. This rather nebulous term can be defined as methods for overcoming ‘the inevitable suffering of existence’. Suffering seems unavoidable – we can try as much as we like, but death, disease, wanting (famine) and violence (war) await us…
Musings… I wonder if we humans belong to certain very ancient families, like whether all those with blood group O originated from one particular swamp: yet those elite types, say of the AB variety, evolved in an exotic lake set…
We give names to almost everything we see, hear, touch and feel. We also change them into what we call Pet Names, why, I really don’t know. Perhaps it is our nature to label things. Maybe it gives colour to…
Nemesis ‘All that I am saying is I want you out of my life – forever.’ ‘Oh, I see.’ ‘Ahh – No, no, no, no. I don’t believe you. That’s your problem, you never, ever see. You have always lived…
– Beware the friend who’s holier than thou The one who thinks you’re a miserable cow – Forever cheerful, bright and breezy She can’t take grief it makes her queasy – Given news of the old and infirm She’s there…
On your first day report to the Sister in charge of the ward. Your apron must be well starched and your cuffs three inches above your elbow. Your hair off your face and collar. You will show fear – for…
As normal, thinking adults, our minds are said to be ‘conditioned’. These conditions are the countless experiences that shape and define our sense of self and the reality in which we dwell. Whilst the common goal of all spiritual awakening…