I took G out on a date this week - ok, I didn´ ttake her anywhere and she actually was in the lead, but we went together to a cafe. A...

I believe that it was Jean-Paul Sartre himself who originally observed that "hell is other people" - and it was in his play "No Exit"...

It was the equinox a few days ago and the clocks changed to BST or whatever they call it in Europe. One hour forward, with alll the...

OK - you are sitting somewhere catching up on this stuff, but should you be doing something else? (Yes, anything but this they think). I...

Advaita On Zen And Tao by Ramesh Balsekar This is pretty much where all my interests lie and encompasses the three philosophies that...

I had been thinking of penning an article on Zen Buddhism, but that is probably the worst way of going about it. When you look for Zen,...

Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Ancient Chinese books were commonly referenced by the name of their real or supposed author, in this case the "Old...

My path has touched on many different philosophies, with Taosim being the first one which fitted my way of thinking Wu Wei The method of...

There have been dozens of books I have bought - and lots I have actually read(!) - but none more influential on me than The Tao of...

The following is a list of all the books I have relating to religion, philosophy and various other (slightly esoteric!) matters. I am...

Paramahamsa - literally great swan as "hamsa" is swan and the image of advaita Advaita Vedanta (sometimes called ”pracanna bauddham" -...

The third eye People talk and write of the third eye, or ajna, as if it were an additional sense. In Hindu tradition it is something that...

Impermanence, aging, and illness Do not give people a set time. One may be alive in the morning, Then dead at night, Changing worlds in...

All of the following are on my Kindle. Now I did try very hard to find a way of exporting the list in some sort of structured way, but it...

Rabindranath Tagore Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Plato A philosopher...

Stan Grof is mentioned elsewhere on the site. I wasn´t totally hooked on everything he wrote, but some interesting quotes on death and...

A lot of the statements from Nisargadatta Maharaj relate to memory and the problems that arise from memories. I originally started...

Hong-Sau I have found this to be one of the best "instant" meditatoo techniques I have come across Hong-Sau’s three components of...

Impermanence, aging, and illness Do not give people a set time. One may be alive in the morning, Then dead at night, Changing worlds in...

As is the human body so is the cosmic body, As is the human mind so is the cosmic mind, As is the microcosm so is the macrocosm, As is...