Monthly Archives: May 2011

You ask that I forget you ?

I love to watch artists at work. This is a working session of the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova & Nikolaus Harnoncourt animating the aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” from  Mozart’s ” La clemeza di Tito”. (The conversation is in … Continue reading

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Healthy Business

I just read an article that health insurers (in the US) are making record profits. The reason for  this is due to hefty premiums, but also that many people seem to postpone care, because they cannot afford the co-payments for … Continue reading

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The mystery of God in a broken world

By Randall C Archibold As a poet, novelist and essayist, Javier Sicilia tapped a deep strain of Catholicism to obsess over “the mystery of God in a broken world,” as he put it two years ago when he was awarded … Continue reading

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Peace and Beauty

Dedicated to Nick.  Love and Peace to you

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Thee name is Truth

The Mul Mantra ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ. One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. … Continue reading

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Life as it is

Truth does not respect beliefs So why do we ? Experience life as it is. Adyashanti on ” Complete Letting Go” Enjoy….

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The Kiss

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The beauty of form

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More of the same

by Paul Krugman  The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe’s single currency is coming apart at the seams. How … Continue reading

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Inequality, crisis and hunger

3 critical articles that explore some very inconvenient truths, relationships and consequences: Global capitalism and 21st century facism The global economic crisis and the attack on immigrant rights are bound together in a web of 21st century fascism. Fighting the … Continue reading

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