Archive for November, 2006
I came across the following two videos on Tedtalk today. One by Al Gore, which is a short followup on his famous An Inconvenient Truth talk and the other by Berry Schwartz who talks about how the increase of choice makes us less happy.
I like thought provoking ideas. We can always pace the frequently traveled [...]
“Gaudiya Vaisnavism is a very open minded tradition. It tells is to do our own thing, prefacing this with knowledge of what it is that we are to begin with. Know you are spirit not matter and fly as high as you can in the sky of your heart, embracing the association of advanced devotees [...]
It’s election day here in the Netherlands. A government normally sits for four years but it has been a while since a Dutch government has been in power for that long. I haven’t completely followed the campaigns of the numerous parties we have here, but a few issues I did notice. The lack of [...]
It said in the newspaper that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s wedding cost them about 2 million dollars. And made 1,5 million dollars by selling photography rights, which they will give away to a good cause. We could argue that because of their costly wedding they could donate 1,5 million dollar to a good cause. [...]
I fell in love with a girl, but she remained standing. The contact we had was platonic but intense. Hours and hours on messenger and spent on phone bills. I cannot admit having been blinded but it gave me insight into me being in a manly body. I cannot live on the surface so as [...]
When the days are getting shorter as they say, I feel pressed to turn inward. In reality it is just the sun shining its light on us for fewer hours, but the effect is the same. I drive to work in the dark and come home when it is dark. My hours spent outside are [...]
While walking on the street, it is easy to look around and point out the differences between us and them. Vaisnavas and wordly people. As if I’m close to being a vaisnava. It is tempting even to put myself on a pedestal and to think I’m different. I acknowledge my lifestyle is different and that [...]
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