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Archive for January, 2009

Fathers and spirituality

Posted in Religion, tagged , , on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

My Honours supervisor this year worked as a pastoral counsellor and is an ordained Reverend in the Uniting Church of Australia. He’s written numerous articles that focus on the relationship between therapeutic practice and theology. Obviously, he’s well aware that I’m a Buddhist and I’m well aware that he’s a Christian. But on the same [...]

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Religious cooking

Posted in Fun or Humour, Personal, Religion, tagged , on January 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Prior to this year, it was difficult to be vegetarian because I lived at college, where there were very little (and pretty much inedible) choices for vegetarians or aspiring vegetarians. Then when I moved out, my housemates operated around a “menu” system of weekly meals, where we decided what meal we would have each night [...]

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Buddhism: A prince’s therapy

Posted in Religion, Self-Improvement, tagged , , , on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I borrowed a book by David Brazier recently. It’s called simply “Zen Therapy.” I greatly admire it. It really highlights, for me, the vitality of the Endless Knot: the union of discerning wisdom and warm, unclinging compassion in helping patients recover from mental illness. Here are some passages that I felt were particularly inspiring and [...]

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Must-travel to places

Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I have a list of recommended places to travel. I have procrastinated on putting Egypt on my Airport Lounge list, so in repentance, I will list Egypt as the first location on planet Earth that is a must-travel to destination.
Egypt: Of particular note in Egypt is Abydos, the legendary burial site of Osiris’s head and [...]

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An essential article on the current crisis in Gaza!

Posted in Religion, tagged , , , on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In today’s session, please take the time to read this important article by a Jew on the situation in Gaza. It is indeed a horrid way to start the new year, with air strikes and burning children – but in order to understand what Israel – and Hamas – are getting themselves into, surely one [...]

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The worldly powers

Posted in Religion, tagged , , , on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The problem with the current crisis in Gaza is that Hamas has lost all rationality in assessing its military advantage against Israel, and that Israel has lost all rationality in its conception of proportional retaliation. Hamas is idiotic in the sense that they fire rockets into Israel, knowing full well that they WILL be forced [...]

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