At the moment we are staying at the Amida Mandela Buddhist Temple in Malvern in Worcestershire in England.
It is quite special to be here. The temple is beautiful and this small town of Malvern is very pretty.
It is the first time that I met so man
Read more…Today we spent the morning in Watford having discussions with our friend Susthama mostly on the topic of what it is like living outside of or on the edge of conventional society, and the compromises that one has to make in order to participate or sur
Read more…Today I led a day workshop at the Metanoia Institute in London on the theme "Beyond Carl Rogers".
COURSE TOPIC: Carl Rogers advanced a highly influential theory of counselling and psychotherapy and was himself an exemplar of his own method. On the on
Today we went into London. I had a meeting which we had arranged in central London and spent two hours there discussing Buddhist psychotherapy. It was a happy meeting covering a lot of ground. Then, being in town, we browsed some bookshops and purcha
Read more…Today i realized that I arrived at Eleusis 6 weeks ago and in this 6 weeks I have been to visit six countries; France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Holland and today, England…
It says something about the big changes in my life.
Every day is new, completel
Read more… This evening I am speaking on the topic Buddhism & the Brain.
Currently there is considerable interest in the dialogue between Buddhism and science, a dialogue that was originally begun by the Dalai Lama and has led to a number of very popular inte
On full moon day, visits to friends with discussions mostly about love and relationships. Does love have to involve jealousy and possessiveness? Are freedom and connection compatible? Do relationships go through predictable stages? How do we deepen l
Read more…More visits to friends and more close up information about the lock-down situation in Brussels plus discussions.
Read more…Today we are visiting Eleusis member Michel and his wife Francoise, our lovely friends. - a happy reunion. Arriving after a long drive we enjoyed spending time talking with our friends which, of course, included talking about the three days of "lockd
This weekend we have been busy making bookcases and reorganising rooms and also packing things up in preparation for winter. Here deep in the country, as soon as the weather turns cold, mice decide to move indoors and start looking for warm things wi
We have had very wet windy weather here the last couple of days. A time for indoor activities.
Read more…Autumn has arrived. It is grey, wet and windy outside, but still rather warm, a bit strange...
So we are having a homely day.
Outside it is grey, but inside the house it is quite colourful. The laundry has taken over the kitchen....
David is very
Read more…Today we are in Bilbao leading a course called Adios a la Culpa which means "Goodbye to Guilt" but which carries (in Spanish) an undertone of giving the guilt to God since goodbye in Spanish is adios which is "to God". We are staying in an old monast
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