The Baha’i Religion

The Baha’i Religion

There are plans for an Abrahamic Family House, a centre comprising a synagogue, a church and a mosque, that are being unveiled in New York, and being discussed in Abu Dhabi.   The idea that the Abrahamic Faiths should co-exist peacefully as do the Hindu and Buddhist...
In a Session of Reflection

In a Session of Reflection

“Well, this is how I’m feeling today.  It felt a bit different yesterday. Never mind. I am now alone with myself. What do I think and feel? “It feels true – and it is being true to myself. “A thought:  It also may be a being in touch with...
Western vis-a-vis Eastern Meditation

Western vis-a-vis Eastern Meditation

 ‘Reflection’ merits pride of place on the plinth now occupied by ‘Meditation’. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor, wrote ‘Meditations’ but nowadays it would be better described as ‘Reflections’.  The word ‘meditation’...
Medicine

Medicine

Who in the West sits up at the name of Ms Youyou Tu? Malaria is a killer epidemic with records in traditional Chinese medical literature dating from the Zhou Dynasty. Three thousand years ago Zhou Lia published his findings. Youyou Tu took from them what she...