Today’s vegetable recipe: How to cook a whole head of cauliflower, it’s surprisingly unfussy! I like to drape mine in homemade cheese sauce, it makes for dramatic presentation, yes?The sheer beauty of the vegetables arriving in the markets — that wou…

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Once I met two ascetics of a certain religious sect in a village of Bengal.  “Can you tell me,” I asked them, “wherein lies the special features of your religion?”  One of them hesitated for a moment and answered, “It is difficult to define that…

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Thank you so much for sharing with your readers about dreams and I read the latest post this morning. Then I read some of the comments and although I know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion I just can’t help myself and have to write to…

I feel pretty lucky these days. Freelancing is treating me well, thanks largely to a client in London who gives me enough work to keep me afloat. Better still, I like the job and I like the company. Its a small firm with a start-up …

The Master is content to serve as an example, not impose her will. Sharp but not cutting, pointed but not piercing, straightforward but flexible, brilliant but not blinding. Tao Te Ching 58

In the previous two parts of this series, I’ve tackled two arguments against religion —

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Mystical dreams play a special role in Sufism. The function of these dreams is to illuminate the world of the imagination, an autonomous sphere of symbols and representations that is viewed as real, but as existing beyond the tangible, material univ…

No matter how safe you know a procedure is, no matter how proven and how routine it’s become, there’s always an innate fear when you’re scheduled to go under the surgeon’s knife. You don’t know what to expect

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The broccoli recipe I just couldn’t get right until now. Turns out, it’s as simple as can be, just roast the broccoli (careful knife work makes a difference) and then splash with lemon juice. Low carb. Weight Watchers 1 point.There’s a reason why a foo…

Weird. I’ve been having this mad hankering for, well, not chicken pot pie because I don’t eat chicken, but something in the same spirit: a creamy hot pot with lots of mixed veggies, encased in a savory crust. Comfort food!
Last Sunday I came up …

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If we compare Sufism to mountain climbing, we can state that potentially all people can climb Mt. Everest, but in actuality very few people are willing to undergo the training and have the muscles and the heart strong enough to reach the top of the…

Steve Jobs is much in the news recently but only as a commercial or technical phenomenon. His psychological roots (as with anyone) determine his actions in the world. A prime example of the Enneagram’s Type Five personality, Jobs offers an opportunity to understand this structure as it is …

One of the hardest things about business - and life - is getting everything organized for productivity so you can manage the different aspects of your life quickly and easily. Keeping track of schedules, documents and mail can be overwhelming, especially if you’re trying to grow your business or streamline your personal life.
Finding …