I could hardly imagine Food for Life being so successful when I first became a volunteer way back in 1984. Back then, I worked as an assistant cook and server at a free food cafe called, Gopals in Parramatta, Australia. That was one of the...
Author: Paul Rodney Turner
Jayapataka Swami talks about the beginning of Food for Life
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
January 12, 2014
Jayapataka Swami, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, was one of my earliest inspirations in my service to Food for Life, the worldwide food relief program Srila Prabhupada founded. As a monk in the 80s and 90s, I wrote to him many times for guidance, first...
May this year bring me closer to my authentic self, May this year help me stand tall and not as an elf, May the sun of good thoughts cross my mind everyday, May the clouds of doubt and doom run far away. May my daughter...
Nelson Mandela — The passing of a great friend and hero to the world
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 6, 2013
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a great supporter and believer in what Food for Life stood for. He made the above statement at a gathering of 40,000 school children who were invited by Food for Life to a public picnic in Durban. Mr. Mandela...
Jaggy, my darling, so sweet and kind, With piercing brown eyes and an inquiring mind, You enter my soul, deeply, and tickle my heart, and make me never want to leave you, or be far apart… From your loving embrace, on a cold Winter’s day, ...
Paul Rodney Turner: Australian Food Yogi’s Mission
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
November 22, 2013
First printed Australian Yoga Life and put the www.ayl.com.au Nourishing the soul Sitting on a beach in Sri Lanka at the beginning of his world tour earlier this year, Food For Life (FFL) Global director Paul Rodney Turner was quietly reflecting on his life journey....
Saint Francis of Assisi and Compassion for Animals
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 20, 2013
Saint Francis of Assisi Excerpt from: FOOD YOGA – Nourishing Body, Mind & Soul A new book by Paul Rodney Turner, the Food Yogi There are basically two distinct schools of Christian thought: The Aristotelian-Thomistic school and the Augustinian-Franciscan school. The Aristotelian-Thomistic school teaches that animals are here...
Achieving Mind-Body Harmony in Billiards
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 19, 2013
Excerpt from The YOGA of POOL – Secrets to Becoming a Champion in Billiards and in Life (by Paul Turner) Achieving Mind-Body Unity Through Mind Management Mind management allows us to influence physical reality in the way we perform and respond under pressure. As beings of...
What doesn’t kill you — will make you strong I console myself, as I write this song… A song of the heart — hardened over time, That longs for loving — through romantic rhyme… And the sweetness of affection, on a Winter’s morn, And the...
Dear Jagannath Priya, devi dasi you are, A lover of animals, like a benediction star, And those you allow to come into your world, You nurture and love them, like an oyster does a pearl. O’ how lucky I am to, have met you this...