We often gloat about how “connected” we all are in this modern “wired world”, but are we really? Look around any busy street, subway or office building and sure enough you’re going to see cell phones and blue tooth devises stuck to people’s ears, thumbs...
Category: Personal
Ch Ch Ch Changes – How to stop rebirth
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 11, 2009
“This material world is not a fit place for a gentleman,” explained Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. “This whole material world is like a stool house,” he said. “You don’t loiter around, you just come in, do your business and leave.” This somewhat gross metaphor could be easily...
Rumor: A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth. R=Rude; U=Unverified; M=Malicious; O=Oratory; R=Rant This was something I created today in response to some ugly rumors floating around about me lately. I am certainly not going to address them...
On this day, September 24, 2009, I, Priya108, declare to the world that I will not allow others to dictate my life unless I revere them as my guru. Otherwise, I will respectfully question and challenge all attempts to control me or those actions that...
My Angel, I will call you Joy, because that is the name I remember from my dream the other night. You came to me lovingly and placed your warm hands to my face and asked me to relax and breathe. I did as you said,...
Knowledge filters – We all have them
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
September 16, 2009
I’ve been reading some interesting books lately and one consistent theme that keeps popping up in a variety of ways is the concept of paradigms and knowledge filtering. Whether we like to admit it or not, we all fall prey to these mundane influences. Let...
“Life is what you make it.” Yep, we’ve heard that before, so how then did we find ourselves in such awkward and unhappy situations in the past? Simply because we are the product of all our decisions and mistakes and despite our tendency to blame...
2009 is a year that I know will be very eventful, fruitful and inspiring year for my charity, Food for Life Global, and myself. I can feel it happening already as my body slowly transitions to a 100% raw food (live vegan) diet and I...
I see a lot of people these days in the conscious community claiming to be God. Yes, we are qualitatively like God, but certainly not in quantity. In other words, our divinity is limited or “marginal”. According to the Vedas, the fact that we are...
Know your self, give love and be free once and for all
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 7, 2008
So much has happened since my last post. It seems like a year ago that I was in Germany and Prague enjoying the Summer with some fabulous veg friends. Now we are in the middle of Winter in DC and I yearn for warmer weather....