His Holiness Radhanath Swami I dreamt of a great saint the other night, but sadly I did not act as I would have liked. I was inside a temple where many people had gathered. I was not sure why I was there, but then in...
Category: Spiritual
Nityananda, Nityananda, can you pick up the phone? (POEM)
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
February 12, 2014
Nityananda Nityananda, your love knows no bounds, Nityananda Nityananda, you chant the holiest of sounds, Nityananda Nityananda, ever since I called out your name, my dry and boring life has never be the same. Nityananda Nityananda, can you pick up the phone? This lowly traveller...
My journey with Food for Life – A summary of 30 years of service
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
January 23, 2014
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...
Jayapataka Swami talks about the beginning of Food for Life
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
January 12, 2014
Jayapataka Swami was one of my early inspirations in my service to Food for Life. I wrote him many times through letters and later emails for guidance in the 80s and 90s as a monk, and whenever he saw me he told me, “Please tell...
Food for Life Director featured in AUSTRALIAN YOGA LIFE
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...
Thich Nhat Hanh Excerpt from The YOGA of POOL – Secrets to Becoming a Champion in Billiards and in Life (by Paul Turner) It is true that through the power of mind management we can affect physical reality; however, because we are ultimately a combination of both...
My Father – Rodney John Turner
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
August 14, 2013
Fairfax, Virginia USA A eulogy to my father, Rodney John Turner, on the occasion of his funeral, May 15, 2001 (first time published) Mum and Dad 1960 My dear family and friends, First I would sincerely like to thank you all for coming today to pay...
Keeping it real – while still seeking spiritual emancipation.
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
August 7, 2013
I gave Srimad Bhagavatam class today in the Hare Krishna temple in Riga, Latvia on this verse (http://vedabase.net/sb/3/20/6/ ). I was feeling very unqualified and somewhat perplexed. I mean, I am not a Vedic scholar, nor a self realised soul in any sense, and yet this...
The inside story of Food for Life
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
June 23, 2013
Sunday Talk at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Chowpatti, Mumbai, India. On June 16, 2013 I was asked to give the Sunday lecture to the congregation at the famous Radha Gopinatha temple in Mumbai, India. My talk was an introduction to food yoga, a solution...