The following essay is both for the devotees and followers of Srila Prabhupada within ISKCON and also to give outsiders an inside look at the challenges faced by the ISKCON institution with a hope to facilitate dialogue for the greater good and find solutions....
Tag: SPIRITUAL
Living without money — Is that the best answer to peace and happiness?
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
February 25, 2015
Is it possible to feel rich without possessions? Can you live happily without money? In the documentary Living Without Money, we meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago. I have lived without money, maybe...
What was it like being a monk? Do you have a specific question?
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
February 20, 2015
My dear friends and readers… I am wondering what sort of information you prefer to get from me. As you can see, I cover a wide variety of topics, but naturally some articles do better than others. I love to talk about spiritual perspectives, consciousness,...
Now 2014 is over what can we expect of 2015
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 31, 2014
Every year has a flavour or lesson to teach and 2014 was a classic 7 year for most people — a year of loss, sacrifice, selfless service, contemplation and soul searching. For many it was a down year — a year to reflect on the...
Geometric Signatures and how to use them
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 25, 2014
This is the geometric signature (soul yantra) of the words, “Merry Christmas” based on the numerology of each of the letters and mapped to a magic square. Someone mentioned it looked like a poinsettia flower. I have found some very revealing geometries when I map a...
Gifting the Gift of Gratitude
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 17, 2014
Typically when we think of exchanging gifts it is all about the material acquisition of stuff that at a certain point in time becomes useless stuff and we either throw it away or donate it to a thrift store. But what if we could gift...
What do Your Numbers Say About You?
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
December 15, 2014
My numerology services are unique in the market in that I bring a spiritual perspective to my readings, having been a monk for 14 years from age 19 – 33 with intense study and meditation on the divinity of numbers. My principle realization is that...
Catching up with the Walking Monk
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
November 11, 2014
It was so nice meeting up with the Walking Monk, Bhaktimarg Swami during our visit to Orlando and it was serendipitous as well for wife Juliana and I are launching a new product called the “Walking meditator.” (Launching soon). The swami wrote about our meeting...
World Food Day is a great idea, but what is the real solution to World Hunger?
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
October 18, 2014
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organisations concerned with food...
The Teachings of Saint Francis are alive and well in Colombia!
posted by: Paul Rodney Turner
September 20, 2014
Source: Food for Life Global 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 for our pleasure—they have no independent purpose. We can eat them; torture them in laboratories –...