- The Australian May 10, 2014 Ruth Ostrow
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar Ji with some of his devotees. Source: News Corp Australia
Less religion, more spirituality
Shaman Festivals, Suhuri temple
I HAVE apparently offended people unknowingly with my recent video and interview series on the inner lives of our business leaders: Total Success, which can still be found online. Continue Reading →
The Guru of Joy
The defeatist catchcry
Eric Lobbecke
I WAS chatting to a work colleague the other day and I asked whether she’d dealt with a difficult situation. “No,” she said breathing out with a sigh, “It’s all just too hard.” I asked what she meant: “I’m tired. I’m over it. I just haven’t got the energy to deal with it.” Continue Reading →
Compassion in short supply
Krygsman for WAP
My partner and I were walking the streets of Palermo one night while in Sicily. Sitting on the street was an old homeless man. He was trembling, with his head buried in his arms. He had a sign in Italian that I could make out meant his wife was dead; no children; he was too sick to get a job or something to that effect. Continue Reading →
Pleasure & eudemonia
22/11/2014 Artwork by Sturt Krygsman.
In most religions the pursuit of pleasure is frowned on. Interestingly, the Dalai Lama preaches what may be considered the opposite, that our happiness and joy are nothing short of the very meaning of life. Continue Reading →
No time like the present
Illustration: Sturt Krygsman
IT’S that time of year again when we make resolutions, and each year I make the same one: to stop my chronic procrastination. An estimated 20 per cent of people do it constantly. And it’s been proven to have an adverse effect on health and certainly the hip pocket. Continue Reading →
Claws and effect
Person in lotus position levitating with a rat running under them.
Artwork by Sturt Krygsman
IT was the weekend from hell. An impossible amount of things to do and worry about. Two major stories due in, a removal van coming to take away several pieces of furniture and deliver new stuff, a daughter arriving back from abroad needing airport pick-up, and a close friend in crisis. There was going to be no time to eat or sleep if I were to get through. Continue Reading →
Moments of Truth
OZ Life- Ostrow col.
Butterfly with heart shaped wings breaking spider web.
Artwork by Sturt Krygsman.
THE question of what is ethical and rightful action is a tricky one. I was speaking with one of my spiritual teachers and she told me this story. A monk was walking along a country path and saw a child about to be bitten by a snake. He was left with the question: does he kill the snake or let it bite the child? Continue Reading →
Positive psychology step by step
Most of us have realised the degree to which negative thinking undermines our success and creates unhappiness. Continue Reading →