dadanabhaniilananda, Author at The Monk Dude - Page 4 of 8

1 I think I’ve invented a new kind of therapy. It involves turning my real life enemies into villains in my novels and stories. In my literature course at University we learned that in story-telling, villains are usually the most fun. Think Loki, in The Avengers, or if we go a bit more Renaissance, Satan in…

0 Oppenheimer and Hiroshima Day August 6th, aka yesterday, was Hiroshima Day, commemorating the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945. I joined my first anti-nuclear protest march with my family when I was five years old. In the 1960’s, even in distant New Zealand, nuclear war was on our minds. Here in…

1 Salad has a PR problem. Carnivores mock vegetarians for ‘eating rabbit food, or ‘grazing like a cow.’ Unfair, maybe, yet the fact remains that many people consider salad boring. Healthy but boring. Unfortunately, meditation has acquired something of the same reputation. Lots of people think that meditation is good for you, but not fun.…