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3 I expect that you’ve been lying awake at and night wondering, what is Monkotopia? It’s really quite simple. You’ve heard of utopia — a perfect world where everything seems designed to please You. Hence ‘You’ topia. It makes ‘You’ happy to live in this kind of world. Dystopia is the opposite. It’s when everything seems designed…

1 Mantra chanting, or kiirtan (aka kirtan) is a beautiful way to create the mood for meditation, either alone or in a group. This mantra, Baba Nam Kevalam, means ‘only the feeling of limitless love’. The tune was written by a friend of mine from the Netherlands, Didi Ananda Advaeta.

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.…