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What we’re about

Posted in healing, random perspectives, seva mandir, the source, wisdom on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

All we propose, in return, is that you care for each other, help each other, treat each other with respect and dignity, work and play together and take your future and your children’s future into your own hands and do your best to make existence into the most wholesome, meaningful experience possible for everyone.
Get it?

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Trying to get some bearings…

Posted in anthropology, facilitating, healing, learning, life-work balance, philosophy, random perspectives, spirituality, story-work, the source, wisdom on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been a while since I managed to get back to the blog and I have a lot to say. At the same time, I really want to learn how to say whatever I am trying to say in less space. One approach could be to use several smaller blog postings (to create the illusion [...]

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If I were God… Oh but I am – if only I could realise it!

Posted in conversations, philosophy, spirituality, wisdom on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

After that last outburst on narratives, which seems to have opened up an entire new dimension of reality to me, I started reading San Beck’s translation of the Katha Upanishad. This marvellous story, and I really mean MARVELLOUS STORY, is a must read. This little quote gives a taste of what it is trying to [...]

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The Main Shift

Posted in consulting, living systems, organisational change, seva mandir, wisdom on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The gradual discovery over the last few years that it’s not really about me and my ideas versus rigid unhelpful people in the organisation has been rather seminal for me.It’s not that I don’t have all these ideas that I want [...]

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Wisdom in the Rickshaw

Posted in democracy, questioning development, random perspectives, wisdom on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While I was on my way to visit a friend in Delhi after a conference on Citizenship and Governance (organised by PRIA), I found myself on a rather long rickshaw ride. I decided to start up some casual banter with the driver, an old man from a village in Uttar Pradesh. After some small talk [...]

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