I think most of those active on squidu have figured it out by now. Clouda9 is having a rough time. To help her out a bit I thought I’d link some of her second tier lenses here, in hopes that they might become first tier. Read Full Story

I love the new squidquiz theme. I can see myself making a whole series of lenses for each of my religion or spirituality subniches. Today I made the lens that will become my lensography for the whole series – suitably it’s also a squidquiz lens itself: Quiz: Religion facts and trivia. I’ve also made one with Christianity trivia and more niche Krishnamurti trivia and Blavatsky trivia. Read Full Story

Canine Christmas Treats Advent Calendars: Santaclaus comes to your dog Canine Christmas Treats Advent Calendar $24.99 Dogs with Santa Advent Calendar $10.99 Now you can celebrate every day of the Christmas season with your best friend. Each drawer holds a delicious peanut butter dog treat. Starting on December 1st, treat your pet with a delicious oven-baked gourmet cookie throughout the advent season. Turn each drawer around after opening to uncover a beautiful  Christmas scene. Start a new... Read Full Story

I was eating at an Ethiopian restaurant yesterday. For those not familiar with that cuisine, the food is served on thin pancakes and one is supposed to eat one’s dinner with the right hand. For me it was a painful exercise in overcoming my conditionings. The table went quiet: a measure of the concentration we all needed to not eat warm food with knife and fork. We were suddenly fully there: eating. In this post I’m stepping away from the abstract philosophical to the practical eve... Read Full Story

Ik at gisteren in een Ethiopisch restaurant. Voor wie dat niet kent: je krijgt je eten op dunne pannenkoekjes en wordt geacht met je rechterhand te eten. Voor mij een lastige oefening in het overstijgen van je conditioneringen. Het werd ook helemaal stil aan tafel: zoveel concentratie was er nodig om te kunnen eten, gewend als wij allemaal waren aan eten met mes en vork. We waren er opeens helemaal bij: bij dat eten. Na alle discussie de afgelopen week over abstracte filosofische concepten, ... Read Full Story

Ik at gisteren in een Ethiopisch restaurant. Voor wie dat niet kent: je krijgt je eten op dunne pannenkoekjes en wordt geacht met je rechterhand te eten. Voor mij een lastige oefening in het overstijgen van je conditioneringen. Het werd ook helemaal stil aan tafel: zoveel concentratie was er nodig om te kunnen eten, gewend als wij allemaal waren aan eten met mes en vork. We waren er opeens helemaal bij: bij dat eten. Na alle discussie de afgelopen week over abstracte filosofische concepten, ... Read Full Story

Krishnamurti's books were usually compiled by others from his talks. Below you will find introductions to his work, but also deeper philosophic reflection and specific themes. Learn about God, relationships and the nature of experience - as well as about the main topic Krishnamurti talked about: how to live. Read Full Story

The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875 at a time when the West was just becoming seriously aware of the existence of religions and people elsewhere. Intelligent people could no longer classify Islam as devilish for instance, or Hinduism as barbaric. But what then? The serious study of religion was started at universities - the first professor of comparative religion got his post in 1875. Read Full Story

In the West religion is often defined by what one BELIEVES, but many other religions are more easily defined by either community or what one DOES, aka practices and rituals. Buddhism is perhaps most easily... Read Full Story

Karma and reincarnation are related beliefs that have been popular in India and surrounding countries for a very long time. Karma means action. The idea is, at it's simplest, that good is rewarded and evil punished. Or more practically put: selfishness is punished and unselfishness rewarded. The Dalai Lama puts it even more radically: From the perspective of karma it is selfish to help others, because that will be rewarded. Belief in karma means that reincarnation follows logically: otherw... Read Full Story