February 2011
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WatchWhy you should read The Worry Solution
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Peter Russell meets Ram Dass
Peter Russell trained as a mathematician and theoretical physicist at Cambridge University and then became increasingly fascinated by the human mind and experimental psychology. He travelled to India to study meditation and eastern philosophy and, on his return, took up the first research post ever offered in Britain on the psychology of meditation.
In the mid-seventies he joined forces with Tony...
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Be Love Now
Be Love Now is a book that I suspect hundreds of thousands of readers around the world will have been waiting for. In 1971, Ram Dass sparked a spiritual revolution with the publication of Be Here Now. This new book, published in February 2011, is in many respects a sequel to that seminal work and also looks like a classic in the making.
With black and white photographs, and brimming with...
The Economics of Happiness film premiere
On Tuesday night a couple of members of the Rider team headed down to the Royal Geographical Society for the UK premier of Helena Norberg Hodge’s film, The Economics of Happiness.
Helena’s book, Ancient Futures, was published by Rider a number of years ago but is still heralded as one of the must-read guides to the culture and religion of Ladakh, and the lessons we can learn from it. Founder of...
New Year Poem from Ben Okri: O that Abstract...
O that abstract garden of being Tells me to be brave, and clear, In the fire of living, And in the journey through the year. So I will grow me like an oak tree And make life’s honey like a bee. Each day I will walk an interesting mile And with the sun I’ll share a smile. I will play again like a child, And celebrate what’s wild. I will swim in every sea or river, And reflect the light of the...
