Lessons from Lockdown
May 10, 2020
What are the lessons we can learn from the current lockdown? In this series I hope to present some thought-provoking ideas about our lives up to this point, and what we can do to live a ‘better’ life – provided…
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What are the lessons we can learn from the Covid-19 lockdowns? In this series I hope to present some thought-provoking ideas about our lives up to this point, and what we can do to live a ‘better’ life – provided we learn the necessary lessons. I mention an article from the New Zealand Herald which stated; “Optimists throughout this lockdown have hoped that coming out of the pandemic, we’ll have learned a few lessons along the way … that we’ll enjoy a gentler, more meaningful existence as a result of slowing down and connecting with what really matters. Looking at the queues outside the drive throughs, it looks like we’re heading straight back to the lives we left behind.”
In this Series
Greed over Need - How to Wreck a Planet
May 17, 2020
One of the glaring observations around the world about lockdown was how dramatically the pollution levels fell and the environment began “healing”. The abuse of the environment by humanity at large is unquestionable, but the ‘solution’ is less obvious. Rather…
The Need for a Guiding Light
May 24, 2020
In this talk (the 3rdin the series “Lessons from Lockdown”) we examine the need for a guiding light to help us navigate life. There is a need to recognize the fact that we are often the “products” of a great…
A Code to Live By
May 31, 2020
Societies can only function when there is an agreed code of conduct for everyone. A code of conduct guides all organizations, companies, religious groups, educational institutions, and civic organizations. But theses codes may be external controls that people accept within…
A Code to Live By - part 2
June 14, 2020
This is a continuation where we begin to examine some of the qualities which we are encouraged to cultivate as part of a code to live by. I am dividing a list of qualities promoted in the Vedas into two…
A Code to Live By - part 3
June 21, 2020
This is the final part of “A Code to Live By” where we examine some of the qualities which can help me to achieve peacefulness and happiness. Some of those qualities recommended by the ancient sages are: Self-control (includes control…