All life is yoga
‘All life is Yoga.’ So wrote Sri Aurobindo, sage and spiritual master, the author of ‘A Synthesis of Yoga.’ Yoga is not just a series of exercises to improve posture and make the body supple, its acolytes would define it as a method for self perfection leading ultimately to a union with the Divine. Yogis believe that since we are all potentially divine, our aim must be to achieve the perfection of that divinity by improving each part of our own being; body, mind and intellect. Yoga achieves perfection of the... Read more »
A Question of Faith
There is so much we do not know. There is so much we take for granted. There is so much that we think we know but we cannot prove. How did stars form out of gases? Where did the gases come from? Was there really a big bang? If so... Read more »
Cries and Whispers
I first experienced Cries and Whispers in 1973. I was, even then, drawn to the deeper, darker aspects of human psychology. It was no wonder, therefore, that I was into Bergman. I rated the Seventh Seal and Persona as the greatest films I had seen. Then came Cries and Whispers. And now,... Read more »
In praise of uncertainty.
The Archbishop of York, John Hapgood, once famously declared that ‘the lust for certainty was a sin.’ This statement was surprising, shocking even, coming from the second most important churchman in the country; a man who engaged with the ‘certainty’ of God. We live in an uncertain world. We can never... Read more »
