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Monthly archive November, 2007

Osho on Love, Freedom and Aloneness

Love, Freedom & Aloneness - The Koan on Relationships by Osho Rajneesh A long time ago I read a book by the Indian mystic Osho: Love, Freedom & Aloneness - The Koan on Relationships. This is one of those rare gems that explains and perhaps introduces you to the authentic love that is sorely missing from life. The taboo that is sex, the misunderstandings Read More →

Announcing the next TED Africa 2008 in Cape Town!

Ramon Thomas & Emeka OkaforIt seemed that all discussions around the next TED Africa had gone quiet. Now I get this email in my Inbox and the excitement from Tanzania returns with thunder! Wow I knew Cape Town is a good choice, but I'm biased because I spend so much time there. Anyway read my own blogging from TEDGlobal 2007: Africa the Next Chapter. And here's the full announcement of the next conference. Dear TEDizens, We're delighted to tell you that there will be another Read More →

Michael Tsarion on Relationships

Michael TsarionWhat is a "Relationship?" Is it: Dependency under another name? Insecurity under another name? Vampirism under another name? I'm empty and I need you. You're empty and you need me!...(often called "Falling in Love"). Christians were told marriage was an alternative to damnation. Better to marry than burn! Fear paves the way. Relationships! The bane of the Piscean Age, and on its way out. Are you ready? Another question you may want to be asking yourself today and for the rest of your lives... WHAT IS IT THAT OTHERS MAKE Read More →

Taalgenoot interview on the impact of Technololgy on Human Relationships

online dating1. How does communication technology change the interaction of people (for example: from as young as 11 years children start to MXit and spend as much as 3 hours per day in their own virtual world.. But on Facebook long lost friends can keep in contact. Kindly give positive and negative comment) Technology allows people to stay in touch with friends or family in remote places that could be very difficult or expensive otherwise. One of the first stories I discovered about MXit, was that of a grandmother in South Read More →

Severn Suzuki speaks at UN Earth Summit in 1992 about loving the Environment

Boys don't cry? Well maybe it's good for boys to cry every now and then. This video brought tears to my eyes because of how sincere and deep the message is by Severn Suzuki. In 1992, at the age of 12, Suzuki raised money with members of ECO, the Environmental Childrens Organization (a group she founded) to attend the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro. How long has it been that I sat down in nature or hugged a tree? How long has it been since I rolled around on grass or walked bare foot in a stream? Read More →

Eben Pagan interviewed by Joe Polish about Hiring Tips

In this video series Eben Pagan is interviewed by Über-information marketer Joe Polish. I just signed up for his Genius Network Interviews and I'm blown away by the content of the interviews and the value for money. Anyway Eben Pagan is the founder of the Altitude program and is extremely astute entrepreneur and trainer. In this interview he shares some radical ideas on hiring staff, how to ask good questions, managing teams You can continue to watch the next 3 parts of these interviews from here: Part 2, Part 3 and Read More →

New Books from Take2 this November

I've been checking out Take2 for a long time because its prices are just the best in South Africa. Take2 is one of those online retail stores like Kalahari.net and the international poster boy Amazon.com which offers a selection of books, music CDs, DVDs and other products. What I really love about Take2 is that their prices are better than Exclusive Books or Kalahari.net all year long. In the past I have bought a lot of books from Kalahari.net when they run their regular sales or had a R50 discount voucher. Now with Read More →

Keys to keeping kids safe online

Net filters, Web sites help shield children from predators By Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News Englewood physician Gregory Papadeas already has gone through the experience of his 9-year-old seeing an obscene image inadvertently pop up on a computer screen. She told him about it. He's already gone through the frank talk with his 13-year-old daughter about the pros and cons of social-networking sites such as MySpace. "We felt it put her at risk and exposed her to things we as parents were not comfortable with." He said his daughter agreed she shouldn't participate at this time. Still, Papadeas recently was looking for even more information Read More →

Gauteng Online is a failure doomed from the beginning

What where they thinking when the Gauteng department of Education promised to connect all the schools in Gauteng to the Internet within 5 years? This is a rhetorical questions about the stupidity of infrastructure projects of this nature. The government themselves are the most inefficient users of technology and with this project they were meant to install computers and Internet access for all the schools in the richest province in the country. It remind me of my time in the United Arab Emirates. These Arab people had money coming out of their ears but did not know how Read More →

What I learned from Bruce Lee about Flowing in Relationships

It's been months since I've been to my Tai Chi class and I'm starting to feel really itchy about it. So even though I've been doing my Tai Chi Chuan at home its not the same as doing in a group. One of the things I've done to console myself is to go back to re-read the Chinese classic Tao Te Ching. On another note as I'm approaching my 10th Toastmasters speech, to complete my Compitant Communicator, the first manual. I've decided to start with a quote from Bruce Lee, which he repeated in the famous Read More →