The Rucksack Project is a global initiative designed to enable all to assist the homeless, especially during the chilling winter months. Matthew White, Founder of the project encourages individuals to obtain a rucksack (with shoulder straps) and fill it with helpful items. Once full, the rucksack can be given to a homeless person. He suggests visiting charity shops to purchase items and reminds us that items can be collected incrementally over a period of time. Suggested items to with which to fill a rucksack include: A pair of socks, thermos filled with hot soup, warm hat and gloves, underwear, a…
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Bring What You Want (or nothing) and Take What You Want (or nothing)
A beautiful community love initiative is being met with great success in Buenos Aires. Titled, ‘Bring What You Want, Take What You Want’, it invites and allows people to share items they no longer use or need with others. This extends the life of the goods being traded and diminishes the incessant need to purchase new items and consumption via consumerism. The scheme enhances social interaction, drawing people out from within their local communities to talk and share with one another, strengthening trust and consideration. Tierramercica media reports (8th September 2013): ‘Disillusioned with an economy that promotes individualism and ruthless…
Sankalpa
Choose your resolve wisely: “Sow a thought, and reap an action. Sow an action, and reap a habit. Sow a habit, and reap a character. Sow a character, and reap a destiny.” Swami Sivananda
Fascist Group EDL Diminished by Tower Hamlets in Solidarity
Far-right group the English Defense League were unable to enter Tower Hamlets in London on Saturday 7th September 2013, as thousands stood in solidarity to protect the East London Mosque, which had been threatened by the EDL. Trade Unions, local mosques and organisations helped to mobilise people onto Whitechapel Road. All were in unison in a stand against the EDL.
Giving Love to You
Wisdom lies in finding your own truth – Series 2 Am often inspired by things I read which cause me to reflect upon what is being shared. The most reflective pieces are usually those written from a writer’s heart; when they share their own truth – and Jamie Catto’s blog recently did just that. It led me to reflect upon giving love to oneself. Through life there is often much focus upon pleasing others. Perhaps this begins in early childhood. When we make our loved ones laugh, or we do what they ask of us – they are happy, they…
How to practice
‘But there is no end game to a posture, no perfection, only more layers to explore – slower, deeper, stronger, with more extension and consciousness. As with life, wherever you are in a posture is exactly where you need to be – can you be okay with that?’ via How to practice.






