arun on Jul 27 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, death & life, mindfulness
I realise my continual focus on death might be perceived as morbid (after the last post and the one a while ago on “Before we Become Worm Food”… but i find that being appreciative and present to what I have is often heightened when I get in touch with contrast… and how dynamic and full […]
arun on Jul 27 2007 | Filed under: death & life, looking out, others wisdom
Lots of things to ponder after catching some of the Byron Bay Writers Festival today. One of the talks that I enjoyed was Robert Larkins who has exposed the death & funeral industry in his book Funeral Right.
He discussed how large funeral corporations had bought out most family run and small funeral operators in the […]
arun on Jul 20 2007 | Filed under: aware, looking out, nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, unschooling
Life Learning Magazine’s latest edition has reprinted an article I wrote a while ago now called “Parenting is Making My Brain Hurt”, which you can read here.
It was first published in Connections ezine. Re reading the article which I wrote late last year made me think about my use of NVC (non violent […]
arun on Jul 19 2007 | Filed under: others wisdom, parenting
One day the Hindu God Ganesha was arguing with his brother Kartikay about who was fastest. They decided to resolve the issue by having a race around the universe… as you do when you are a God I guess.
Their parents Shiva and Parvati watched them from the starting line. The race began and Kartikay got […]
arun on Jul 13 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, family diary, natural learning, newbies, stages & ages, unschooling
When I started this site I wrote some Quick Definintions of a range a terms from unschooling to deschooling.
Since that time we have been living those terms more and more and as a result my children have been helping me understand them more. I am constantly learning new definitions, here are some that I learnt […]
arun on Jul 11 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, 4 to 8 year old, family diary, mindfulness, stages & ages
I often think of children as “markers in time”.
(At the risk of sounding like a Bold & Beautiful intro) It’s like an hour glass with sand dripping from the top to the bottom… the second grain to fall literally doubles what is there, the change is so incredibly stark and obvious. By the time […]
arun on Jul 07 2007 | Filed under: health & nutrition, others wisdom, wellness
I have been encouraged by the recent debate on this site to put renewed energy into food and cooking. We do this every so often but then go through a “cyclical slackness” with food where we tend to ignore the whole issue for a while. But for now Im motivated so…
I wanted to ask you […]
arun on Jul 05 2007 | Filed under: 2 to 4 year old, 4 to 8 year old, parenting, stages & ages
How ironic that if I told the truth I probably would be considered to be an irresponsible or mean spirited parent!
My lie? Well this time it was about the tooth fairy…
M, our 5 year old daughter lost her third tooth tonight. She was extremely excited! I dutifully did the tooth fairy note and switched the […]
arun on Jul 05 2007 | Filed under: links
Finally added some of my huge list of bookmarks to the links page of this site. Some wise/ funny/ interesting people out there… check them out.
Also please add a comment here if i missed your site or ones that you think would be of interest.
arun on Jul 02 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, empowerment & trust, natural learning, parenting, unschooling
This morning I realised that I was in the presence of a pioneer! More than that he was a scientist, an explorer, dare I say… perhaps the most intrepid adventurer of our time.
What’s more it happened in our house… in our kitchen no less!
For that was where I was in the presence of Z, […]
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