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Year of the Snake
Welcome to the year of the snake. The snake is our ultimate materialist, keeping it’s belly close to the ground as it slithers along the surface of the world. Sensual and manipulative, the snake keeps its coils upon the pulse of people and things. A good year for the material realisation of ideas and projects […]
Female ALP Leaders Handed Poison Chalices
June 25, 2012
Reading commentators from Australia’s right wing biased, News Corp, newspapers, one would think that PM Julia Gillard had been handed a dream run when accepting the opportunity to topple Kevin Rudd, back in 2010. But these commentators readily forget how “on the nose” Rudd was by this time, after an extended honeymoon period at the […]
Cooking Class with Matt in Maleny
May 31, 2012
I presented one of my many recent cooking classes, here in Maleny on the sunshine coast, south east Queensland, and once again was lucky enough to attract a nice group of individuals. Sisters, one sibling had bought the cooking lesson and gourmet lunch as a gift for the other, and they were a bit of […]
Popular Pursuits on the Sunshine Coast – Cooking Classes
May 24, 2012
Cooking classes have become a new “must do thing” on the sunshine coast, as tourists and locals alike include at least one cooking lesson on their recreational itinerary. The Sacred Chef, of Maleny, thinks that it is part of a new trend away from passive consumerism toward active participation. He states, “why be a consumer when […]
Why We Eat What We Eat
January 24, 2012
As a cooking teacher, who regularly meets people through my cooking classes, here on the sunshine coast, I get to see what a cross-section of society likes to eat and feels comfortable with on their plate. It is interesting to observe shared traits amongst the groups of people, who pass through my cooking school, and it […]
Polymath
August 13, 2011
Having multiple talents and pursuing them in the marketplace, is it a blessing or a curse? I have a number of interests and have invested time in each of them and have achieved a level of proficiency in several of these pursuits. Does this entitle me to express these in the marketplace as vocations or […]
Kitchen gods and the sacrifice
August 12, 2011
Excerpt from – House Therapy – Discovering who you really are at home! By Sudha Hamilton House Therapy is Sudha’s soon to be published new book. The Kitchen The Ancient Greeks, who gave us many of the founding principles upon which we base our modern societies – democracy; logic; philosophy; literature and poetry to […]
Shut Up and just listen to me!!!
August 4, 2011
Heading: Emotional Healing. Subheading: Af-x Release Therapy. What first attracted me to Af-x Release Therapy©, was the notion of respect for our own mind’s ability to heal ourselves, inherent within its philosophy. Here, it seemed, was a process that put the onus on self-responsibility, instead of the almighty therapist. Having tried numerous therapies, I now […]
Stages of Our Mental Journey
July 9, 2011
Heading: Stages and Phases of the Mental Journey. Subheading: Exploring consciousness, linguistics and language. “O, what a world of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind! What ineffable essences, these touchless rememberings and unshowable reveries! And the privacy of it all! A secret theatre of speechless monologue and prevenient counsel, an […]
Tapping the Pain Away
July 8, 2011
Heading: Thought Field Therapy. Subheading: Tapping the healer within. Do our thoughts have an energy field? Are we beginning to see the emergence of a new type of medicine based on the treatment and understanding of subtle energy fields? Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is one of these new therapeutic tools that may seem like magic […]
One God
May 4, 2011
Today in the harsh daylight of our overcrowded cities, in developed nations around the globe, we are encouraged to worship only one god, the holy dollar. People are rushing about in their cars, and on public transport, to reach their destinations, their places of work and of investment, where labour and lead may be turned […]
What is being human?
April 20, 2011
Our Posthuman Future – Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution By Francis Fukuyama Profile Books, 2003. Book Review A disturbing orange cover, with a picture of what looks like a conveyer belt full of robotic looking babies stretching into infinity, possibly delayed my reading of this brilliant book. Its publication date accidentally synchronised with the birth […]
Who Murdered Chaucer?
April 14, 2011
Who Murdered Chaucer? Book Review Who Murdered Chaucer? – A Medieval Mystery By Terry Jones, Robert Yeager, Terry Dolan, Alan Fletcher, Juliette Dor Methuen, 2004. Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and most importantly one of the earliest literary stars of the English language, was the author of The Canterbury Tales – a celebrated collection of verse […]
Finally finished with physics
March 29, 2011
Book Review The Dancing Wu Li Masters By Gary Zukav Fontana/Collins 1980. Who else out there, has carried a book around with them for twenty plus years, with the intention of reading that book, because it is really something they ought to read? That book for me, has been The Dancing Wu Li Masters by […]
Do you ever long for certainty?
March 17, 2011
Do you ever long for certainty? Do you wish that you had a direct line to God, especially during those times when you are really unsure about what direction to take in your life? Would you like to be able to reach deep inside yourself and just know the right answer? Well according to the […]
Gandhi
March 11, 2011
I enjoyed the opening installment of the program on Gandhi, currently showing on the ABC Monday’s at 7.30pm. It traced his roots to his birth town in India and looked at the early influences on his life. There is a tendency in us all, I think, to see great historical figures as ready-made and cardboard […]
When someone you love judges you.
March 10, 2011
When someone you love judges you. What are the salves for the wound that festers beneath the skin? When it is someone, whom you have let in, spitting acid upon your sense of self. Judging, condemning and rejecting who you are. Where does the matter truly lie? What do they say,’ hold your loved ones […]
Suicide Rates in Australia
March 10, 2011
I read with interest a recent report into suicide, published in The Australian newspaper, where it was declared that the rate of annual suicide in Australia is now well over that of road deaths. It was, I think, a feature written with the intent to ring a few alarm bells in this country, amongst leaders […]
Denial the pathway of No
February 2, 2011
What is your pathway to truth and enlightenment? Is it one of self-denial and sacrifice? There are so many spiritual traditions based on the righteous denial of the flesh. Jesus dying on the cross, symbolising the death of the flesh as sacrifice to a metaphysical truth. Christianity has its genesis in this and condemns human […]
Gandhi
January 20, 2011
I enjoyed the opening installment of the program on Gandhi, currently showing on the ABC Monday’s at 7.30pm. It traced his roots to his birth town in India and looked at the early influences on his life. There is a tendency in us all, I think, to see great historical figures as ready-made and cardboard […]
Gay Marriage in Australia
January 15, 2011
Nothing annoys me more in the newspaper, than News Corp’s paid opinion piece writers ( I can’t call them journalists because they don’t do any journalism) commenting on what suburban Australian’s think and feel. How would they know? How long has it been since they have been out in the field actually asking people? There […]
Immigration Nation
January 9, 2011
I was very impressed with the first episode of Immigration Nation on SBS. It really brought home to me the deep-seated roots of racism in Australia and put it in an international context, showing it’s effect upon the world around us. To not realise, or not care, how this appalling attitude would impact on our […]
Bank Trading Hours
December 7, 2010
Why do we have a banking system, which makes multi-billion dollar profits and still operates for the consumer on a Mon-Frid 9am to 4pm or 5pm basis? In this digital age of Internet banking, is it not absurd that we as consumers, are still forced to wait for funds to be cleared as per when […]
The ALP and the Demise of the Two Party System
October 26, 2010
The ALP and the Demise of the Two Party System Australian Politics in Flux by Sudha Hamilton Discussion by political scribes, about the demise of the two party system in Australia, and in particular the waning of the Labor Party, is all the rage right now. Talk about the failure of the ALP to be […]
National Broadband Network
October 24, 2010
Murdoch’s News Corporation’s Campaign to Derail NBN by Sudha Hamilton We have a government attempting to build a real Australian wide national broadband network – this in an island continent like Australia is not an easy or cheap thing to do. Despite all the difficulties involved in doing this, and especially so with a minority […]
Quick and Easy!
November 6, 2009
Quick and Easy – Transformation Guaranteed! We have all seen these words splashed across advertisements, books, and websites; and heard them coming out of the mouths of sales people everywhere. There are doctors, naturopaths, therapists, and other ‘so called’ health professionals, extracting dollars through the promotion of pills, courses and products – all claiming to […]
A Taxing Time
March 12, 2009
They say that only two things in life are certain, death and taxes, well I am yet to experience the former but have been hard at work at the latter once again. Yes the annual tax marathon has been in full swing for the last two weeks and at times it does feel like a […]
Retrenched After Two Days
January 29, 2009
The global economic crisis just bit me on the bum. I was recently employed on contract as a senior journalist for the local newspaper in my town. My wife had just started as their editor three days before me and we were both over the moon to be working in the field we loved and […]
If I Sleep
January 24, 2009
If I Sleep If I sleep, will you remember me? This night, is waiting, wanting you, Always wanting you. Lay back in bed, and listen to, Soft murmurings, intent on loving you. In a thousand dreams, of loving you, I remember, all the pain, and pleasures too. Let this night be true. Remember all my […]
Reptiles
January 24, 2009
Reptiles In the spider’s grip, we speak of love, With words - such worthless, weightless stuff. Promise this and swear thy heart, Side by side we shall never part. Moistened eye to moistened eye, The rational buckles, burns and bends. Woman weeps, her tears will flow. Mankind watches and doesn’t know, That fear drifts through […]
Child Care Solutions
January 19, 2009
Child Care Solutions Aged care and child care synergies for a better world. By Sudha Hamilton. An idea that I have been carrying around for sometime is to do with two similar needs from two disparate subsections of our communities – the old and the very young both require care and company. What if we […]
Book and CD Reviews
January 14, 2009
Book and CD Reviews Heart to Heart Parenting By Robin Grille ISBN: 9780733322983 Heart to Heart Parenting is a book on nurturing your child’s emotional intelligence from conception to school age. For anyone who enjoyed the expansion and wisdom of Parenting for a Peaceful World – this is the developmental sequel. Practical in application, but […]
Saturn Square Definitions
January 14, 2009
Heading: Saturn Square Definitions Subheading: As part of the family curses article. With all of these placements think Father principal with a capital F & Mother principle with a capital M – meaning both the experience of your own mother and father but more importantly their experience of each other & its impact upon you. […]
Planetary Newsbeat
January 10, 2009
Heading: Planetary Newsbeat New Eco Friendly De-Inking Process Developed. A new technology utilising enzymes (biological molecules) has been shown to remove ink from recycled paper. A research project conducted by the University of Malaysia Sarawak reported the use of a crude enzyme preparation for the enzymatic de-inking of mixed office paper. Traditional de-inking methods have […]
New Eco Living Magazine
January 10, 2009
Heading: New Eco Living Magazine Subheading: Australia’s best holistic eco publication. Eco Living Health Aware is now in the shops and turning heads. A beautiful magazine full of inspiration and practical information to make our planet a better place. Eco Living Magazine is a font of consciousness, natural health wisdom, green issues and global information. […]
The Year of the Ox
December 30, 2008
Heading: The year of the Ox Subheading: Slow and steady wins the race. We are, just now, reaching the end of the year of the rat and it has proved true to form with the economic downturn and financial crisis. For the rat, is great, in times of paucity, drought and starvation – a great […]
Modern Man
December 28, 2008
He sits, enclosed with perch and swing, Hopping, jumping, from thing to thing. Chirping, happily, his freedom songs, Whistling right and left, his rights and wrongs. So unaware of his pinned down wings, and fear, Screeching bravely, he does appear, Within ruffled feathers, very sure, That he could fly, beyond the cages locked door. ©Sudha […]
Streetway
December 28, 2008
See beneath this awning, streetway. Spattering rain comes upon it. Such darkened dreams filter by, Oh, these gloomy sights and sounds. Pavement rubbish remains, crumpled and decrepit, I see drab colours, from this dim doorway. Grey sky perturbed by rain clouds, Reflected in the faces, of passers by. See beneath this awning, streetway, Cold winds […]
Sadness
December 28, 2008
I look deep into her eyes to see inside me, The frightened falling in. Holding one another, silently together, Feelings owned, and free, are ignited within to flame; We shiver from the smoke. Embraced by inner hands of sadness, I feel. As soft noises utter from my lips. Both of us on fire, our bond […]
Touch
December 28, 2008
We two touch, Soft, softly, sipping in trust; Our entering embrace. The lapping seas, The licking flames, Such is touch. Empty winds breezing, Formless fragrances. Our dissolving, Beneath a sky of endless fire. The melting, merging, Touch. ©Sudha Hamilton.
Trust
December 28, 2008
When desire is not even there, When words do not come, When the meeting of our eyes glaze the mind, When….. Trust: A gossimer’s winged flight home. Trust: When the fire burns all. When god whispers. When the bridge is no more. When….. Trust, My love, Trust. ©Sudha Hamilton
The Male’s Complaint
December 28, 2008
On the edge of night we creep together, once again, Two stars alight, meeting far from this dusty veranda. Each to mount the other, with instinctual expectations, I tensed and hard in all desiring fear. Once begun, finished and unresolved. Soaring through realms of prickly pain and open grins, Excited as one, perhaps the only. […]
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