To a disciple who was forever complaining about others, the master said, “If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.”
– Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom
The greatest danger of excesses of excessive irrationality – Orlando, the murder of Jo Cox, a possible Brexit, presidential candidate Trump – is that they
Forty years ago today, on August 12, 1976, the deed of incorporation of Jan XVII passed. Many can be thankful to the founders for the
Man runs after his own drama. And wonders, ‘what am I so busy with?’.
The very, very last guest in the Bloeiplaats Transitium, was also the first, without it having been organized or conceived: Tamarah Benima, rabbi of the
To become silent is to become a woman. And mother. All willingness to love and receive every word; then to wait motionless and finally to give birth: the life-giving word. And again. And again.
Questions dominate the Jan XVII Letter of Friends 2017. For those who don’t shy away from savory food: click on the picture to read on.
