The small Canary Island of Lanzarote is best known as a bucket and spade beach destination. Welcoming over 1.5 million foreign tourists a year, the bulk of them from the UK and Eire.
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Osho: God Is Not A Solution But A Problem
“I know for sure that God does not exist - and thank God he does not exist.”
I first happened upon philosopher and guru Osho when visiting LA, perusing through the Bodhi Tree bookstore. There I saw his book, Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic, and as I had been currently struggling with my own, I picked it up.
For those who haven’t read or heard Osho, he is certainly a controversial figure.
Case in point: Intuition says that we should let ourselves go fully into our animalistic nature and vices in order to become free of them, which will connect us to our deeper intuitive sense.
Response: Would You Be A Perpetual Traveler Or World Citizen?
Joel Falconer at Lifehack asks a fascinating question - what’s your answer?
Travel on a shrinking globe / Photo gadl
Thanks to technology, our presence is unparalleled: we can hear whispers around the world, and be anywhere on the globe in less than a day.
Transportation and communication have developed at an incredible pace in the past 100 years, and have had staggering impact on who we are.
Tags: Response, Would, You, Perpetual, Traveler, World, CitizenThe Divine Chant Of The Monks
Stone faced monks age solemnly / Photo copepodo
The sacred chanting of the Gregorian monks can offer balm for the soul. If you listen hard enough, you may even hear a hint of the divine.
During four-months of backpacking and research across Spain, I found myself in the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, 57 kilometers south of Burgos.
I planned on experiencing as much as possible the rhythms of Benedictine monastic life.
Tags: The, Divine, Chant, The, MonksNew Study: Community Based Tourism Doomed To Fail?
New study finds community based tourism, in its current form, has not proven economically viable. Recommends changes.
Community Tourism in Kilengi / Photo: The Dilly Lama
What exactly is Community Based Tourism (CBT)? You may not be the only person who doesn’t know what this phrase means.
In the world of “funders, conservationists and development workers,” Community Based Tourism denotes visitors who live and work within a community - usually a poor, rural one.
Tags: New, Study, Community, Based, Tourism, Doomed, FailConfessions Of An (Almost) Religious Hitman
Governments aren’t the only ones using secret agents these days. Baxter Jackson uncovers the truth about the use of undercover missionaries in the Muslim world.
I was seriously considering becoming an undercover agent of the Lord.
In exchange for some back alley preaching and a few hush-hush conversions to Christianity here and there (a sort of save the world one heathen a time kind of thing) Azusa Pacific University was offering me (at 50% the going rate) a Masters of Arts in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
Tags: Confessions, Almost, Religious, HitmanHot Springs: Spiritual Oasis Or New-Age Pick Up Spot?
Soaking in healing waters may include some unbargained-for advances.
Photo: jaykendall
Last week, I went to get a massage after having pulled something in my neck (still not sure what) while practicing a new dance routine.
As soon as the massage therapist touched my shoulder, he said, “You really need a good soak at Harbin.”
Tags: Hot, Springs, Spiritual, Oasis, New-Age, Pick, SpotFrom Twitchhiking To The Un-Roadtrip: Meet 5 Outrageous Travelers
These days, all it takes for a memorable journey is a few bucks in your pocket and an idea.1. Un-Roadtrip
In April of 2009, Boaz is setting out on an Un-Road Trip. He’s criss-crossing the United States using every mode of transportation except for car. He’ll be traversing dozens of states by kayak, bicycle, dog sled, scooter, hot air balloon, horseback, segway, hang glider, fishing boat, crop duster, and whatever else he can find.
Tags: From, Twitchhiking, The, Un-Roadtrip, Meet, Outrageous, Travelers20 Basic, Fun, Sexy Resources For Beginning Meditators
A collection of 20 resources covering all types of meditation: from laughter, to sexual, to extreme.
Photo:karl17
Ah, meditation. Conjurs up thoughts of being centered, at peace with one’s self and the world, and being rid of all those pesky worries.
Worries like the total loss of every penny you’ve made in the stock market and your dog throwing up on your bed, again.
Tags: Basic, Fun, Sexy, Resources, For, Beginning, MeditatorsBNT?s Best Of The Week 04/04/09
Ian MacKenzie rounds up the sexiest travel-ish links on the web and serves them up hot and spicy for you.
Enjoying the mud volcano, outside Cartegena, Colombia.
“To be fully healthy and alive today, I believe we must consider and become more open to the nomad within us.” In this thoughtful essay, Mark Lundegren lays out his manifesto for new nomadism.
From Iraq to Sudan, check out 5 Travel Destinations for Super-Adventurous Tourists. While Colombia also makes the list, calm your fears by reading 10 reasons why Colombia is not as dangerous as you think.
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