simple thoughts

Sexual abuse and harassment a subject that is difficult and within devotee circles one that is not discussed or talked about.
But this is not an ISKCON phenomenon all areas of society tries to avoid and is found in even the most prominent areas, Police, Nursing, Teaching, Social Workers and the like. But how we deal [...]

This is a new on-line facility that should be made available to all children, although based in the UK it can be accessed by children outside of the UK.
It is for those children who are experiencing bullying, or are in distress but unable to share there problems or just to scared to talk to an [...]

When the living entity is encircled by wife, children and home, he acts on the mental plane. Sometimes he is very happy, sometimes he is very much satisfied, sometimes he is not satisfied, and sometimes he is bewildered. Bewilderment is called moha, illusion. Illusioned by society, friendship and love, the living entity thinks that his [...]

Role models are an important part of our lives and forms part of who we are, if we have a good role model then by their association we make great gains, however if our role model is a thief then we rapidly head for trouble.
I have been pondering this and also thinking of the need [...]

One thing that I have noted is how pride and self-importance often gets in the way and how subtle it can actually be.
The other month I had a very high readership of my blog I was very proud of this achievement (here I am writing something of importance that others want to read); pride had [...]

One thing that has been on my mind is children’s stories and presenting KC in a child friendly manor.
May be it’s the years working in children’s services or the my continuing love of stories; I have pondered and thought about stories for children in KC and my desire to develop a small puppet show.
Why is [...]

This is an interesting equation used in counselling.
The first E is Event, this cannot be changed it has happened
The last E is Emotion, that is what we all generally deal with, the person is crying, happy, sad in general we don’t go deeper than dealing with the emotion
The middle E is Evaluation, in counselling this [...]

This is following a posting on my blog which went as follows:
I can so relate to you. No, I was not sexually molested as a child, but emotionally, mentally, and physically abused. In all actuality… I guess in a sense I was sexually abused, too. Just not as bad as you. I’m 25, engaged and [...]

Ksamä, tolerance and forgiveness, should be practiced; one should be tolerant and excuse the minor offenses of others.
Over the past few weeks I have been looking at child protection policies of different faiths found on the web, several things have come to my attention.
1) There is very little information available
2) That there are a lot of web [...]

The recent outcry over the sentence given to a Jehovah’s Witness Elder who abused some 18 children has reminded me of my own experience, I would however like to share my thoughts on the issue.
Firstly some background my farther abused us as children, he was a ministerial servant a well respected member of the local [...]