Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:00 | | 
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Do we need to see ourselves in a different light in order to cope successfully with stress?
Every year an estimated 13 million working days are lost because of stress, according to latest figures from the Health and Safety Commission. Stress is believed to trigger 70% of visits to doctors, and is linked to the development of illnesses, such as cancer, heart disease and gastro-intestinal problems.
Published on Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:00 | |
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Amnat Ruanroeng, born in 1978 or 1979 (he isn't sure), is a second grade drop-out and former drug addict. He was also part of the fearsome Thai Olympic boxing squad at the Beijing Olympics. This rise to glory started with a fifteen-year prison sentence for robbery.
It was his third stint in jail and the judge wasn't feeling at all merciful. To Amnat Ruenroeng the prospect of fifteen years banged up was an eternity. His motive for signing up for the prison boxing program was to help pass the time. Little did he imagine that it would turn into his salvation.
In 2007, just a year after he first stepped into the prison ring, he won a bronze medal in the light-flyweight division. And the day after his victory, he was released from jail on good behavior. 'I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team,' he says grinning with joy. 'I should still be in jail.'
Read more about the nationwide prison boxing programme offering Thailand's male and female inmates a way out of crime.
Published on Monday, 18 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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So said Vassilis
Angelopoulos of UCLA, the principal investigator for the Time History of Events and
Macroscale Interactions during Substorms mission - or THEMIS
Substorms produce dynamic changes in the auroral displays seen near Earth's northern and southern magnetic poles, causing a burst of light and movement in the Northern and Southern Lights.
Published on Sunday, 17 August 2008 19:00 | |
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Published on Friday, 15 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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Author, journalist and depressive Sally Brampton explains how her struggle to find the right therapist was tough, but ultimately rewarding
Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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James Brett, reformed drug-user and dealer, transformed more than his own life when on a trip to Afghanistan, the world's main supplier of opium
When he discovered the need of the locals was purely economic, he came up with an equally lucrative product that had no black market economy- pomegranates! What we Buddhists call transforming poison into medicine.
Published on Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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From drugs, delinquency and delusion - Chris has turned his life around with his Buddhist practice