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Shorter editorial notes from Robert Beer and J. F. B. Miles — workshop diaries, iconographic asides, dispatches from Dharamsala and Kathmandu, and longer journal entries on the tradition.
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20172 posts
The Experience of Dying from Falls
Robert Beer
https://onehundredmountains.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/i-noted-situation-was-serious.html Copied from the blogspot site above and from Albert Heim - Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club…
Vishnu as Navagunjara
Robert Beer
Vishnu as Navagunjara Painting by Siddhimuni and Surendra Man Sakya. 1996 Mineral pigments on cotton. 12" x 13.5".
20153 posts
Loving Personhood or Liberation From Personhood?
Robert Beer
The article below was written by Robert Perry in May 2012. ( Robert Perry, founder of 'The Circle of Atonement' ) In recent months, I have been watching video testimonies of two…
Psychedelics and the Near Death Experience?
Robert Beer
Last year I came across this question below and its answer from a woman's direct understanding of both kinds of experiences.
Biography of Ani Zamba, Feb. 2015.
Robert Beer
When this website first came online in the late summer of 2010 I fully intended to write a regular blog, at least every month or two.
20142 posts
Yama and Yami
Robert Beer
YAMA and YAMI The Rig-Veda, meaning 'praises of knowledge', is the first of the Four Vedas or sacred Indo-Aryan scriptures of the ancient Indian tradition, which may possibly date…
The great Newar artist, Arniko
Robert Beer
The most famous Newar artist of the early Beri period was Arniko or Anige (1245-1306), an artistic prodigy who was almost certainly born into the Sakya caste of statue makers in…
20137 posts
New Giclee Prints Now Available
Robert Beer
Winter Solstice, 21st December 2013. I have now finished writing the descriptive texts for fifteen new Giclee Prints that will be available in January 2014.
New Giclee Prints Available Soon.
Robert Beer
September 2013. I am just in the process of writing the descriptive texts for fifteen new Giclee prints that will be available in late October.
Russian 'Yoga Journal' Interview
Robert Beer
Recently in Moscow I was asked to write my answers to nine questions for a forthcoming interview that will appear in the Russian edition of 'Yoga Journal' magazine.
More From John Miles Journals
Robert Beer
The earliest of John's journals is a notebook from 1964, which consists mainly of notes and thoughts upon the books he was reading at this time, and French vocabulary exercises…
The Water Project - John Miles
Robert Beer
On looking through some of the extracts from the journals of John F B Miles recently, I came upon this outline for a 'Water Project' that John had handwritten in 1981 and…
Upon a Peak in Darien (Part 2)
Robert Beer
"Does our forerunner on the hilltop show by his looks and actions, since he is too far off to speak to us, that he beholds from his 'Peak in Darien' an Ocean yet hidden from our…
Upon a Peak in Darien (Part 1)
Robert Beer
Recently I was reviewing a story related by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, which concerned a young Native American Indian woman who was fatally struck by a hit and run driver on the open…
20129 posts
Khamtrul Rimpoche's Miraculous Statue
Robert Beer
Recently someone e-mailed me a photograph that was taken in 1977 outside the British Museum, which shows, from left to right: Miss Stuart Hamill, Choegyal Rinpoche, Dorzong…
King Solomon's Game of Chess
Robert Beer
According to Judaic legend King Solomon was reputed to have invented the game of chess, and as its inventor he was also the first grand master of this game.
Mahmud of Gazni
Robert Beer
Mahmud of Ghazni (966 -1030 AD) was a zealous Muslim sultan from the city of Ghazni in Afghanistan.
Tales of Akbar-2
Robert Beer
Birbal and the barber. Birbal was the closest adviser of Akbar the Great, the sixteenth century Mughal emperor of India.
Tales of Akbar-1
Robert Beer
Akbar and the beggar. A Muslim fakir once came to visit the great emperor Akbar to ask for some money for religious purposes.
The Legend of King Harishchandra
Robert Beer
Harishchandra, the twenty-eighth king in the lineage of the Solar Dynasty, was the King of Ayodhya in Northern India, who was renowned for his generosity, humility, honesty and…
Princess Idut's Tomb - Egypt
Robert Beer
In late January of this year (2012) Gill and I, along with our friends Liz and Robin, went on a two-week tour of Egypt, which involved a seven-day cruise on the Nile from Luxor to…
Anandamuni Shakya
Robert Beer
This article on Anandamuni was essentially compiled from notes of an interview that I made with his son Siddhimuni in 1999, with my late friend Phunsok Tsering acting as…
Siddhimuni and Surendra Man Shakya
Robert Beer
These two short articles below were written about Siddhimuni Shakya by the Newar artist Deepak Joshi, and about Siddhimuni's son, Surendra Man Shakya, by a writer named Anubhuti…
201116 posts
The Martyrdom of Mansur al-Hallaj
Robert Beer
I spent a large part of the year 2001 in writing an extensive collection of 'Wisdom Stories', many of which I had heard, received or read over the course of my life, which due to…
The Dervish Abu Sa'id
Robert Beer
Sheikh Abu Sa'id (967-1049 AD) lived for many years in the town of Nishapur near Mashad in Eastern Persia.
Ira Cohen on the Kumbh Mela
Robert Beer
This vivid poem about a crippled beggar women in Benares, along with a description of the pilgrimage city of Hardwar, and an audacious introduction to his film "Kings With Straw…
Ira Cohen and Angus MacLise
Robert Beer
Last night my late poet friend Ira Cohen came to me lucidly in a dream and indicated that I should finish an abandoned blog entry that I began to write just after he died.
Consciousness Beyond Life
Robert Beer
"There are three classes of people: Those who see: Those who see when they are shown: Those who do not see. Study the science of art. Study the art of science.
Yiddish Proverbs
Robert Beer
A proverb has three characteristics: it has few words, a wise sense, and a clear image. Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it you become its prisoner.
The Sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara
Robert Beer
The Sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara In May 2008, His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to England to give five days of teaching in Nottingham, during the course of which a group of…
The Afterlife - Part 8
Robert Beer
In September 2005 the BBC screened a three-part Everyman Series called 'Talking to the Dead', which featured the work of several spirit mediums, most notably Gordon Smith from…
Zen Archery (story and poems)
Robert Beer
A young Japanese archer took great pride in the excellence of his marksmanship with a bow and arrow.
The Dervish Abu Uthman
Robert Beer
Abu Uthman al-Hiri lived in the Persian town of Nishapur during the late 9th and early 10th centuries.
Divine ash and nectar
Robert Beer
While going through some papers recently I came across the photocopy of a letter that a friend sent me in 1995.
The Night Journey (a story).
Robert Beer
One night the Prophet Mohammed was woken from his sleep by the Archangel Gabriel (Jibril), who led him to the door of the Al-Haram or 'Holy Mosque' in Mecca where the celestial…
The Afterlife - Part 7
Robert Beer
One believes he is the slayer, another believes he is the slain. Both are ignorant: there is neither slayer or slain. You were never born; you will never die.
Gene Smith (1936-2010)
Robert Beer
Gene Smith (1936-2010) Gene Smith was a unique, kind and unforgettable human being who did so much in his life to help preserve and disseminate the vast heritage of Tibetan texts…
The Afterlife - Part 6
Robert Beer
A Moment of Forgiveness and Understanding In his book Travels the author Michael Crichton (1942-2008), screenwriter of films such as Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Sphere and…
John Miles - A Biography
Robert Beer
I wrote this short biography of John a few months after he died in 1997 to accompany a small retrospective exhibition of his work that took place later that year.
201012 posts
Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (1955-2010)
Robert Beer
"Just because something is dark doesn't necessarily mean its bad" ( Peter Christopherson ) Affectionately known as Sleazy or Unkle Sleazy, Peter Christopherson died peacefully in…
Sept - Oct 2010
Robert Beer
"Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever." The Guardian's 'Weekend' newspaper supplement on September 11th featured an article on…
The Afterlife - Part 5
Robert Beer
SCIENCE AND THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE (continued) Continuing on from my previous blog section (Afterlife - 4) I include here this long and interesting review of Chris Carter's…
The Afterlife - Part 4
Robert Beer
SCIENCE AND THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE Looking through Amazon.com's extended 'Afterlife Books' section recently I came across several excellent customer reviews of three important…
The Afterlife - Part 3
Robert Beer
Cellular Memory "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." ( C.S. Lewis ) Our friend Robert Svoboda was just staying with us for a few days and asked if I had…
Crop Circles
Robert Beer
Last August Gill and I, along with our friends Liz and Robin Puttick, drove down to the ancient stone circle of Avebury in order to view some of the crop circles, which in 2009…
August 2010
Robert Beer
Lights in the Sky. At 10-30pm on the night of Saturday 22nd May I had taken my astronomical telescope out into the garden to look at Venus and the Moon, when Gill and I saw a very…
July 2010
Robert Beer
We moved house in early July, relocating from a three-story Victorian house that backed on to the River Thames in central Oxford to a more modern two-story house near a quaint…
The Afterlife - Part 2
Robert Beer
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LIGHT AND BACK A Near-Death Experience recounted by Mellen-Thomas Benedict "In 1982 I died from terminal cancer.
The Afterlife - Part 1
Robert Beer
THE AFTERLIFE - Part 1. "We have shown that it is important for a would-be practitioner of the Dharma to understand that rebirth exists, that it is nonsense to claim the Buddha…
Kathmandu Dreampiece
Robert Beer
KATHMANDU DREAMPIECE, by Ira Cohen Trying to describe Kathmandu is like making a cross-section of sky and clouds, Indefinable as the mysterious blue, which hovers above our…
Welcome to the Robert Beer Blog
Robert Beer
When Jesus was but a child there were two great teachers living in Jerusalem: Rabbi Shammai, who was learned and severe; and Rabbi Hillel, who was learned and gentle.