The Urs is a festive occasion that commemorates the anniversary of a saint's passing. During the recent celebration of Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan's 96th Urs, Dr. Farida Ali, the custodian of the Dargah, organized an exceptional...
The American Book Center (ABC), right at the book market on Het Spui in Amsterdam, is often mentioned as one of the largest, busiest and most interesting English-language bookstores in Europe. If you visit you...
Only a few weeks ago DeepMind, the artificial-intelligence company owned by Alphabet, which forms part of the Google group, shared some interesting results in Science journal. AlphaZero, a self-learning algorithm, “displays a breed of intellect that...
Sufi retreat 3,4&5 March 2017 at the temple in Katwijk and Dr. Witteveen's residence, the Netherlands...
An insp犀利士 iring dialogue in Berlin on art, music, and, the Golden Hat, a Bronze age calendar that was used to determine both lunar and solar dates as well as their conversions. You may find it...
I travelled to a monastery in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha in 563BCE where I had the great privilege of attending a one-week intensive meditation under the guidance of Venerable U Vivekananda. U Vivekananda...
Peter Senge presented his work elegantly and eloquently. He spoke to the power of listening as a means of bringing forth something new. He talked about how to ‘listen someone into listening’ as part of...
My very good friend, Raoul Witteveen, generously invited me to join him and his friend Diana Calthorpe Rose in attending His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to the Netherlands. Words fall short of describing my...
Anil Sachdev, founder of the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), a private business school located close to Delhi, kindly invited Anne Stadler and me to join him in working with a group of about 25...