In this powerful episode of Boys Don’t Cry, I sit down with a former teacher, principal and an administrator (and an Influencer in her own right) to explore the often-overlooked emotional influence educators have on boys during their formative years. From classroom discipline to hallway conversations, we unpack how school environments either reinforce emotional suppression or create space for vulnerability and growth.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, coach, or community leader, get ready to be challenged to rethink what it means to raise emotionally healthy boys—and how educators are uniquely positioned to be the architects of that transformation.

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Role of educators and its impact on boys

In celebration of World Values Day

This evening’s programme is a joint UK Values Alliance and Brahma Kumaris contribution to World Values Day, 16th October.
 
The theme this year is Values for the Future
 
Hope is like a candle shining in the dark. It gives us the courage and determination to keep going. It uplifts and inspires us to rise to our challenges, whatever they may be.
 
The conversation will be facilitated by Charles Fowler FRSA, member of the Steering Group of the UK Values Alliance and Chair of Human Values Foundation
 
 
Speakers:
Marina Cantacuzino MBE is an author, broadcaster and founder of The Forgiveness Project. Shining a light on restorative processes, the charity works with personal narratives to show how individuals and groups can break cycles of harm, reach across divides, and see humanity in those who have harmed them. 
 
Manda Patel is an inspiring teacher and speaker, who has dedicated her life to studying the simple, spiritual truth that lives behind the philosophy of the Brahma Kumaris. She is based in the Global Retreat Centre, near Oxford, where she has played a pivotal role for many years.

Holding Onto Hope - Manda Patel & Marina Cantacuzino - Thursday 16th October 2025

Celebrating World Kindness Day

True kindness is not just about being polite or avoiding conflict. It's a powerful, compassionate force that can create profound change. This talk challenges the conventional idea of "niceness" and delves into what it truly means to be kind. Our speaker will explore why authentic kindness requires courage, vulnerability, and the willingness to take a stand, even when it's uncomfortable. 
 
Speaker: Tamasin  Ramsay 
Tamasin developed a profound respect for nature and animals in her early years whilst growing up in a rural area in Australia.   A keen meditator since childhood, Tamasin formalized her practice when she came across the Brahma Kumaris in 1984 at the age of 18. Tamasin loves being out and about - she has worked on camera as an actor, on the road as a paramedic, in the field as a medical anthropologist (PhD), in parliament as an advisor, and now in the bush as a wildlife rescuer and carer. As a perpetually curious student, she enjoys teaching meditation in ways that are simple, practical, and experiential for everyone.

Beyond Nice - Why Kindness is a Radical Act - Tamasin Ramsay - Thursday 13th November 2025

n this Heart2Heart episode, Paul sits down with Isabella Solano, Founder and Director of Herralink—an organization that connects high school students and community volunteers with older adults in long-term care. Together, they explore how genuine friendship, consistency, and intergenerational connection can change lives in communities where far too many people go without a visitor.

Isabella shares the story behind Herralink, the challenges facing older adults who feel unseen, and the transformational impact of companionship programs rooted in authenticity. You’ll hear real stories, practical guidance for volunteers, and insights on what it takes to create meaningful connection with older adults navigating loss, transition, and loneliness.

This episode is an invitation to rethink what volunteering looks like—and to honor the profound truth that we are more than volunteers… we are friends.

Learn more at:
Herralink.org
NALTCV.org

Heart2Heart with Isabella Solano - Creating Meaningful Connections

Love without Limits is a powerful anthem for universal love, compassion, and empathy. With heartfelt lyrics and an uplifting melody, the song calls for a world without racism, division, or walls — a place where humanity stands together in unity.

Blending soulful instrumentation with a message of hope, Love without Limits inspires listeners to embrace equality and kindness. It’s more than music; it’s a movement for social change, reminding us that love knows no boundaries

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Love without Limits

Welcome to Heart of Compassion: Meditations for Peace & Healing with Beth Shekinah Terrence.

This is a journey into the Heart of Compassion through a community Meditation for Peace and Healing. Join us for a time of heart-centered meditation.

Together, we will explore and connect more fully with the heart. Through a journey into stillness, openness and love. We will delve more deeply into our own innate intelligence - the wisdom of the heart.  

The intention of these spaces is to provide support and community for those seeking to live a heart centered life; and to deepen their practice of cultivating receptivity and inner stability through meditation and healing practices especially in these challenging times.

This new series will be offered live a few times per month via Zoom with varying dates and times initially. Recordings will be posted here on SoundCloud or YouTube.

Come explore!

Sign up to join future live sessions and receive updates on Heart of Compassion Meditation programs at https://heart.bethshekinah.com/meditationforpeaceandhealing.

Heart of Compassion: Meditation for Peace & Healing November 12th, 2025

Welcome to Heart of Compassion: Meditations for Peace & Healing with Beth Shekinah Terrence.

This is a journey into the Heart of Compassion through a community Meditation for Peace and Healing. Join us for a time of heart-centered meditation.

Together, we will explore and connect more fully with the heart. Through a journey into stillness, openness and love. We will delve more deeply into our own innate intelligence - the wisdom of the heart.

The intention of these spaces is to provide support and community for those seeking to live a heart centered life; and to deepen their practice of cultivating receptivity and inner stability through meditation and healing practices especially in these challenging times.

This new series will be offered live a few times per month via Zoom with varying dates and times initially. Recordings will be posted here on SoundCloud or YouTube.

Come explore!

Sign up to join future live sessions and receive updates on Heart of Compassion Meditation programs at https://heart.bethshekinah.com/meditationforpeaceandhealing.

Heart of Compassion: Meditation for Peace & Healing November 6th, 2025

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🎸 Cunda’s Last Supper

Delta Style — Raw, Slow, 12-Bar, Spiritual-Blues Ballad

“Cunda’s Last Supper” is a raw, reverent Delta-style ballad retelling one of the most misunderstood moments in Buddhist history—the final meal offered to the Buddha by the humble blacksmith Cunda. Rooted in the spirit of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the song blends ancient compassion with the gritty intimacy of American blues.

The story unfolds through Cunda’s eyes: a working man who offers his best meal to the Buddha, only to later fear that he caused the Teacher’s final illness. The blues tradition of guilt, trembling hands, and honest sorrow becomes the perfect vehicle for this tale. But the song carries the deeper revelation preserved in the sutra—that the Buddha reassured Cunda that his offering was one of the two greatest meals in history, completing the arc of enlightenment with boundless merit.

With minimal Delta blues instrumentation, warm lantern-lit imagery, and a voice soaked in humility and redemption, “Cunda’s Last Supper Blues” transforms a moment of anguish into a luminous teaching on grace. The song honors the working man’s heart, the compassion of the Eternal Buddha, and the quiet dignity of someone who fears they’ve harmed what they most love—only to be lifted by mercy beyond the world.

A blues gospel of forgiveness and awakening, this track reveals the cosmic tenderness at the center of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra: no act of sincere love is ever wasted.

Verse 1

I was just a poor old smith,
Hands burnt, weary, thin…
Cooked a supper for the Teacher,
Didn’t know where he had been.
When he bowed and took my offering,
Lord, my heart began to spin.

Verse 2

Later on I heard him coughing,
Saw his robe fall to the side…
A cold wind blew through Pāvā,
And the whole world turned its tide.
I said, “God forgive these hands of mine—
Was it my food that made him die?”


Chorus

Oh, I thought I broke the Holy One,
Thought I crushed a living sun…
Cried, “Lord, I didn’t mean no harm—
I was only trying to feed someone.”
But the Buddha sent word through Ānanda:
“Child, your love and shame weigh none.”


Verse 3

Ānanda found me trembling,
Said, “Brother, don’t you fall apart—
The Blessed One is eternal,
Can’t no sickness touch his heart.”
He said, “Cunda, your gift was sacred—
From the start, child, from the start.”

Verse 4

He said there’s two great meals in history:
One began the rising dawn…
Given by sweet Sujātā
On the day Enlightenment shone.
And the other one, the final one—
Brother, your hands carried it on.


Chorus

Oh, I thought I broke the Holy One,
Thought I crushed a living sun…
Cried, “Lord, I didn’t mean no harm—
I was only trying to feed someone.”
But the Buddha sent word through Ānanda:
“Child, your love and shame weigh none.”


Bridge (slow, spoken-blues)

He said, “Cunda, don’t you sorrow—
Your heart is clean as morning rain.”
Said, “Your gift will echo through all worlds,
Beyond all life, beyond all pain.”
And right there my burden melted—
Mercy washed away my shame.


Final Verse

Now I walk these dusty backroads,
Head bowed low, but spirit high…
‘Cause the Buddha said my offering
Helped him reach the other side.
I ain’t a sinner nor a killer—
I’m the man who helped him rise.


Final Chorus (soft, warm)

Oh, I never broke the Holy One,
Never dimmed that shining sun…
I just fed him like a brother,
Did my work, then it was done.
And he whispered through the silence:
“Cunda, child… you and I are one.”

Cunda’s Last Supper

In this episode, Marina Perry dives deep into what it truly means to reclaim your sovereignty, align with your life’s purpose, and expand your capacity as a human being. She shares candid insights on discipline, consistency, and the challenges of facing your inner world, from meditation to clearing mental blocks and navigating external noise. Marina explores the paradox of striving versus ease, the power of curiosity and compassion, and how to ask the right questions to create meaningful change. From the nuances of human design and epigenetic expression to the grief and transformation that come with parenting and life transitions, this conversation is a raw, heart-centered exploration of consciousness, courage, and living fully in alignment with your authentic self.

ABOUT MARINA PERRY

Marina Perry is a global embodiment and sovereignty coach, serial entrepreneur, and founder of The School of Growth and The Whole Woman Way — a transformational path that guides women to reclaim their wholeness, inner power, and authentic expression. After years of living as a high-achieving woman who “ticked all the right boxes,” Marina experienced a deep internal shift that led her to reject the standard definition of success and instead journey inward — embracing vulnerability, sensuality, intuition, and soul-led sovereignty. Through her signature “Awaken Your Wholeness” work, she helps women dissolve self-sabotage, access their internal compass, and rebuild their lives from a place of embodied truth, pleasure, and aligned purpose. As a mother, mystic, movement-lover and global facilitator, Marina blends trauma-informed somatic practices, spiritual insight, and real-world entrepreneurship to guide others from stuckness into courageous, conscious living.

CONNECT with MARINA

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/iammarinaperry/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MarinaPerryOfficial/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@marinaperry6174⁩  
WEBSITE: https://www.marinaperry.org/

EP 43 - The Inner Journey: Sovereignty, Intuition, Somatics & Growth with Marina Perry

In this Best of episode, Michael discusses the relationship between awareness and morality or mindfulness and ethics. When we are faced with the unprecedented and unrepeatable complexities of this moment, the question is not, “What is the right thing to do?” but “What is the compassionate thing to do?” This question can be approached with integrity but not with certainty. Recorded in 2011.

The Awake in the World podcast is brought to you by the generosity of our amazing Patreon supporters, making it possible for us to keep Michael's archive of teachings available to the public. To become a patron, visit: patreon.com/michaelstone.

Best of Awake in the World: Awareness & Morality

Many people realize that Jesus makes eternal life possible, and for that we are grateful, but accepting that truth is expected to make a transformative impact in a believer’s life. One of the first evidences that you have been saved and are of the family of God is a transformation of speech. 

Join Pastor Joshua Brassard of One Hope Community Church as we examine our own communication against what the apostle Paul taught of the transformative power of the gospel in Ephesians 4:21-29.

Gospel-Shaped Life--Part 11

The Silence Before the First Word

In the stillness of the forest 
Beneath the Bodhi’s shade
He sat, awakened, boundless 
Free of night and day

The storm of becoming 
Had stilled into peace
Desire’s long fever had 
Found its release

In his heart, a question rose 
As soft as wind on stone
Who could see what I have seen 
Who could know the Unknowable alone 

The truth I found is deep 
Subtle, beyond thought or name
Would the world of blind eyes 
Even hear this flame

Then came Brahma Sahampati
Radiant, bowing low
Teacher of gods and men
He whispered
please let the river flow

Among beings lost in darkness
Some have little dust in their eyes
Teach them, O Compassionate One
let the Wheel arise

And the Awakened smiled
serene and kind

The ocean of truth moved in his mind
He rose and 
Walked toward Sarnath’s plain
Where his five old friends had gathered again


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The Silence Before the First Word

She believed what she was told, she was tryin’ to do it right.
But no one ever told her when to quit.
She was always moving, even though she’s made of stone.
With so many friends, she’d never be alone. Alone.

So hold on to the sky and sea, and hold on to your liberty.
The price we’ve paid for being free is high.
Don’t stop now, get with the plan. Give your heart, give a damn.
The questions they’re asking have all been asked before.

For so many years she stood her ground, not giving in an inch,
But no one ever told her when to cease.
And it must have been confusing knowing what she used to mean,
With so many friends, she’d always find release.

So hold on to the sky and sea, and hold on to your liberty.
The price we’ve paid for being free is high.
Don’t stop now, get with the plan. Give your heart, give a damn.
The questions they’re asking have all been asked before.

Give Me

I looked across the water. I looked across the sea.
I looked beyond, before, and back, and saw how it used to be.
I looked, and wept, I wondered, how did it get this way?
No, we weren’t perfect, not even close, but somehow we managed anyway.

Then we all fell down. Can’t put my finger on the where and the when.
We all fell down - but we’re getting back up again.

Sure, there were signs, we ignored them. We let it slide through our hands.
Hard to explain, how time and again, we did not see through the plan.
Guess we assumed love was winning. Isn’t that how it’s designed?
No, we weren’t perfect, not even close, but we held on, we kept trying.

Then we all fell down. Can’t put my finger on the where and the when.
We all fell down - but we’re getting back up again.

We All Fell Down

Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).

Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

Raw and real conversations on courage, consciousness and leadership.

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Welcome to the musical world of The William Altig Choir, where ancient wisdom meets contemporary sound.

Inspired by the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and infused with deep spiritual themes, my music blends the rich traditions of blues and folk with modern elements, creating a unique fusion that resonates with both the heart and soul.

I've been captivated by the Lotus Sutra's messages of compassion, wisdom, and transformation since my youth. It's a journey of self-discovery that has found its voice in my music. Each song is a reflection of my own spiritual awakening and a celebration of universal truths.

My style is characterized by emotive storytelling, powerful lyrics, and a commitment to exploring the depths of human experience. Featuring contemplative blues, acoustic slide guitar, saxophone melodies, and the harmonies of a gospel choir, my music reflects a quest for enlightenment and a better understanding of the self.

Join me on this musical journey. Together, we can explore the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, finding solace, hope, and a deeper connection to the world around us.

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Beth Shekinah Terrence, MS is a Shaman, Transformation Facilitator, Holistic Recovery Coach, Speaker & Writer. She has been working in the field of Holistic Healing and Wellness for twenty-nine years.  

Beth Shekinah offers an integrative holistic approach to life and well-being, which incorporates education, self-exploration and experiential practices.  Her mission is to support others in living a heart-centered, balanced and joyful life through discovering the healer within.  

Beth Shekinah's journey into healing began at age of eleven when she found a book on Foot Reflexology in her grandparent’s bookcase.  This random selection opened the door of her mind to the understanding that we are all energetic beings and have the ability to heal ourselves.  At fourteen, she began to practice yoga and meditation. This practice deepened her exploration into energy and spirituality.  It also supported her innate understanding of the oneness of all creation.​​  

She spent the next fifteen years on her own spiritual and healing journey before stepping forth as a practitioner in the field of Holistic Healing and Transformation in 1996.  Over the past decade, the shamanic path has become the foundation of her life and work.  At the core of this foundation is the acceptance that everything is alive and interconnected through the web of life.  For true change to occur, it must happen in both our inner and outer worlds.  

Beth Shekinah continues to pursue her own evolution as the catalyst for the work she brings forth to share with others.  She has trained extensively and holds Certifications in: Shamanic Healing, Bach Flower Remedies, Zero Balancing, Massage Therapy, Energy Healing/ Reiki, Herbalism, PEER™ Emotional Release Work​, Bodybreath Healing™, Alignment Technique and Recovery Coaching. In 2021, she obtained a Masters Degree in Restorative Practices. 

She is also a person in long term recovery from trauma, addiction and fibromyalgia as well as a family member, and ally. She is passionate about sharing her healing and recovery stories to inspire hope and help others discover holistic recovery pathways. Explore her story, “From Numbness to Oneness: Recovering Body, Mind & Soul” on YouTube at https://youtu.be/zwoMEux2aek.

Beth Shekinah offers classes, workshops and individual holistic shamanic transformation and holistic recovery programs in the MD/DC area and virtually. She also offers a variety of professional development trainings focused on self-care, resilience and compassion for health professionals, leaders and coaches. 

Come explore more at https://BethShekinah.com.

The National Association of Long-Term Care Volunteers (NALTCV) is a not-for-profit organization that provides training for people who volunteer in a long-term care community. In addition, the NALTCV will seek out and promote resources and programs that support the people living in long-term care communities.

Many long-term care communities do not have the staff or resources to train the people that are volunteering in their community. The NALTCV will work to develop and make widely available a training package for people wanting to volunteer using input provided by professionals working in the field of long-term care.

In addition to providing training for volunteers, the NALTCV will develop and make available resources for the people managing volunteers in their communities, including recruiting materials, webinars, and in-person classes.

I AM WHAT I AM.

we are children of god.

energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only TRANS_formed :)

The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK), a registered charity since 1975, opens its doors every day of the year to students from all walks of life, cultures and backgrounds to study Raja Yoga meditation. Students find that meditating in this way daily brings a lot of peace and positivity to their lives.

We also join together with many national and local organisations and diverse communities, helping to enhance the wellbeing of people in different spheres of society.

We work across the UK in more than 40 locations and are part of a network of organisations offering activities in over 110 countries. Our spiritual headquarters is in Mount Abu, in the Aravali mountain range, Rajasthan, India.

Brahma Kumaris, UK was established as a Registered Charity in 1975 and charges no fees for any of its activities, being funded by voluntary contributions.

Registered Charity No: England & Wales (269971) and Scotland (SC040512).

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