Denis Jones

Though I do prefer to ponder the meaning of life, I, also, wear too many hats, it seems. I function as webmaster and resident philosopher for etresoi.ch, am the secretary general of a human rights NGO, Groupe Thémis, based in Geneva, and head a human development organisation, called HAHAHA, which is the acronym for Health, Abundance, Happiness and Harmony Always... all, while living in rural France and learning to grow my own food.(As the French philosopher, Voltaire, recommends in "Candide.")

Keeping body, mind and spirit in balance is sometimes a challenge, while tending to all roles. There are some built in conflicts.

At one time, I directed much energy toward leading seminars and I stopped for several reasons (If you are curious, go here ). At the time, my human rights activities needed attention 24/7, because I undertook a project to stir up grassroots interest in the UN Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance, by paddling my kayak from Geneva to Durban, South Africa. Obviously, it was impossible to manage a web site and lead seminars, from a kayak off the West coast of Africa.

Lately, I have realised that I am out of balance, once again. I have absorbed too much negativity, by getting too focused on the atrocities caused by some countries. I have decided to focus more energy towards HAHAHA and less to saving the world. My good friend, Krishnamurti, always taught that in order to save humanity, one must save one's self. Every morning I post Krishnamurti's thoughts.

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