Each one of us is capable of tapping into a truly vast, inner reservoir of love and compassion, not only for ourselves, but for others and the world at large.
When we do touch that source, this depth within us, we are overwhelmed with a real love for living, that surges and flows out of the depth [...]
Love and accept yourself
The Urban Guru Shop
Nothing you buy can bring you happiness! Stuff can only facilitate the expression of the happiness that is already deep within you.
I’ve got together some really inspiring books, DVD’s and some other cool stuff that I personally find helpful in creating my own Personal Utopia - I hope you find the stuff useful - happy [...]
Urban Guru’s Spiritual Survival Course (Six Months)
The Urban Guru Spiritual Survival Course - This is it!
(This is what you’ve been looking for all your life, but you just didn’t know it.)
Are you at the top of your game but found that you are uninspired and still not truly happy?
Learn to get in touch with yourself and discover your true spiritual potential.
Get in [...]
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Making Your Home a Sanctuary
Treat your home like a sanctuary, a safe haven from the stresses of modern living, a tranquil place to recharge and find a sense of stability and inner-peace.
The overall atmosphere your living space has an incredible influence on your life, your general mood and sense of wellbeing.
A messy, dishevelled living area, poorly lit, decorated in dank [...]
Steps to realising your goals
I believe that deep within you, the very essence of your being is a hub of pure pleasure.
Whatever we ‘do’ comes from the ultimate desire to re-experience and express this pure pleasure and happiness.
Therefore subconsciously, the ultimate objective and desired final goal or outcome is to experience ultimate pleasure.
It’s the process of ‘doing’ that eventually [...]
Be Happy Dammit !
We are all a lousy cynics, we’ve all been bitten by the snake of bitterness and quiet anger, whether from a broken heart, feeling that we’ve being wronged or by Life dealing us a bad hand.
And it’s easy to bitch about the elusiveness of happiness, how today’s society doesn’t encourage any deep or meaningful happiness, [...]
Craig Harper’s thoughts on perspective
Craig Harper posted this comment on my piece called ‘Looking in the Big Mirror’ a while back, but I thought you’d like to read it too.
“We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are.
Anais Nin was spot on when she made the above observation.
Have you ever helped a friend through a relationship crisis [...]
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Rich, sexy, young and happy
As a kinda continuation from my post about Idols … I want to say something about society, not something new, but something you already know.
The culture, which we live, tells us many things regularly, one of the messages is: “You’re not good enough as you are!”
And this comes from people trying to sell us stuff [...]
Why was this day different from all other days?
As a relatively observant Jew, it’s a question I ask myself almost every week.
When the sun begins to set on Friday afternoon and I find myself getting dressed in my best clothes and walking to my local friendly and relatively open-minded synagogue to celebrate the start of the Shabbath.
Why am I doing this? Is today [...]
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Heroes, Idols & Superheroes
Where have all the Heroes gone?
People we can look up to, people who are inspiring, flawless, good and honest, people that live their dreams, that fight for what is right, that stand up and are counted?
Were are these righteous men and women, where do we find them? How do we get to meet them and [...]
I love this corner of the world!
Lets not get too fluffy, We exist within the Universe, we are part of the Universe, we are products of the Universe, we are, whether we like it or not, whether we are comfortable with the notion or not, all made of stardust, prehistoric supernovas, black holes and so much more.
We are made of super [...]
Vertical Farms
Vertical Farms! What a great idea! - Maybe we can turn a few of the new ‘Luxury Studio Appartment’ complexs in Manchesters’ City Centre into ‘Vertical Farms’ rather than them remaining 60% empty?
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You are the Buddha!
(now realise now) It’s true, you are the Buddha! I’m not talking about the historical figure of Buddha, but what it means in your mind (and I don’t mean fat, bald and happy).
For me ‘Buddha’ means someone who is truly enlightened, wise, completely calm, in touch and ‘One with the One’.
But you could replace the [...]
Guru? Shmooru!
I don’t believe in Gurus, Teachers, Messiahs, Rabbis, Priests or Healers - I believe that each of us are ultimately our own teachers, messiahs, etc…
as I’ve said before:
“There is no Messiah, except the messiah that says you are your own messiah!”
If you believe in a Guru, you give your power away to them, you don’t [...]
Ask the Universe and Beyond
Ask that part of yourself, (that part deep within yourself) which knows.
Just “ask and you shall surely receive”.
We all have huge cosmic bank accounts, full of everything you can ever wish for and imagine.
Each of us deserve real happiness, whether we believe it or not.
But it’s all about Asking: it’s like having a huge amount [...]
Looking in the Big Mirror
In continuation to my ‘Living without Judgement ’ blurb:
I’ve been reflecting on the fact that when you personally do something, anything, it’s OK! – it’s justified, you give yourself the benefit of doubt, you are righteous (in your own eyes)!
However, if you see someone else doing the same, or similar thing a little while later – [...]
You really count!
It’s so easy to be cynical, even to give up hope and say “Who cares?”, “What difference does it make what I do good/bad, because I’m just one person, what effect can I have!?”
This is what some people say to themselves in response to the challenge of living a more environmentally responsible life or the [...]
The Greatest Teachers!
Pain and Suffering are probably the greatest teachers of personal development, but the real reason why they are the greatest teachers is not what they actually teach you but the fact that once you have learnt what you needed to have learnt with them they don’t want to see you again.
They don’t want devotees, they [...]
C R E E - Eco Car
If anyone is feeling generous - (it’s about £6000) this cool looking little eco car would be a really fanstastic holiday present for the Urban Guru.
The design team who created this little lovely - was actually the orginial Swatch team who designed the Smart Car which, by the way, was meant to be an eco car.
So [...]
Urban Guru Photos
This and more self indulgent pseudo-mystical pop-culture images (soon to be icons of the 21st century) can be found by clicking this photo - enjoy!
Make happiness a priority!
Think about your priorities. What are they really? You may have lots of them, or you may have a few. But priorities are what is important to you, you make them important in your life, whether you are fully aware of them or not.
Sunday your priorities might be: To stay in bed that bit longer, [...]
Richer on the inside?
Do things which make you feel richer on the inside!
Every moment of our lives we are given choices:
Do I let this person (in the car) pull out in front of me? Or do I look after myself, ignore them and pretend like they don’t exist?
Do I bitch about a workmate or do I try and [...]
Spiritual Inspiration
Many people point to someone or something outside of themselves for the answers to life’s difficult questions, as well as for love, joy, happiness, clarity or contentment.
Many of us turn to God, friends, family, professionals, or to spiritual, political or religious leaders.
In addition we often turn to short-term escapes, quick fixes, like shopping, sex, food, [...]
Behold The Urban Guru!
“Mix the sex apeal of David Blaine with the insight of the Barefoot Doctor, add a slight Jewish accent and you’ve got the Urban Guru!”
Sometimes Nothing Needs to Be Said
All wisdom has value only when you understand and experience the depths of its truth.
Proanoia! Everybody is trying to help you!
Lots of people can imagine the ‘worst case scenario’ of almost every situation eventually it becomes a way of thinking and can even be a way of living your life.
It’s a product of having been little furry animals, where FEAR is our natural response, imagining the worst – prepares you for survival, it helps us [...]
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My New Eco Trainers
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I picked up these little pair of very cool and funky trainers from Arkadash in Chorlton, made from 99% Recycled materials by Worn Again & Terra Planna - they are Fab!
Living without judgement
Life is a big mirror and everything we think, feel, say and do has an effect on the world around us and the entire universe.
Our mood, and thoughts are reflected back to us, not just by other people but by the nature of what seems to happen to us.
We create our own Karma, but more [...]
So now I’m back! …from outer space!
After what seems like a lifetime without regular internet access, I’m back online, but now without the mania.
My life has been strangely calm, I feel more in touch, more human.
OK so yes my websites need some TLC, I could do this or that to them to make them better etc.
But what about me? What about [...]
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Making Lemonade
Whatever happens in your day-to-day life, especially those little things which you may not have intentionally planned for, like leaving your phone in the back of a taxi, or putting your palm-pilot in the washing machine, there are at least two ways you can react:
1. Blame yourself or someone else (which feels good for a [...]
Cure for the Common Cold!!!
That’s right, the Urban Guru has a cure, a quick fix, a remedy and concoction for the common cold, and it wont cost you a penny, maybe just a little time and a tinny little bit of focused concentration and a teaspoon of ‘what if?’
OK, so I didn’t discover this myself, I’ve ‘learnt’ it from [...]
Happiness
Happiness is a choice we make every moment of the day.
You can choose to be happy, you can decide to be happier, it’s not dependant on the many different factors in your life - which you might use as an excuse as to - why you’re not happy.
Choose to be happy now! Do stuff that [...]
Accept all people with Joy
The ancient ‘urban gurus’ taught the following little bit of a lifestyle tip:
‘Greet all people with Joy’ (Ethics of the Fathers 3:12)
And it taken on face value is an amazingly powerful teaching, greet everyone you meet with joy, with a smile with inner happiness!
But the actual grammar of this ancient text is open to [...]
The Urban Guru
Inner peace, love, tranquillity, inspiration, deep happiness, relaxation, joy, contentment, fulfilment, wellbeing, (did I mention bliss?) meaning, purpose, being kind, and friendly, doesn’t seem to be easy to sustain in the increasingly populated, busy and stressful urban sprawls we live.
I don’t have to tell you that spending time stuck in traffic, rushing around, getting stressed [...]
Stress Kills - Learn to Chill !
Stress does kill, as studies have shown more people have heart attacks between 8am-9am Monday mornings than at any other time!
So it’s really a matter of Life or Death that you learn how to Chill and Quickly!
Tip 1. STOP! Stop moving! Stop thinking! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Tip 2. (once you’ve stopped) Take a Deep breath IN
Tip 3. [...]
I met a whole bunch of Howies People!
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I met a whole bunch of Howies people in their Manchester super sale @ Islington Mill, James Street, on Friday - Poppy, Ade, & Tom - a real fab group.
This is Tom one of the models who works for Howies - pictured below with his picture in the Autumn catalogue.
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I [...]
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In answer to the BBC’s ‘Why Blog?’
BBC Manchester Blogging WHY BLOG?
I’ve got lots of different interests and I’ve got different blogs about different things, my current blog Urban Guru expresses my really positive self-inspired side of my personality.
It helps to focus my (internet) attention on things that inspire me rather than things that get me stressed or help me become slightly [...]
Sunshine on a rainy day!
So it’s raining again! What did you expect if you’re living in Manchester!?!? It’s grey getting a bit cold again and you think that you might have SAD, (Seasonal Affected Disorder)? I’ve discovered that Manchester natives actually get more deppressed about the rain than new comers.
My advice: ‘Face the rain and Embrace the rain’ - [...]
Howies Organic Clothing Sale in Manchester
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Inner Peace Or Material Wealth?
The Market Research specialists Mustel Group in their Aug 06 Happiness Survey show that Inner Peace is worth more than Material Wealth. 89% of people polled said that when it came to Happiness: Inner Peace was more important than Material Wealth.
Song of the Urban Guru
I found this fantastic little song here:
Won’t you take me to the party where the rice is all basmati
And chapattis overflow from every bowl
Where the lively conversation is of re-incarnation
And the spiritual progress of the soul
For I love the kind of houses where girls wear cheesecloth blouses
And their armpits peep unshaven from beneath
There, cross-legged I’ll [...]
The Longevity Bible
In a new book The Longevity Bible Dr Garry Small together with Gigi Vorgan explain a few ways of living longer:
Essential 1: Sharpen Your Mind
Mental Aerobics cross train your brain to significantly improve memory skills and brain efficiency. If you fix your brain for longevity, your body will follow in kind.
Essential 2: Maintain a Positive Outlook [...]
People are Far More Beautiful - than they realise!
If beauty is the eye of the beholder, then surely you can cultivate your sensitivity to beauty - so rather than excluding almost 99.9% of the population as our Super-Model pop culture does, try instead seeing the beauty in everyday people. Try turning on your Drinking Goggles - and see the amazing beauty in everyone! It might take a [...]
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Where it’s @¬!
It’s very easy to talk about things that make you happy, to think forever abstractly, to contemplate the really big questions, to spend time meditating, doing yoga, drinking ‘calming tea’, or whatever it is.
The real question is what you do and how you are in the every-day-living on this planet, most tellingly whether you can smile [...]
Urban Guru
Living in an urban sprawl can at times be slightly taxing on that deep sense of innerpeace, tranquility and happiness that dwells naturaly within your deepest being.
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