Song: Blowing in the Wind: words by Alun Buffry, vocals and music by AI

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Testimonial: the experience of Knowledge techniques shown by Prem Rawat

I feel that practising the techniques of Knowledge shown to me by Prem Rawat over 50 years ago has led me a feeling of contentment in my life and enabled me to feel a blessed peace within, and escape from the everyday noise that otherwise fills my mind.

 Prem Rawat offers a wealth of video resources to inform and inspire. 

 

Prem Rawat Teaches Self-Knowledge:
Techniques to Experience Personal Peace

Prem Rawat teaches a simple method to help turn your senses from the outside world to an inner experience of peace, an experience unique to each person. He offers guidance and practical tools he calls the “techniques of Self-Knowledge”, or just “Knowledge.” Practicing these empowering techniques daily helps you to better understand your true self, revealing an ever-evolving experience of heartfulness and contentment.

Throughout this self-paced video course, Prem Rawat facilitates a journey of self-discovery. Rather than describing or defining personal peace, the course materials engage you to reach your own understanding.

The self-paced course aims to help you get in touch with your inner strength whether you opt to learn the techniques of Knowledge afterwards or not — the decision is all yours.

My Piece of Peace 

 

Al Zeeman

Alzee was a name given to me in 1971 ("Hey Alzee Man!") and many have known me by that name or vaiations since then - Alsee, Alsy, Alsey - my birth name Alun Buffry, I have never hidden my identity and most of my books were written under that name - for this one I decided to make a change.

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Al Zeeman first consumed cannabis in 1970 whilst at University, firstly in the form of “Coffee Bhangs” and hash cakes, then smoking mixed with tobacco or pure in pipes. After graduating, he travelled across Europe to India and back, stopping off in several places such as Kabul to sample the hasheesh.

Upon returning from India, he started following the teaching and practices of Prem Rawat, then known as “Guru Maharaji”, a fifteen year old from India.

A few years later, Al started smoking cannabis again and continued to so for almost 50 years, including his time in several UK prisons. He continued to follow Prem Rawat which he still does today.

But during the time since 1970, Al Zeeman travelled widely throughout Europe, also visiting Morocco, India, Nepal, Kashmir and Egypt, meeting many people and smoking hos weed (and theirs) and was so often "stoned again”.

The author also participated in “Legalise Cannabis Campaigns” for over thirty years, even standing for Parliament under the banner of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) on the single issue, in 2001.

This is his account of his experiences, the places he saw and some of the friends he made.

This book, along with many amusing anecdotes, recalls his encounters and near misses with the forces of law in the UK. Also the book contains a wealth of information on the uses of cannabis / hemp, the types and sources, smoking utensils, some political opinions and a chronology of cannabis.

Zeeman pays tribute to the cannabis campaigners and enthusiasts that he met along the way, many of whom have now passed on, including Howard Marks, Chris Baldwin, Don Barnard, Winston Matthews, Mark and Lezley Gibson, Clara O’Donnell, Jack and Tina Girling, Lee Harris, Steve Pank, Jooep Oomen and “Granny” Pat Tabram.

At the end of the book, Zeeman gives his birth name, Alun Buffry, stating that he has never made any attempt to hide his identity.

Table of Contents:

NICOLAS CULPEPER, CANNABIS LAWS – PROHIBITION, COFFEE-BHANGS AND HASH CAKES, THE DEALER’S HAT, FIRST CHILLUM, A BRUSH OR TWO WITH THE LAW,FRANKFURT, MUNICH, BELGRADE, ISTANBUL, AFYON /AFYONKARAISHAR, THE FISHERMAN ON THE BEACH, HEADING EAST, AFGHANISTAN, KABUL, HELMUT, KHYBER PASS AND ONWARDS TO INDIA, INDIA: HARIDWAR AND THE GANGES, NORFOLK, THE WRECKING CREW, BUSTED, WICKLEWOOD, MR NICE, JACK AND LILY, STANLEY ATKINS, JOE HARDY-SHARP,POLISH CHRIS – CHRIS LAUSCH, MONTY, LESLEY JAMES, THE “BIG MONEY GANG”,CAMPAIGN TO LEGALISE CANNABIS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1992, BANGED UP, HOWARD MARKS, MR NICE 1997,THE LEGALISE CANNABIS ALLIANCE (LCA) 1999, TRAVELLING HIGH, NOL VAN SHAIK’S SPANISH COMPLEX, CAMPAIGN GROUPS DURING AND AFTER THE LCA, METHODS OF CONSUMPTION, TYPES AND SOURCES OF CANNABIS, RECREATIONAL OR MEDICAL, CANNABIS ABROAD, HOLLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, IRELAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, GREECE, ITALY: SICILY, MOROCCO, INDIA, OTHER COUNTRIES, THE BAD STUFF, GROW YOUR OWN, CANNABIS PROTESTS, HEADSHOPS, SMOKEY BEARS PICNICS, RALLIES AND MARCHES, COFFEESHOPS, BYE BYE, A CHRONOLOGY OF CANNABIS.

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Kicking Balls - a poem by Alun Buffry, May 2025

KICKING BALLS

by
Alun Buffry
(May 2025)

That day did come I said goodbye,
And daily since I'd want to cry,
'Cos heaven's not in clouds on high,
And Angels not up in the sky.

The Master said it's all within,
No Karma comes from past lives' sins.
The world we take upon the chin,
And on we struggle thick and thin.

Those that passed on from our sight,,
We wonder if perhaps we might
Meet once more on lofty height
Beyond this world and all its plights.

Illusion, monks tell us, is all around
As beaten gongs that speed their sounds,
Vibrating air and through the ground
To free us from our temple mounds.

One day each one of us must go
And only then we'll surely know
The crops that grew from seed we'd sowed.
And answers to our lifetime's woes.

We live our lives between two walls.
We walk our paths with its pitfalls.
In truth I say, all in all,
What fun I had kicking life's balls.

The Point of Life

 

Haoma, Zoroastrian drink of cannabis, poppy and ephedra

 The sacred Zoroastrian drink, Haoma (cognate with Vedic Soma), is traditionally identified as a ritual beverage made from ephedra. However, some archaeological evidence from Central Asian temples suggests that ancient, pre-Zoroastrian or early, ritual, infusions可能 included a combination of psychoactive plants, including cannabis, ephedra, and opium poppy. 

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'Cleopatra: The Experience’ immersive show opens in UK later this March

 UK: 'Cleopatra: The Experience’ immersive show opens in UK later this March

https://www.inavateonthenet.net/news/article/cleopatra-the-experience-immersive-show-opens-in-uk-later-this-march

 The exhibition is spread over more than 3,000 square metres and featuring nine interactive galleries.

The exhibition offers an immersive journey into Ancient Egypt, placing visitors inside the world of Queen Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. The event has already run in Madrid, where it welcomed more than 200,000 visitors, further global dates are planned after London. 

Alongside immersive technology, the exhibition showcases a curated selection of more than 22 original artefacts from the Hellenistic and Late Egyptian periods.

One Standout area is Cleopatra’s private chamber, where Cleopatra appears on interactive mirrors. A large interactive map of Alexandria features 5D sensory effects, including atmospheric scents.

The experience climaxes in a projection mapping and sound show projected onto a five-metre recreation of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The penultimate gallery immerses visitors in a 360-degree, 8t-metre-high cinematic projection space. The exhibition concludes with a seated VR experience, recreating the earthquake that submerged Alexandria beneath the sea and the search for Cleopatra’s lost tomb.

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2 songs by Alun Buffry, vocals and music by AI: "I Can See You" and "River of Life"

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