Jagannatha Rama has kindly offered to coordinate a set of interviews with Michelle Lim who is researching Well Being in religious communities for a Psychology thesis.

Why is non-conventional spirituality just as - or more - beneficial compared with other beliefs?

Our aim is to help find out why?

Melbourne University's Department of Psychology is conducting research into this question. Devotees are invited to participate in the 'Beliefs &Well-Being Study.' Participation will involve attending one interview session with a researcher.

You will be invited to answer questions via an interview and simple questionnaires. These questions relate to the following: . Your level of involvement in your spiritual/religious community . Your current physical & mental health. Your relationships with people around you . Any stressful events that may have occurred in your life recently. Any spiritual or mystical experiences that you may have had . Any "out of ordinary" experiences you may have experienced, eg. psychic phenomena, telepathy etc. There are also two simple computer tasks. You will be asked questions relating to these tasks.

The total interview time is 1.5 to 2 hours. In order to cover your time and travel expenses, you will be reimbursed a total of $20 after completing all the face-to-face assessment interviews.

Please discuss your availability with Jagannatha Rama.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 26/4/08; 4:53:16 PM to the Working Together dept.
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For all you keen Bhakti-sastri students I've restarted the Homework postings on the Bhakti-sastri website.

Gangesvara Prabhu and I need to create more essay questions before we have a complete list of assignments. These will be available in the next week.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 26/4/08; 4:21:14 PM to the Education & Training dept.
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.84.62 - The danger of the 4 material opulences.
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# Posted by Timothy Mcleod at 26/4/08; 11:00:22 AM to the Daily Class dept.
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