We heard this from a subscriber today. What are you hearing about cotton farmers?

The Zimbabwe Gvt said it will be the sole buyer for cotton this year and the farmers are still holding on to their crop. All is silent. A friend of mine told me people are turning into stealing livestock especially goats to get the dollar. Worse things may happen if the silence continues. Is there anything that is being done to resolve this issue.

from: Visualise us

More reflections on the ZRP:

I was forced to pay a fine for $10 for allegedly going through an amber light last week. I asked the cop why one never saw police at traffic jams. He didn’t know what a traffic jam was.

It seems we are to pay ZRP for any service, that’s why they put up road blocks at 05:00hrs and leave thugs at Mbare Musika abusing travelers, because the thugs pay them.

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatal Management public hearings revealed how frustrated Zimbabweans are with the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), reports The Herald today.

This will come as no surprise to the many Zimbabweans who phoned into our Freedom Fone test (thank you!) and left their voice mails about ZESA meter reading, load shedding, high bills and poor service.

Listen to some of this feedback here

Lucid dreaming paraphernalia

In spite of my mound of work and my workaholic temperament, I took this past weekend off to do a Lucid Dreaming workshop at the Buddhist centre, Kagyu Samye Dzong in Harare. Out of curiosity, earlier in the week I went to listen to the introductory talk by the teacher – a young, enthusiastic guy called Charlie Morley. He’d come highly recommended by two people for whom I have high regard: Lama Yeshe Rinpoche and Rob Nairn, so it seemed foolhardy not to at the very least go and listen to him for a few hours.

Charlie’s talk was really interesting and spoke to my desire to incorporate into my life practices that build self acceptance, awareness and kindness. Many others in the large audience fell under Charlies spell and by the end of the talk a number of us signed up for the workshop.

The training ran from Saturday morning through to Sunday afternoon and included a sleep over to practice the techniques on Saturday night! About 3/4 of the group stayed for the night, and that evening the Buddhist shrine room was transformed into what looked like a refugee centre with mattresses and sleeping bags and blankets laid out around the large room. What a beautiful setting for this new learning experience. Come morning, sunlight poured through the many windows and glass panes, warming our sleepy gathering as we slowly got up and tidied our books, pens, ear plugs and other paraphernalia away.

It’s going to take some practice, but I’m looking forward to unlocking the secrets of the night!

Lucid dreamers the morning after

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun.
- Mary Lou Cook