“Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch theearth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind?”Mary Oliver, from Song for Autumn ...
May your prayers be answered well today. It cannot happen unless you ask – and there always is something to pray for if you look around and within you. ...
Yes, you are in service – but what does it mean? Often it is misunderstood, for in truth it is much more about being than doing.The spiritual Law of Service says that it is all about living, being and working in the world with an awareness for the needs of others, a wish to do your best and without attachment to getting personal gain or benefit from it. Keep it simple and remember, with a loving heart whatever you do you cannot fail. ...
In the early morning dawn today bats flew happily through dripping trees and wind-tossed leaves as the warm damp weather encouraged a multitude of insects to flourish and feed them. Grey and mysterious yet rich with the promise of autumn colour, the natural world rejoiced. ...
People have stopped pretending now. Certain world leaders have abandoned their claims of upholding truth and right clearly for political and personal self-service, but it will backfire. When weakness is visible vulnerability is exploited, while the pursuer of good becomes strengthened.What interesting, fragile times we live in. ...
As time races forward to synchronise with an Earth that spins ever faster, each day has a corresponding significance and each week is like an era in itself, challenging and teaching as it moves in tandem with the stars.
One of the hardest aspects of being human is having the courage to express ourselves for who we are and what we believe, while remembering the consequences of what we say or do. Keeping the balance between being ourselves with freedom of expression and doing no harm is important; it is about liberty, awareness and […]
At 1002 GMT on Monday 21st December, winter will begin. It will be the hour when the Sun stands still and, for a moment, time stops: it will be the Solstice, a Solstice like no other as Saturn confronts Jupiter and the Aquarian Age begins, forcing the death of old forms and the birth of […]
Full Moons come and go with beguiling regularity, and even though many thousands of them have touched Earth over the centuries, each one is unique to itself. The Full Moon of November 2020, on Monday, stands out as it completes a cycle of moons that have been exceptional in their power, influence and personality. It […]
This weekend’s new moon coincides with Diwali, the Festival of Lights, each in their own way celebrating the return of light to the world. Each is symbolic of new beginnings and the triumph of light over darkness, timely reminders of hope and truth in an uncertain world.
This blue full moon, this second full moon in October, today, is balanced by the sun, tempering and reflecting the qualities of each other. Similarly the coin which is the mark of your soul bears the feminine qualities of Mother Moon on the one side of it and the masculine power of Emperor Sun on […]
