“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. ...
Every occurrence in 2020 has an added significance because it is in 2020, the year of revolution, and each new moon, each full moon, every spiritual festival is sharpened in energy and especially meaningful. Please remember this as you prepare for Wesak and the gift of Buddha’s return.
In my home there are three large, visible clocks. One is radio-controlled, one is battery operated and the third is a Victorian mantel clock, and none of them work, while all of them should.
It is no coincidence that our world is consumed by an all-pervasive virus at a time of great spiritual significance for people of many faiths including Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Jains, Hindus, Muslims, Baha’is and Sikhs. Each year April is filled with solemn remembering and celebration, and this year the month is made poignant, unforgettable, by, […]
Some years ago a kale plant in my garden self-seeded and I found two stray plants growing alongside roses in container pots in the kitchen yard. Side by side they have flourished. I left the kale alone as they got woodier by the year, rarely harvesting the leaves and intending to remove them altogether but […]
COVID-19, already, has teased and tested each of us, bringing out through our experiences and reactions glimpses of the truth of who we are. I speak not of being ill, necessarily, but of being a part, a witness and a participant, to events far greater than the current situation may indicate.
