“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. ...
This day, 21st December 2010, is enormously special. Please remember this, however fleetingly, in the course of your day today. It is four hundred years since the last such astronomical alignment, when the Sun, Moon and Earth are all in exact alignment in this particular way at the time of the Solstice, and it will […]
I have had a number of caring messages from friends and clients expressing concern about my welfare in the wintry conditions of Wales, which have warmed my heart each and every one. My situation, compared to others, is fortunate and I am grateful for the opportunities this enforced seclusion gives me. I know, however, that […]
I try as much as I can to see what is happening around me with the eyes of the Seven Principles I teach. Discernment is an important aspect of the New Consciousness (the platform for the Principles) and as I looked out at our intensely snowy landscape this morning I tried to understand how it […]
Sometimes simple things really are the best. I live just outside a very small village in mid-Wales, but despite the tiny population and the lack of a pub or shops now, the community spirit is strong. When bad weather comes along and maroons a number of us in our homes, as it does every year, […]
My website was blocked intermittently during yesterday, and, even when it was working, my Thought for the Day page was jammed periodically. Indeed, I had great difficulty in putting my blog up in the first place: I could access my e-mails and other websites without any problem, but not my own. My website manager assured […]
The frosts are intense this morning as another bout of wintry weather waits to blow in. The trees and withered grasses are still like statues, rigid not just from the cold but from their dormancy as they await the return of spring warmth. The River Wye is icy still and full from melting snow while […]
