“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. ...
In the world of legend, tommyknockers are gnome-like earth spirits which originated in the ancient underground world of Celtic Wales and spread to mining communities in Cornwall and elsewhere, helping or hindering but certainly making their presence felt or heard. It is not often that legends such as this are proven to be true, and […]
In the world of legend, tommyknockers are gnome-like earth spirits which originated in the ancient underground world of Celtic Wales and spread to mining communities in Cornwall and elsewhere, helping or hindering but certainly making their presence felt or heard. It is not often that legends such as this are proven to be true, and […]
I had a strong dream last night of a scenario where past and future events merged with the present, and some of these events were from another reality. Ghostly men and women and some wonderful long-gone animals (and creatures not yet born) mingled happily with people I know, who had no awareness that their new […]
Another Full Moon is approaching, tomorrow, Sunday, and this time it is in Scorpio. It marks the culmination of a cycle of trial as the spiritual warrior that is you is tested to the limits even of endurance. Have you felt as if you have been suffering? Perhaps now you will understand why. While times […]
In Rumi’s poem, the Guest House, he describes, cogently and movingly, how every day we experience different emotions or actions, light or dark, and the importance of accepting them (and ourselves) without judgment, embracing them for the gifts they are. This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a […]
Many of Ireland's problems have come about because it became infected by the illusion of achieving wealth and prosperity through speculation, financial gambling and over-borrowing - taking risks with money they did not have. I do not blame or judge them for taking advantage of a financial climate which enabled, even encouraged this conduct: a […]
