“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. ...
The two day strike at the BBC in the UK has affected many news programmes normally broadcast on a Friday or Saturday, and impacted millions of listeners and viewers more perhaps than they would have expected. It was remarkable how the rhythm of daily life was changed by it. I was one of many people […]
It is the new moon in a couple of days, and so we are living in the Dark of the Moon now. This time in the lunar cycle is always magical, mysterious and very special, a time for going within, sensing the void, and feeling the power of the Earth Mother. Being outside in the […]
The mid-term election results in the US have provided an opportunity for voters to express anger, resentment, disillusionment, and blame, but while the balance of power in Congress has shifted, what otherwise has really changed? It seems likely that the present situation of unwieldy political power and vested interest, economic chaos and social inequity will […]
One thing that is certain about today's mid-term elections in the US is that political disarray will continue, whatever the apparent outcome - and necessarily so. The influence of the Fourth Ray upon Earth is becoming stronger almost by the day, and evidence of this breaking down of old ways of conduct and belief is […]
After three days of intense commentary and speculation in the media worldwide about the bomb discovered in a cargo plane en route to the States, the story dominates the headlines still usually in a negative, fear-provoking way. It could be said that the perpetrators have achieved their aim of maximising publicity for their cause and […]
"Notice what gives you pleasure", someone said to me recently. It is quite easy to be aware of our environment, what is happening around us, but often we forget to see the impact it has on us, our bodies and our emotions, not realising, perhaps, that to do so heightens the experience and makes us […]
