“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 Cold War has changed. It is no longer “just” a military threat, rather the battle for global domination is via control of the earth’s resources. It is still a Cold War - literally, and still potentially dangerous. This shift is starkly visible, as Russia convenes a meeting today to discuss which country has what […]
The energies around us are sticky at the moment, and as we approach the full moon on Thursday a number of people are finding this time particularly challenging. All full moons represent a culmination, but this one is in Libra, the sign of balance, justice, coming apart and yet coming together, and of karmic resolution. […]
While I encourage people as far as possible to stay centred in the present without dwelling on their past, except as a learning experience, I know that memory is embedded within us going back sometimes many, many lifetimes. Ancient memories can be triggered by small events and they can bring back who and what we […]
Whether intended so or not, Cardinal Kasper’s reported comments about flying into the UK being like arriving in a third world country, a country marked by a new and aggressive atheism, have created quite a stir around the world. Sometimes we prefer to avoid confronting what may be an uncomfortable truth, but Spirit is very […]
When was the last time you stopped - really stopped? When time stood still and past and future ceased to exist for you? We have choices in life - indeed, life is all about choice - but one of the most important choices we have is whether to live life in a state of active, […]
I looked at my website last night and received quite a shock to see that the active moon icon at the bottom of the Home page was blacked out, and no information or image of the current moon phase was visible. I made a mental note to check it in the morning and to get […]
