“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. ...
One of the responses I received to my comments on the impact of the Icelandic volcano refers to the part Mercury being retrograde plays in all this. Yes indeed - and it explains also why the British election campaign is disintegrating into confusion which is close to farce. This is the beginning of the Great […]
Much has been written and said about the results of the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and you have the wisdom to see the bigger picture. Yes, there is inconvenience, diffculty and anxiety at human level, but it is no coincidence that this earth expression which is affecting the world is ocurring in a small country […]
Ever since the death of Pope John Paul II, efforts have been made to grant him sainthood. The obstacle to achieving this, it seems, is that in order for this to be achieved there must be two proven miracles attributable to him, and so far they have not been able to be established. Miracles are […]
As the UK election gets close, I was interested to see that the Conservatives, still front-runners to win (though there may be some surprises), are using community-consciousness as one of the main planks of their campaign. How far they mean it is another matter, but the fact that, as a result, there is public discussion […]
On Saturday I attended a reunion of people involved in a play I acted in many years ago, when I was at university. It was good to see them again, and I recognised faces if not names. However, as we talked and reminisced I realised how little detail I remembered of that time, and some […]
I have had a warm response to my idea about practising telepathy - thank you to all of you who responded. I would like to try something this month, around the time of the Wesak (Taurus) Full Moon, which is so significant. Wesak this year is at 1320 UK time on Wednesday 28th April. I […]
