“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. ...
I must begin today's commentary with an apology, for not having been able to write as regularly as I would like. It was my intention to do so at least five times a week, but sometimes events have occured which have prevented me from doing so - like yesterday, which proved to be an exceptionally […]
Community-mindedness is an essential part of being spiritual in this new cycle under way. Unfortunately, humanity has been a bit slow in understanding this important precept, and when we fail to grasp the message, or to do something about it, then sometimes it confronts us in painful ways. What, do you think, is an effective […]
All the signs of spring are here. I saw our first swallow last week, the ponds are full of frog spawn and toad ropes, and the kites and ravens are sitting on their eggs. However, it is damp and cold here on the west (and north) side of Britain, though I know it is more […]
For me, this Easter is a time when communication is important, speaking our truth and expressing our feelings somehow. It is a time for showing feeling, understanding and love. Whatever the truth behind the story of the resurrection - and more revelations abound today which come close to the truth - the essence behind what […]
It seems as if a number of you were able to do the Easter meditation I put up on the website, and I am grateful for the feedback. Because it was channelled, as all my meditations are, I take no credit for it nor for the fact that some of you were moved quite profundly […]
It seems that, several hours before the earthquake hit the Italian town of L'Aquila last year, a colony of toads, which had gathered in a local pond to breed as they had done every year over decades, vanished. It had never been known to happen before. Some days after the aftershocks of the earthquake had […]
