“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. ...
Nowadays Lent is seen as a time when we may each give up or reduce something in our life that is important or enjoyable, often a luxury or indulgence such as alcohol or chocolate. It can be an opportunity to break a habit like smoking, or be in order to eat more healthily. It can […]
Today's Commentary is an apology - for the fact that the website is not as up to date as I would like it to be. I know some people are frustrated that the Calendar does not show appointments beyond the end of this month, but hopefully this will be rectified by tomorrow afternoon, when my […]
Before he was elected in 1997, Tony Blair famously said that his priorities were "education, education, education". One of the key planks for the New Consciousness is "community, community, community", and so it was a pleasure to hear one of the main political parties in the UK moving in this direction by proposing today that […]
Even though the new year is only six weeks old, it has been remarkable for the number of breakdowns that have occurred here where I live. The electrics on the car failed (the car has been replaced); the borehole has stopped working; the fairly new oil tank developed holes and sags and has been replaced; […]
My heart swelled with satisfaction yesterday when I heard about a satellite which is being launched to monitor and explore the sun. It will take a picture every three quarters of a second in an attempt to find out more about it, and its impact and relationship with earth. Our survival now depends upon the […]
With the new moon arriving on Sunday, we are in the dark of the moon now. It is a place of magic and mystery, of preparation, of secrets, of contemplation, of completion, and of confusion as we await the birth of the new cycle. These first three lunar months of this year are far more […]
