“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. ...
Did you know that in Texas, no-one pays any personal income tax? Instead, the state revenues required to pay for minimal government are generated through indirect taxation such as sales tax. Interestingly, using this system has resulted in Texas being one of the most fiscally secure states in the US, while states which impose heavy […]
Today, with Semele's help, I recorded the first website channelling by the Masters of Light, the Melchizadek group, based on questions put by contributors to the Forum. I refrained deliberately from looking at them beforehand and I have not listened to what was said, but Semele tells me that the questions were excellent! To all […]
There has been much in the British news overnight about new research which proves that some people who are in a vegetative state can hear all that is occurring around them, and even communicate through their mind patterns.This proof throws up all sorts of ethical questions, and challenges the medical assumptions about mind and body […]
My thoughts on boundaries yesterday provoked some interesting comments. As someone said, boundaries may well be different for each person, and, certainly, there is nothing wrong in that! Since there are no hard and fast rules on the subject, I wondered if it is possible to come up with a principle which could apply to […]
I am always grateful when something in my experience causes me to question or review the certainty of my beliefs. It causes me sometimes to revise them or expand them; at other times my reflection confirms and reinforces that belief. Whatever my conclusion, the exercise is helpful. Over the weekend I happened to read some words […]
There is much excitement and anticipation in the UK today as Tony Blair prepares to give evidence about his (leading) part in the Iraq war of a few years ago. It is likely that he will justify his decisions by citing all the improvements and benefits Iraq has gained as a result of the invasion […]
