“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. ...
Many people are disappointed, even angry at the outcome of the Copenhagen Summit, and understandably so. Such high hopes for real change had preceded it, but nothing of substance seems to have been achieved. However, something hugely important has happened in the last few days. Global political concerns and priorities have been exposed and it […]
I know that some of you who are kind enough to read my Commentaries occasionally are intending to listen to my Solstice meditation on Monday. I am happy to say that it is available now, through the website Community Members' Area, in case anyone prefers to do the meditation ahead of the day itself. It […]
It may be the result of the new moon, but I awoke today with the sense of a major shift having taken place overnight. The energies feel different, and it is as if something has snapped, the boil has burst - whatever mataphor you choose to use - and we are into an intense but […]
Another new moon, and I have a sense that this phase brings opportunities to identify and tie up loose ends once and for all, though there may be confusion and distractions as part of this. It is like watching a pot getting ready to come to the boil, with agitation and movement hidden beneath the […]
The new bishop to the armed forces has created a stir by commending the commmitment of the Taliban to their faith, to their people and their land. In his words there is the implicit suggestion that their belligerence is far more than terrorism, and that to treat the conflict in terms of being black and […]
I am re-reading a book by Jon Kabat-Zinn, a well-known meditation teacher, and who happens to be the author of "Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life", my recommendation of the month. A short but powerful sentance that he wrote has lingered with me. It is "A thought is not a fact". So much of our awake […]
