“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. ...
Amidst the news of Russian train crashes, below-standard hospitals and the part hubris played in the conduct of the Iraq War, I learned today of a man who lives near Bristol, in a solar-powered caravan. He has lived for a year without earning money or spending money, eating the fruits of nature and the leftovers […]
For the past four days, every day at about midday the strongest, most complete, most colourful and most powerful rainbow I have ever seen has displayed itself, always in the same place. One end of the rainbow is anchored in the foothills of the mountains just beyond my village, and the other end disappears into […]
Quan Yin, carved in green jade, sits serenely before me as I write, positioned on a window sill facing east. it is early morning, the sun is rising and its rays shine through the old stone, making the jade translucent and enabling the light and the beauty of this symbol of love to be seen […]
Those of you who are kind enough to glance at my blogs from time to time may have noticed a recurring theme to do with nature, and what it teaches us. When I was growing up I had little interest in or understanding of the living world around us, preferring to pursue my love of […]
It has taken more than eight years for the European Union to be in a position to implement the Lisbon Treaty, two key provisons of which are the creation of a president to represent and co-ordinate the twenty seven member states in world matters, and a head of foreign affairs to do something similar. The […]
This new moon cycle continues tempestuously. Here in Wales we are awash with water, and the winds howl still. The storms are expected to continue for some time yet, and I have a sense that, when they cease, much that is obsolete in our world will have been blown or washed away, or revealed to […]
