ByJocelyn Chaplin
How come the right often do so much better at ‘spiritual’ inspiration’? In France they have Joan of Arc, in Greece ‘The Golden Dawn.’ Isn’t it time that the left developed a spirituality of its own. Many progressives are often passionately atheist or on the liberal wings of essentially patriarchal religions. The distinction between organised…
ByTony Samara
The divine is like an open book. There is nothing hidden and there is no searching. It is a matter of letting go of whatever is veiling you from seeing, so to search is an interesting concept. In some esoteric schools searching is about going far away. The alchemical journey is an interesting journey but…
ByJulia Chi
Saturday afternoon… I am sipping peppermint tea in a coffee shop – there is a notice on the wall ‘You can’t buy happiness but you can buy coffee and it’s pretty close…’ ‘I agree with that’ I laughed with Anadi… I feel quite coffee’d up at the moment… (Hence the peppermint tea!) And so it…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
In his History of the World TV series Andrew Marr described the 20th Century as THE AGE OF EXTREMES. Is it ridiculously optimistic to think that the 21st Century could be THE AGE OF EQUALISING? There does seem to be a surge of concern about inequality from China to the US. Economic inequalities are the…
ByTeri Dluznieski
Again, I found myself in a discussion thread- they have become great resources for reflection and writing. The question posed was a little ambiguous, on the topic of Death. What we thought about Death. Strangely framed. But it made me think about the Question, so perhaps it was a very effective question. I was not…
ByJulia Chi
Flying again, through the air, five miles high… With a whole 4.5 hours ahead… I love this time so much… Between worlds… Life between lives… Each new place we land, is like a new life… Since we left the UK, just one month ago, we have lived in Gozo with Jamie, Pru and Jane and…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
I’ve spent my life fascinated with opposites. Perhaps this is because I was born early on Jan.1st facing the old year and the new at the same time, like Janus. Opposites are so basic to our thinking and yet often seem to change into each other as described in Taoism or Enanteodromia (the Greek way…
ByTony Samara
When the body is breathing in rhythm with your physical breath and you are conscious of that and you are present to that and you are totally there allowing it to happen, then there is a marvellous transformation. Did you know that it is possible for you to do this right now? Take a few…
ByAudra Brown
Hello, Well here we are in 2016. Moving forward in so many ways and yet it seems like we are repeating a lot of history. I find that the more that people are speaking the words ‘enlightenment’ and that we are’ ALL ONE’, the less they do it. I myself was a victim of this…
ByJulia Chi
We are sitting in a cafe in Cyprus, our new office. We have Derek with us, Malcolm of Running Crazy has nick named him ‘The Pink Panther’ because he loves to wear pink… He has pink shorts and a pink watch and pink sun glasses. I asked him if he has always liked pink… He…
ByTony Samara
Consciousness could perhaps be best described as radical honesty, which is basically saying things as they are in that moment, without the interference of the social mind, or the mind that it connected to the ego – the ego that likes to plan, project, or creates ideas about what is going on and then transmit…
ByJulia Chi
Jamie is drawing, Anadi is on his computer and I am writing… Companionable silence; all of us looking forward to our anniversary feast… Today we ran across the island to Xlendi… We even intended a dip in the sea on arrival, but the swell was huge against the rocks, the waves crashing on the beach…