A Sense of Timelessness
As we left the campus of the University of Bath yesterday, Bill Valentine, who was the course director for the Masters National Cross Country Championships called to Anadi… ‘Look after her; don’t let her go astray…’ We all laughed and then he added… ‘Actually that’s too hard a job…!’ I first met Bill in 1982…
Being a Housewife is Hard Work
You might have a little understanding of where my mind is at the moment, as I am totally immersed in motherhood, and I find that it naturally connects with the traditional idea of being a housewife. This is where I begin to squirm. I do not like calling myself a housewife, and I always used…
We’re Into Season Two – So Where Are You?
Spring has sprung, longer daylight hours have begun and things have started warming up. Some people are already remarking about how time flies. But time is relative. However, the seasons and looking at the year in quarters can sometimes be a useful way of taking stock, addressing what needs to be looked at and moving…
Amazing Health Benefits of Frozen Lemons
This article wasn’t written by Jan herself, but it is such great information we wanted to include it A friend just emailed this to me and it was so good I wanted to share it with you. I don’t know where it came from so unfortunately I can’t give credit to the author, but having done a…
Spirituality with Equality at its Heart
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…
The Divine is Like an Open Book
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…
Everything Happens for a Reason
I was chatting to someone the other day and the conversation brought to mind a long forgotten incident. It happened about 10 years ago, before I became self-employed. I have been a contractor a lot of my working life – I enjoyed the variety and also the knowledge that if I didn’t like a job,…
Something About The Pain’s Environment
I am taking the car to the repair shop. I wait for the mechanics to finish, sitting in a café nearby. I have my paints with me. This is what comes out: And the words follow quite easily: Open the sky, my friend Do you see the burning earth energy As it…
Raindrop Therapy for Lyme Disease
As a medicine person, I am a firm believer in synchronicity. I remember once, someone noted to me: if the universe is trying to get your attention, and you don’t hear it, it will just turn up the volume. Reminds me of someone trying to drown out outside noise in some ways. But in this…
Meditation for Busy Mothers (or Fathers)
I would like to share a little advice about meditation when you have small children. This is something I am learning to deal with. I got into meditation several years ago when I properly embraced my spiritual path. I used to think that to meditate properly you had to sit on an upright chair in…
My Life is My Creation
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…
Age of Equalising
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…