BySusan Ni Rahilly
“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.” D.T. Suzuki, author of “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism” So …. emptiness. Creating space, and creating an emptiness in your life is a very positive and powerful thing to do, as Suzuki says above in the…
ByAnthony Altman
Have you ever had the experience of meeting ‘spiritual’ people who do NOT act like ‘spiritual’ people? I have, and I have done so many times. I wondered what was the problem, whether it was them, acting in a non-spiritual manner, or me, not being balanced enough, spiritually? Here are my thoughts, observations and conclusions….
ByJocelyn Chaplin
This Double Helix represents the DNA that is in ALL living things, so feels like a fitting symbol for a left wing equalising spirituality. During the 2004 Greek Olympics the double helix stood high and proud at the end where a cross or flag might once have been. This was my inspiration. The other picture…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
This recent painting shows the many layers and dimensions in which Equalia dances. I ‘channelled’ the name Equalia when in deep meditation a couple of years ago. Then of course I Googled it and found that it was the name of a fantasy island in the Simpsons TV show. All the citizens were equal but…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
I made this painting at a silent retreat in Wales. The Tymawr Convent is in the background, in front of the primeval Trelech ridge above the Wye Valley. In the middle is the path we walked each day past fields of grass to join the nuns. On the left is the goddess Demeter and on…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
The word GOD is not one I associate with the Leftish New Statesman. A friend passed an old copy onto me. And there to my surprise and even shock there was this word on the cover in enormous letters…GOD. The subtitle was ‘What atheists can learn from believers’. Now I have no problems with my…
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…
ByJocelyn Chaplin
This was the title of a recent discussion at St. James’s Piccadilly between Revd. Lucy Winkett and Malcolm Stern, Founder of Alternatives. Lucy talked of her own very uplifting ‘spiritual’ experiences within Christianity while acknowledging that a lot of religion is ‘bad’. Millions of people, at least in the West describe themselves as Spiritual but…
ByGuest Posts
I am so grateful to be part of Sue Ellam’s Soulfully Connecting project. Spirituality is the thread that joins the world together once we remember that this is so. It is a daily part of my life as I live in a small spiritual school in Europe that lives following the guidance of Sat Tony…