Are you called more to the new or the old?
img Isn't the new old? the old new? Isn't there always a sense of recognition for what's claimed to be new? A sense of newness about what's held to be ancient? Rumi wrote centuries ago... More »
img Isn't the new old? the old new? Isn't there always a sense of recognition for what's claimed to be new? A sense of newness about what's held to be ancient? Rumi wrote centuries ago... More »
Resolution, to what I perceive as dissonance in my life. Wait, no! I just caught myself saying those words: I'm perceiving dissonance to be there (in my life). But what if my perception isn't true?... More »
into fear into the fire into the depths into everything that ego and natural instinct urge me to stay well clear of into all and everything and nothing into the mindless thoughtfulness of thought-free mindfulness... More »
The way I see it, there is no higher, no lower, no this, no that, with something I might call *me* sitting in the centre as guru/buddha, or off to the side, head bowed low... More »
Remembering that it is both the strongest force in the world, and the most fragile. Its healing powers are well mooted, but they are seductive. It is hard not to want to hold onto something... More »
For me, I am a bit of a black sheep in my family, having turned away from the fundamentalist Christianity of my upbringing. Many years ago I had a conversation with my mother in which... More »
Meanwhile, a busker entertained diners and passers-by alike with guitar and voice. One of the first pieces he played was an achingly beautiful instrumental version of Don McLean's Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) . So beautiful,... More »
Oneness. I’ve been receiving lessons in the meaning of oneness, having been woken up in the middle of the night with the questions: One? and: Li? in quick succession. Li is the surname of a... More »
Life. The diversity of it. The oneness of it.
Oneness.