I studied Religious Science. To me the religious part is our spiritual beliefs and the science is for us to create and conduct experiments to prove our spiritual beliefs to ourself.
Energy is constantly flowing in our lives. In fact without energy there would be no life at all for there could be no movement. But energy is not always blatantly apparent, sometimes it is powerful yet weak at the same time. Take for example the difference between positive thoughts and negative thoughts. Both cause minute…
Each day, relentlessly there is some dire situation around the world that overshadows us. It is sometimes labelled as politics but in general often coalesces around our spiritual philosophies which when defined by rules can also be called our religion. Some religions cannot seem to escape violence and aggression. The two which immediately spring to…
If a picture paints a thousand words then what is the story of this one? I love this picture because for me it represents the best perspective on our lives. In the background is a house. It is not a new house. It is not a stereotypically beautiful house. It is just an old house…
I’m fascinated with the appearances in our world of a major consciousness shift on one hand, and all the individual and planetary crap on the other. Let me list just a few things I see: The success of an independent film called “The Secret” making public ideas most of you readers have known for a…
A picture perfect day was happening all around this photographer and the same is true for most of us on most days. Our life is perfect but we may have our attention focussed elsewhere and so we do not experience it. How easy it is in life to look forward in anticipation or glance over…
Wednesday evening a group of us attended a comedy show. We laughed for an hour and a half! As we left the theatre we joked about the endorphins we’d stirred up. We all had great big smiles and the world felt good. We humans take ourselves way too seriously. Granted there’s lots going on in our world that takes…
Getting psyched for the New Year? Think that it is time to make some meaningful resolutions? Here are five things to avoid and five things to choose instead for this New Year (and you can resolve it anytime you like, fireworks are not required…smile) Avoid statements which presume a negative has existed in your life…
Starlight, star bright, every star I see tonight. I wish I may. I wish I might. Celebrate your birth tonight! We live in a marvelous, miraculous, mysterious place and its creation is worth celebrating. The worlds religions (ancient, modern and most probably in the future) create a set of cohesive reasons of the the cause, nature,…
Recently I have had friends who when the holidays arrived seemed to have a change of direction regarding gift giving. In one case it was my worst nightmare. I was asked the question “what did I want for Christmas?”. It is not a gift when I am asked to order an item from my friends…
The other day, while going through a pile of papers to be filed, I found a scrap with this written on it: “When did you last lay your head in the lap of awe.” Think for a moment – when did you last let yourself experience a true moment of awe? All of us have…