Several people have asked me to address these issues…so here goes! Clearly, having faith and trust in human beings is risky. They turn. They change. Circumstances cause alterations and modifications. Every kind of relationship is subject to adjustment, like it or not. So faith and trust in human beings and their institutions is always subject … Read more
I titled my last book so badly that sales have nose-dived! How lucky am I…….failing at things can be such a wonderful teacher! (I am choosing to simply re-title it and some others at the same time). I know many people who get really disappointed (and even angry) when things go every way except the … Read more
Have you ever watched rain running down the window? Each drop seems to be competing with the next to get to the bottom first….your mind joins in the race. You take sides, hoping your chosen rain drop gets there before the others….. It’s called projection. You project your identity onto the raindrops. You project your … Read more
There was an old man who used to go to the nursing home religiously every day around breakfast time to see his wife. He’d stay half the morning, then come back later in the day to see her again. He never missed a day. And this was particularly remarkable because his wife had advanced dementia … Read more
Another year looms ahead….. How will you handle its highs and its lows, its ups and its downs, its hurts and its joys, its positives and its negatives…..?? We all have them. No-one is immune from them. No-one flows through life without them. I have as many as anyone else (maybe even more than some … Read more
Wherever you go, I shall go Wherever you live, so shall I live We shall be together for ever Your people will be my people. And your God will be my God, too…… A friendly chat with Spirit reminded me of this 5th century BC story of Ruth (a Moabite) whose Jewish husband died. … Read more
When I was a homeless teenager on the streets of ‘the Cross’ I carried what seemed like the very worst of all burdens: I was ugly. Or so I thought. I had large tumours on my body and I thought I looked untouchable, rather like ‘the elephant man’. To cover my shame I wore long … Read more
Like most people, in my younger days when things went “wrong” I consulted psychics. Palmists, card-readers, clairvoyants of every ilk. And time and time again during the reading I would be told I had a special “guide” with me called (as best they could ascertain) Morkeye or Morchai or Morke or (most often) Mordechai. I … Read more
This is possibly one of the biggest issues facing us today….are we alone? Most of us spend time in conversation with our friends wondering about aliens and ufo’s……Is anyone else ‘out there’? Are we safe? Are other life-forms more advanced than us? And the answer to all three of these questions is: Certainly. YES. But … Read more
The Bhagavad Gita, Hindus sacred scripture, has about 21,000 words. The Koran has about 77,000. Kojiki, the sacred text of Japanese Shintoism runs to 150,000 words. The Buddhist Tipitaka runs to around 300,000 eight-syllable verses. The Christian New Testament is around 770,000 words and the Jewish bible packs in over 783,000. Each of these texts … Read more