Esoteric Essays

As we approach the time of year when millions around the world celebrate Christmas, a season of birth and rebirth in the cave of the heart, we are reminded of how a tiny baby born in the humblest circumstances brought such a powerful presence into the world that it has reverberated through the centuries and continues to influence and uplift …

As the world opens up to its oneness, a multitude of responses and reactions is playing out. Many displaced people depend on a global oneness of community as they flee dangerous situations hoping for safer places where they might care for their loved ones; many stand against divisive forces to affirm and proclaim the oneness of the people. Some react …

As our eyes become accustomed to seeing through the surface of things, we can see where current systems are failing to serve the rights and needs of many of our fellow citizens around the world. Then we begin to see the limitations of the causal thoughtform at the core of the passing civilisation. And, as the light of understanding brightens, …

As our hearts reach out to all those suffering during the great changes moving through our world, we might also hold in supportive thought the “front-line workers”, those who alleviate suffering and bring food, medical care, shelter, and emergency services. A global army of generous hearts is marshalling into active service. From large international agencies to small community initiatives, all …

At the heart of any society can be found common sayings that contain our sense of values and how we interact and live together. We may smile at some of these as they convey a caricature of an aspect of our group personality such as those in the Australian vernacular like “she’ll be right, mate” or “fair go”. Although they …

As floods devastate riverside towns in Europe, wildfires rage in America, famine stalks farming communities in Africa, and sea levels inundate homes on Pacific Islands, the reality of climate change is becoming very real, immediate and personal for millions of people around the globe. And the pandemic is a constant reminder that global forces are the causative impulse behind what …

Those who love our world – our beautiful planet – are those who will make it the lighted home that has always been intended by the great Life Who brought it into being. Can we imagine a world of light in which we see the light in one another and in all things, and sense the loving purpose of the …

In a world where global events and forces are becoming more urgent and critical, our view of things is being brought to a higher vantage point, changing our perspective on everything from whole world issues through to our own personal way of living within that larger context. As we realise our interrelationship with our world and within a global community, …

As the Autumn sun slants through the trees and streams in through windows in this southern half of the world, it reminds us of the cycles of harvest, rest, renewal and growth, and the beneficent forces that initiate them. We remember the cyclic nature of Life as it moves through everything from individual to universal. Our whole world is currently …

We seem to be hearing more often these days such phrases as “record-breaking”, “unprecedented”, “within living memory”, “within recorded history”. So frequently are they being used that they have become a familiar part of this current moment in our human story. Fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, pandemics and plagues are more numerous, more devastating and beyond the previous patterns of …