Esoteric Essays

At this time of year those of us in the Southern hemisphere are drawn inside our homes for warmth, comfort, and protection from the Winter cold. It is a time for inner reflection, and the keynote for the energies now flowing through the constellation of Cancer seem deeply relevant: “I build a lighted house and therein dwell”. We might ask …

In our increasingly precarious world, conflict seems to be intensifying in all dimensions of the life we share on planet Earth. Even efforts to bring resolution and progress can become politicised as those seeking to gain or maintain power rationalise opposing views and open the way for the spread of misinformation. These conflicts arise and play out through the human …

On the shifting sands of our current world situation, every moment seems to create a “new normal”. Just as we adjust to what seems to be a new “status quo” new questions arise prompting a review of what is real and true. Our beautiful planet has the abundant capacity to care for all that live within it and yet basic …

At this time of year we enter the uncertain time between seasons, reflecting the uncertain nature of the current world in which what is known and familiar seems to be crumbling in the face of new realisations about our past way of living. There is a constant flow of revelation as we face the outcomes of past practices, manifesting in …

As higher light streams into our world, ripples through human consciousness, and brings the first glimmers of illumination into global communications networks, it reveals the full extent of world pain and suffering. The impact of this revelation stirs sensitive hearts to awaken and respond, moving to aid and to point the way to that realm of conscious being where pain …

As we observe events unfolding around our world, much we see might have been thought impossible a decade or even just a few years ago. Some of what may have been unthinkable back then, such as a persistent pandemic, climate change catastrophes or war between nations, has deepened a growing division between those who would reinstate past history and those …

There’s a kind of magic in the moment when we turn over to a new page on which to write, its pristine purity inviting the best we can express. It seems to magnetically call for something that resonates with that clean clear space. How much more magical is turning over to a new year. In that brief pause between the …

At this time of year many around the world are preparing to celebrate the birth of One who, by taking human form, brought something new into the world: a full embodiment of the inherent divinity in us all, and the revelatory demonstration that Life is eternal, and is imbued with abiding love and clarifying light. Even though persecuted by those …

From neighbourhood talk to global news reports, a constant flow of revelation seems to flow through human networks around the world. While we may tire of the more negative news, much of this revelatory flow is clarifying the ending of a previous understanding both of our world and of those who influence its direction. We are seeing many systems deteriorating …

Behind the changes and challenges of these transitional times there is – if one can be sufficiently silent and still – a sense of an enduring thread or presence. It is like a still point of awareness that observes from outside (or inside) one’s outer experience. It is in fact a constant presence which is being realised more constantly as …