Esoteric Essays

Through love a parent is attuned to a child’s need in any moment; through love of their fellows many sacrifice their lives to aid them; through love, even armies can form to defend a beloved ideal. Such is the subtle power of love. What is it in the human being that can be impulsed so powerfully by love? We might …

We might smile when a child calls “Mummy” in a play park and several mothers immediately look up until it is clear which one is being called. How automatic it is to become immediately aware when we hear our name called. There is a responsiveness deep within our psyche and inherent in our very being. Calls of the heart radiate …

With much in the conventional news broadcasts reflecting what is breaking down around our planet, many are looking for alternative sources to provide a more balanced view of the world. And there are many options emerging to offer it. The Positive News Magazine in the UK (www.positive.news), the Good News Network in the USA (www.goodnewsnetwork.org) and the Good News Agency …

In the midst of the political campaigning that precedes our country’s election day, it’s easy to get lost in the word-spin and sleight-of-speech that weave confusing cocoons around slogans of presumed truth. Yet voters are increasingly seeking to know what the real truth is behind it all, the reality beneath the rippling surface reflections. Human consciousness is unfolding into deeper …

When the astronauts introduced us to a view of our planet as a whole, they revealed a Sun’s view – a solar view – of the beautiful blue jewel that is our home. They lifted the veil for us to see and know it through the eyes of the soul. This new perception of our Earth was broadcast all around …

The holiday season here in Sydney has passed leaving lingering memories of restful days in the summer heat. For some it seems to have passed all too quickly as our sense of time seems to speed up. This “quickening” of time grows out of our expanding awareness – of the wider world beyond the immediately personal and of effects, through …

In this Festive Season we celebrate the birth of a pure embodiment of love, that mighty force which creates and drives the universe and all that lives within it. It may express as love of family and friends, of a dream, of adventure, of country, of beauty, of humanity, of God, of whatever calls strongly to us. It is the …

Around the globe, commemorations of Armistice Day have drawn our focus through the sweep of time since the destructive force of the First World War came to an end. After enduring subsequent wars and conflicts, we realise that it was not, as hoped, the “war to end all wars”. In some ways we are a little wiser now, and the …

A co-worker recently described a small incident which left her feeling uplifted for a long time afterwards and still radiated its effect as we spoke together. She had brought her shopping to her car using one of the shopping trolleys provided by the supermarket and, as she completed offloading it, a man passing by smiled and said kindly: “I’ll return …

In the turbulence of catastrophic climate forces, of opposing armed ambitions or conflicting ideologies, and in the swirling undercurrents of the outgoing retrogressive tide, where is the point through which strength comes to guide and empower our way through? The awakening heart knows. The mind can assess facts and strategize, and can as easily become the instrument of baser instincts …