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In these times of quarantine and lock-down when once-busy streets are quiet and many businesses fall silent, we may find ourselves in an unaccustomed silence. If we can quell the urge to fill that silence with reassuringly familiar sounds, we might explore the deeper nature and potential of silence. The ancient proverb “Silence is golden” comes to mind and, with …

On 6th and 9th August millions of souls around the world will observe the deeply sobering anniversaries of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the atomic bombs dropped in 1945. Today in Hiroshima there is a Peace Memorial Park where the epicentre of the blast occurred. In the larger sweep of history humanity has demonstrated that it can move …

So often now we hear people speak of time moving more quickly, that it seems to be accelerating. Some notice that it seems more elastic – they might experience yesterday as though it were a month ago, while long-past events feel as though they have only just occurred. As our perception of time stretches, our perception of events is also …

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 …

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 …

We may not often realise how deeply anchored we can be in the “way things are” until a crisis shakes us loose from old moorings and strips away the encrustation of barnacles from our little vessel so it may sail into the ocean of life. In such times – even if only temporarily – we can be reduced to our essence, …

If we listen deeply enough we can hear the first notes of the coming Age of Light already sounding throughout the world. They remind us that we have been given such a beautiful world in which to learn and grow. Even the impact of the most limited vision cannot destroy the inherent beauty, life and presence which shines through even …

Watching the news recently beamed to us through the global media, one can detect a new era waxing in human hearts as the old dissolves in disarray. Here and there we catch glimpses of a strengthening and expanding hope and joy, such as the royal wedding coverage. This was a burst of joy eclipsing the backdrop of the passing era …

As the seasons turn and extremes of weather have their effect on us all, we are faced with the power of the mighty natural world in which we live, move, breathe and have our being. Our daily lives can be beset with the demands of work, co-workers, friends, family, society and international tensions to the point where we may forget …

The young ones born at the turn of the century are beginning to make their presence felt and with them a new human force is rising up even as the structures and systems of the passing civilisation fail through self-interest and the natural world breaks under the weight of exploitation. This new force is reforming the substance of the dissolving …