I’m sure you’ve heard the argument a hundred times before – your spiritually aware, new-age-leaning, gentle hippie friend says “Ah, but it’s all perfect!” And sooner than you can allow yourself to contemplate that, your other friend, a self-proclaimed pragmatist, an undying realist, shouts: “But how can […]
The Illusions we Live With
The notion that this world is some kind of illusory phenomenon is not a new idea. As far back as about 6000 years ago, the philosophers of India were talking about the theory of Maya, meaning illusion. And in modern times as more and more in the […]
A Recipe for the Feast of Life
I found this piece of writing the other day, and decided to share it here. Something I wrote for a good friend’s wedding a few years ago – for the album of wedding wishes. Couldn’t help but bring some wisdom into it of course! I trust it […]
You need Nothing!
What do you need right now? A cigarette?! Some coffee? A new car? Financial stability? How about perfect health? Maybe peace of mind? Or do you need love? Whatever you think you need, take a moment to really think about it, and ask yourself whether these are […]
Embracing Loss and Destruction
You have no doubt experienced the loss or destruction of something you held dear in your life. You probably even mourned the loss or feared the destruction of something you once had. But if you take a closer look at the principle of destruction, you will see […]
How To Practice Creative Attraction
I’d like you to consider something startling: that this is an illusion! Separation is an illusion, superimposed by the human mind over the truth of oneness. All things are one, and the idea of separation from life, separation from each other and separation from the Divine essence […]
Culture, Tradition and Creative Originality
Tradition is wholesome, grounding, often rich and very valuable. But it doesn’t serve us optimally when tradition stands in the way of creative originality. Every religion has it culture and tradition. Even nations, groups and families have their customary ways of celebrating, commemorating and honouring people and […]
A sacred opportunity for you and me
We are all one – not as a mere concept, but as a reality beyond our realm of concepts. Our true Self, the innermost you and me, is intimately connected with the infinite consciousness that pervades all things and enables all experience. From this oneness emerges this […]
Celebrate your Individuality
Once we make the decision to enter onto a spiritual path of purification, salvation or enlightenment, one of the major obstacles we are confronted with is our ego and individuality. Many spiritual traditions would ask you to thwart your individuality and curb your individual expression. It certainly […]
Moving from “Sheep Syndrome” to Conscious Expansion
If we continually choose to believe what others believe, and choose to live as others live, as most people do most of the time, all we do is re-live the cultural story of those that came before us, as a lot of them did themselves! (and how’s […]