What Makes You You?
The things by which we generally define ourselves – appearance, personality, abilities, work, relationships, etc – can all change. Our sense of self can be influenced by what people say, the situations around us and the problems we face. What is it, then, that defines...
Learning the art of seeing specialities
In learning the art of seeing specialities in others we need to apply the first Law of Spirituality, which says we are responsible for our own experiences; if I see the negative in others I feel unhappy; if I see the positive I feel happy. It is up to me to decide. To...
The Art of Window Cleaning
In every street there is a Mrs. Judgement and a Mrs. Honesty. One day Mrs. Honesty decided to visit Mrs. Judgement. As soon as Mrs. Honesty arrived, Mrs. Judgement began to complain about her new neighbours, a family of foreigners. “She is a terrible housekeeper”,...
Making peace our foundation
September 21 was International Peace Day and October 2 is International Day of Non-violence. Both days symbolize the desperately needed energy for our world. Right now the world is experiencing the highest number of displaced persons. When there is instability it...
Understanding the genesis of violence – BK UN
Violence begins in the mind and in the wounded heart. It is an expression of our innermost negative thoughts and emotions which emerge as a result of imprinted or engraved feelings of injustice, superiority, inadequacy, aloneness and/or unfulfilled desires. An act of...
Self Care: Being kind to my mind
In a global culture of doing doing and more doing - where we have learnt to measure the value of ourselves on what we have accumulated, what we do and what positions we have reached - it has created a need to think excessively. The internet whilst useful in many...
Self-Care: Calming the anxious mind
Learning how to meditate when you’re troubled with anxiety is an important part of self-healing technique that you can’t ignore. It goes without saying that meditation has been widely recommended as a natural remedy for anxiety. Theoretically, it was supposed to...
A meditation practice – Return to Inner Peace
A simple meditation to return to Inner Peace - extracted from The Man who loved Angels by Anthony Strano A second is a unit of time, just as thought is the basic unit of consciousness. A body has many cells, and so do time and consciousness. Whether we measure time in...
Interview: A Time for Kindness
Speakers: Dr David Hamilton and Sister Jayanti Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu. Kindness is an essential ingredient in all healthy relationships, whether with the self, others...