Category Archives: General

Formidable

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

The word ‘formidable’ derives from the Latin word formidare which means ‘to fear’. What is there to fear if faith in The One existent predominates? In the Tao Te Ching it is mused upon that no-one knows whose side Heaven … Continue reading →

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From June 12th 2013

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

The intellect is rooted in ‘to hold’, intelligence is rooted in ‘to choose’. The intellect’s job is to chop things up, freeze things still, hold things down … just long enough for intelligence to choose, to pick, to initiate a … Continue reading →

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Queues and queues of questions

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

The cue for a question can be small, large, subtle or brash. The attention grab that causes the start, the shock to a long-held presumption, the apparent opening of a door suddenly found to have been always open, when presumed … Continue reading →

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Burdens

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

The fundamental difference between fiction and fact: “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens “Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another’s burdens if one heavily laden should call another to (bear) … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Line About The Top Line

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

What on earth have I been hammering on about stuck-addiction©️ for for these last five years? It is to have tried to correlate a person’s spiritual illness that is known as addiction, with a system’s spiritual illness that is exhibiting … Continue reading →

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Broken system of ringfenced absurdity

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

UK Punjabi alcohol support services ‘see rise in users’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44009040 It saddens me greatly that as an Addiction Counsellor who is also able to address cultural diversity from a place of being a member of the BACP Spirituality Division … Continue reading →

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Peace is not a lack of war

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

Russia shows off new missiles and jets in Victory Day parade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/russia-shows-off-new-missiles-and-jets-in-victory-day-parade-red-square?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress Where the insane leaders of this Earth exhibit their illness most clearly is in their disposition, their failure to comprehend their actual position. Peace is not a fragile … Continue reading →

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In defence of this amazing time

Posted on May 7, 2018 by

It is so easy to slip into knocking mode. The news-media exaggerates the absurdly small numbers of people actually experiencing murder, bombs, disaster and destitution. It is not to ignore or justify the pain of the people suffering, every single … Continue reading →

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The 21st century penury

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

Feeling offended is a common component of denial, a refusal to accept that someone, something or somewhere has ‘ended’. The root of ‘offence’ is ‘pretence’. Where there is only a pretending, then the similar behaviour of others will be processed … Continue reading →

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Everything is perfectly placed

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

What if everything is actually alright? What if within the inter-linked worlds of all of the myriad ways of experiencing life as Mankind, that there is only actually validity for all views. What my experience tells me is that this … Continue reading →

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