Tag Archives: stuck-addiction

Conscious-Contact 1

Posted on Mar 15, 2018 by Andrew Dettman

In the huge recovery industry that has been spawned by the arrival of the 12Step Programme in 1937, there has been an asset stripping “gold rush” as everyman and his dog stake out a claim to “mine” from the original … Continue reading →

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Instigations …

Posted on Mar 10, 2018 by Andrew Dettman

Look up the dated phrase “to grant favours” … Oh to be a modern man No rites of passage Trashed religious package Caught between news of marauders Brutal abusers and Benny Hill musers All tarred with the same brush The … Continue reading →

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Sacred Illness

Posted on Jan 13, 2018 by Andrew Dettman

​”If dull people lose the idea of God nothing happens – not immediately at least. But socially the masses begin to breed mental epidemics, of which we have now a fair number.” C. G. Jung, Psychology & Religion (New Haven … Continue reading →

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Gullible

Posted on Jan 8, 2018 by Andrew Dettman

Many years ago, a philosopher asked me if I thought, as he clearly did, that I was too gullible. Through the years, his question has often returned to me, often closing me down from continuing with a view of the … Continue reading →

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The Poor

Posted on Dec 18, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom?wprov=sfla1 The spiritual principle behind poverty is succinctness itself at this time of remembering Christ, the sparseness of the conditions surrounding His birth, the attitude He had toward the money-lenders in The Temple when He threw them out and the … Continue reading →

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Brand Leaders?

Posted on Dec 16, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

​Though all of Mankind can take solace in the Saul to St. Paul redemptive template, or the “your’s was not the hand that slew” response to Moses when he doubted his mission for having killed an Egyptian soldier, or the … Continue reading →

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Alpha and Omega

Posted on Dec 16, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

The Alpha and Omega have never, ever been separated, they are imagined to be so in matter by a psyche that though itself a current, has become unwittingly corrupted by thinking the cathode/anode disarrangements of its own vehicle are more … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas 2017

Posted on Dec 8, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

This clip recorded in my cab and first published on Facebook live puts into perspective the difficulties facing all of us on Earth at this time. The book mentioned here, published in 1987, carries a message that has been true … Continue reading →

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I worship creation

Posted on Jul 28, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

The Devil is very clever. Everyone has God and the Devil inside according to the dervish, and for the dervish the way is to emulate Muhammad (pbuh) who said that for him his Devil had submitted. So, in my arrival … Continue reading →

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Light

Posted on Jul 28, 2017 by Andrew Dettman

Shedding tears Shedding fears Shedding the skin of old ways Shedding light upon new days The light that lightens The light that brightens Issues not just from the flame Issues not just through the pane Light transmits (from) Light commits … Continue reading →

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