Love is the answer to all questions. But sometimes in life, the difficulty is not in finding the right answer, but in finding the right question. Once we have faith in God, we begin to understand that God is within us and within all those around us. Once we have faith in God and his angels, we come to expect that, no matter what the questions, the answers will come
If you have read any of my earlier blogs, you will know that I know that there is no such thing as coincidence. I know that everything is happening in divine order, especially when I ask for God’s will to be done, as I do at the end of my meditation first thing every morning and last thing before I go to bed at night. You may also know that
The inspiration for today’s blog came from a perpetual calendar of Dr Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life, which provides daily messages from the Tao Te Ching. The message for today, April 10 is: What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? This reminded me of a Buddhist story I read many years ago, which
I am writing this on Good Friday, the day when people of the Christian faith celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus. My understanding of what Christians believe is that Jesus was crucified on the cross, where he died for all humankind to save us all from our sins. They believe that Jesus rose from the dead three days later as a symbol of the eternal life which all those who believe
Last week my blog was about embracing Islam, and some of the parallels between Islam and modern spiritual teachings. I mentioned that, according to Eren Tatari, who wrote one of the books I was studying, there has been too much emphasis on the practice and jurisprudence of Islam and not enough on the faith. I know that everything happens in divine order, so I knew that it was no coincidence
Like me, you may have only thought of Islam as a religion filled with rituals and rules. Perhaps, like me, you found it hard to understand how a Muslim could have a personal spiritual experience in the midst of so many rigorous practices. Perhaps, instead, you imagined every Muslim to be just like the many extremist “Islamists” we hear about in the media involved in brutality and terrorist activities. It
I saw a video on facebook yesterday advising me to PAY ATTENTION! It was mainly referring to the way we disengage from our family in order to watch television, write text messages, and …watch videos on facebook. However, it started me thinking about the way our society has trained us to tune out the world around us. God created a world filled with love, but when we spend our lives
By the time I sit in front of my computer each week to write my blog, I usually know what it is going to be about. I usually receive some inspiration in the form of a song, or a thought appears in my mind whilst meditating, or just while I’m going about my work around the house. This morning, I had a thought of what to write about, but immediately
As I look outside my window as I type, I see a growing river of water flowing through my back yard, fed by the stream coming through our breezeway and along our back verandah. I can also see a soggy butcher bird and a few mickey birds (noisy miners), sheltering from the heavy rain in our gazebo. A short time ago, we had a power outage for about 40 minutes
I saw an article on facebook recently about a woman who had been rescued after 7 years on a desert island. According to the article, she had lost her mates and her boat in heavy seas, and ended up on a desert island, where she lived on coconuts, until she finally managed to kill a goat, which apparently took some effort. The story said she was rescued after a kid