This is what came through in my early morning writing this morning: Love, to thine own self be true. You know that love is all there is, and love is what you are. It means that in order to follow the path of love, all you have to do is to be your true self. Your family and your society have worked hard to get you to conform to their
I had seen this video on facebook yesterday showing a mountain lion outside someone’s sliding glass door, looking in and playing with the cat inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2evD8Jn30pQ I had a dream last night with a similar scene, but the tiger, which had escaped from somewhere, was inside my home looking out the glass door. I went and hid in a bedroom with the sliding wooden door firmly closed behind me. I
Last week, if you’ll remember, I did a Tarot reading, and the card for this weekend was The Hermit. My interpretation of this card suggested that you can all be beacons of love and light to all you encounter. Some of you may be wondering just how to do that. But, the fact is, you don’t have to do anything; you just have to be something – to be your
As I mentioned in previous blogs, I have been doing a course on Feminist Theology at AIHT. This has made me consider the perspectives from which we view the world, and to attempt to understand the cause of some of those perspectives. The reality that we perceive in the world is shaped by our past experiences, so each one of us looks at the world differently. Even though there are
I started a new course this week at AIHT (American Institute of Holistic Theology) called Feminist Theology. I was speaking about it in my French class, and the teacher asked me why I wanted to do that course. I told her, as best I could in my limited French, that my reason was because there are lots of women living under oppression. I explained that the book I am reading
During my recent trip to Aitutaki, I noticed the differences between their society and our Australian society, and started to analyse the causes of these differences. One thing I particularly noticed was that everyone there seemed to be happy, most of the time at least. They have a few rules and regulations there, but they are more guidelines than enforceable laws. Could this be one reason for their happy disposition
During my studies of other religions, particularly Islam, I have been reading about the history of nations and societies. In the process, I have come to consider the freedoms which we sometimes take for granted in this country, Australia, and without which life could be less than fulfilling, or perhaps even miserable. As I considered all of our freedoms, I wondered firstly how much do we really appreciate
I started to wonder about the balance between masculine and feminine, and whether our society, in Australia, is headed towards that balance. We know that in many societies in the world, including our own, the masculine has dominated for many years, but is that starting to change? As often happens, I received some inspiration from a television program: Doctor Quinn – Medicine Woman (again). The story this evening was about
I have read a lot of books in the last few years about consciousness, the mind, and the brain, and the links between them. Is the mind that which we call consciousness, and if so, where does it reside? A lot of people believe that the mind resides in the brain. Others believe that the mind is stored in every cell in our bodies. Yet others believe that our mind