The heat is suddenly upon us – day two in the mid-to-high thirties with more to come. The cats somehow survive, some better than others. Another kitten lingers close to death, a combination of “Cat Flu” and “Feline Aids” which is endemic in the wild population adding to the decimation. It was a slow Spring, … Continue reading Hubris and Humility: Can One Give Way to the Other?
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“On Death and Dying 2: A Second Chance?”
You keep going until you can’t…it’s not a choice. One may will oneself to die but, without some form of action (suicide by any other name) life just keeps “going on.” Modern medicine has, to some extent, changed the “natural order of things” such that life can be drawn out beyond this “natural order” but … Continue reading “On Death and Dying 2: A Second Chance?”
Awakening from a Dream: “Tell Me – Which Way Is Up?”
I stand, alone, on the shoreline of Eternity Lit by a fiery-halo of stars beyond number. * Slowly at first, the dervish turns Moving anti-clockwise, head tilted Beneath his tombstone hat, listening, As if listening – for what? Is it this sound, this rushing, this hissing, Stars rubbing against each other in the immensity of … Continue reading Awakening from a Dream: “Tell Me – Which Way Is Up?”
Changing Chairs: A Dialogue With the Self
It’s warm this morning, probably about 23-4oC after a very warm night and an even hotter day (38oC) yesterday. Speckled grey cloud cover overhead promising unseasonal rain later. Coils burning on the verandah around me to discourage the pesky mosquitoes, who, like many of the flowering plants, are themselves thriving on this unseasonal promise. … … Continue reading Changing Chairs: A Dialogue With the Self
Spiritual Autobiography 15: Where to from Here?
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this article contains images of people who may be deceased) The Stuart Highway runs like an artery from the south to the north of Australia, neatly dividing east from west. Like an artery too, it captures the lifeblood that carries people and supplies up and down, … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 15: Where to from Here?
‘What Shall We Call It: “The Road Without End”?
Life is a journey. From beginning to end there is no certainty of how it will all pan out, the directions it will take, or where it will end. There is the suggestion, of course, that only God knows our beginnings and our endings, and – indeed – that may well be so. But, if … Continue reading ‘What Shall We Call It: “The Road Without End”?
“The Journey and the Light: Use It Well”
We cannot find the key without the Light (reference to Mulla Nasruddin, the ‘Holy Fool’ story), but the work (of finding and applying It) has to be in the endarkened areas within ourselves. We can’t stay in the “Light” and ignore the Work that must be done. Full overhead light obliterates the dark. Like the … Continue reading “The Journey and the Light: Use It Well”
“Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 3”
For the final leg of this journey into insight, I want to draw initially on the work of the man known as ‘Great Master,’ Ibn ‘Arabi (died 1240). It would be good to begin by noting that, in the beginning of what is universally recognised as his masterwork, ‘The Meccan Revelations,’ he stated categorically: “I … Continue reading “Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 3”
“Continuity and Order on the Path of Return”
Recently I read a science article on eDNA (e=environmental). It concerned the identification of ancient plant and animal life in Greenland which demonstrated that at least 2,000,000 years ago it was a verdant landscape where Mastodon and other fauna and flora flourished. It shows that the climate back then must have been at least 15-20o … Continue reading “Continuity and Order on the Path of Return”
“Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 2”
OK! Coinhere = to live within one another (e.g. the history of God in His union with ‘man’… also, in ‘The Godhead’ in Christianity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are said to coexist and to coinhere. …and so on. However: Coexistence is a state in which two or more groups are living together while respecting … Continue reading “Life is a Journey: Explorations into Insight 2”
Tracks in a Pathless Land 