Being beyond dogma: tracking Truth
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are warned that this piece may contain names of deceased people In the last weeks at Kintore old Benny came to see me with his son. He wanted to sell me a little picture. To be honest, it wasn’t very good, but knowing who he was we bought it anyway … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 14: Continuing on the Road Less Travelled
There is an assumption in many people’s minds, perhaps, that they know what “Kindness” is, and any questioning – other than of ourselves and our own motives behind “doing for others” (or not-as the case may be) – is considered a mark of ignorance (of the same) by those that pose such questions. However the … Continue reading What is “Kindness” (2)
What is “kindness”? A simple enough question one would think, but one that opens us up to the deepest mysteries of God, if pursued. * “Kindness” according to the “Names” is that divine quality which the authors of the wonderful book, ‘The Physicians of the Heart’ tell us is the essence of Allah/God/The One. In … Continue reading What is Kindness?
Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders are warned that the following material may contain images of people who are deceased There were so many great moments on that trip interstate with all our “Bush” kids and the Aboriginal adult community members that came along for the duration. So many beautiful memories and moments captured in film … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 13: To Stay or Not To Stay?
Twilight or Twi Light and Dark? Do you know what the speed of Dark is? I must confess I didn't until I looked it up! Apparently, it’s the same as the speed of light e.g. 186,000 miles per second. Would it surprise you to know however, that it not a ‘thing’ at all, only “absence” … Continue reading “Between a rock and a Hard Place: (A little rant)!
On Re-Reading Ibn al-‘Arabi, ‘The Names of God’, Wahdat al-Wujud or “Oneness of Being” and “The Dream that changed my Life” According to William C. Chittick, in his introduction to the chapter on ‘The Most Beautiful Names [of God]’ in ‘The Meccan Revelations,’ Vol.1 (Chapter 558 of The Futuhat)1 Chittick summarises Ibn al-‘Arabi’s own opening … Continue reading “What’s in a Word: The Name of God”
Kuitpo Forest is part Eucalypt or native forest, and part Conifer or plantation trees. It sits above the Mt. Bold reservoir that supplies fresh water to the southern part of the surrounding Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It is also where I lived for a while in an old Kombi Van I had converted … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 12: Marriage, Remote Teaching & Aboriginal Dreaming
Recently whilst on a visit to Adelaide with my wife we visited the Japanese Garden, in the Adelaide Parklands, after being told how beautiful they were by a friend. On this day, all around, noise, a cacophony of sound; workers were putting in new footpaths close by. Machinery, trucks, mowers, traffic, all combining as if … Continue reading “The Place of Symbolism”
Where then? Our last episode ended at a point which was not somewhere ‘else’ or dependent on someone else… but ourselves, for where else could one look to create a spiritual journey, cut one’s own way through the jungle of both possible and impossible options that open before one, seemingly, at each turn? I digress. … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 11: “Opening the Word from Within”
“Forgiveness” Suzy picked-up another card from those that I had chosen. “This card”, she said, “speaks of forgiveness…someone you need to forgive, or who should forgive you.” Again, she held my eyes steadily, “it’s very important that this happens”! * By now, returned from my sojourn on the highway [see appendix 2, Spiritual Autobiography 9 … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 10: “Forgiveness”
Tracks in a Pathless Land 