Who hath ears to hear, let him hear And the disciples came and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And he answered and said unto them, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given… Therefore I speak … Continue reading Sufism and Secrecy: Why do You Speak Thus?
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Spiritual Autobiography 5: (Beyond India)
India had one last gift to give me before I returned home to Australia via Hong Kong: Pneumonia! I had been prepared for it by the wonderful steam engine journey from Jaipur to Jaisalmer, head out the window getting lungfuls of thick sooty smoke as we raced across the desert. I should have known better … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 5: (Beyond India)
Spiritual Autobiography (Beyond India): By Way of an Apology!
The Spiritual Autobiography has stalled (like me of late!). Part of the problem is I am writing it on the computer, and that makes it difficult because it is not always where I am. Another part of the problem is because it covers so many years and therefore ‘life-events’ which in themselves are so important … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography (Beyond India): By Way of an Apology!
Darkness and Light
Two vortices, one, roaring, black, like the recent images of ‘Black Holes’ gobbling up all that comes close, this one rotating left to right ((clockwise), the certainty of death when one inevitably reached the roaring black hole at the centre to which one was being drawn (by ‘time’). The other, like the colour and consistency … Continue reading Darkness and Light
Spiritual Autobiography 4 (India)
“Darjeeling” My accommodation was at the Youth Hostel. The Guidebook promised the view from the roof (of Kangchenjunga) at dawn was stunning. On my previous visit the monsoonal cloud had completely swallowed the mountains, so my colleagues and I had left without seeing anything at all. This time I was determined to get a glimpse … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 4 (India)
“Being Without End”
It’s a beautiful autumn day here in the Antipodes. The sky a great dome of the kind of clear blue that fits perfectly the idea of ‘blue sky days’ in the holiday brochures! Matty, the little black four-legged friend, who sits outside waiting for someone to emerge with those tasty extras that make life worthwhile, … Continue reading “Being Without End”
“Spiritual Autobiography: India 3”
A Traveler’s Friendship: The Next Link in the Chain From Ooty, after saying further thankyous and goodbyes to Ramesh and his family, I caught the bus to Mysore, where - during my brief overnighter - I rang R. K. Narayan, famous for his beautifully crafted books and short stories centred around the fictitious town of … Continue reading “Spiritual Autobiography: India 3”
“These Masterful Images…”
"...These masterful images because complete Grew in pure mind but out of what began? A mound of refuse or the sweepings of the street, Old kettles, old bottles, and a broken can, Old iron, old bones, old rags, that raving slut Who keeps the till. Now my ladder’s gone I must lie down where all … Continue reading “These Masterful Images…”
Spiritual Autobiography 2 (India)
Synchronicity – Beginnings and New Directions It began soon after leaving Kodai. On the morning I left, after promising Ramesh that I would meet him in a week or two in Ooty, I walked the few hundred meters along Coaker’s Walk for a final time, to say goodbye to Mr. Mehta. He was there, ‘Chipper’ … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography 2 (India)
Spiritual Autobiography: India
Prologue Beginning today it is my intention, over the next few weeks for those interested in such things, to publish extracts from a ‘Spiritual Autobiography’ that I have recently been working on. Each piece published has its place in the genesis of all the material I have already published on WordPress over the past two … Continue reading Spiritual Autobiography: India
Tracks in a Pathless Land 