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Lighten Up
I awoke this morning feeling like I had a weight on my shoulders that needed lifting.
I know that I can sometimes let my own challenges, and those of the world at large, get me down. The advice I have received from spiritual beings has often included the words: “lighten up”.
When I saw the kookaburra and
Activism
This week’s blog follows on from last week’s, in which I asked what sort of legacy you would like to leave. How would you like to be remembered?
Whilst it is true that the important point in life is who you are being rather than what you are doing, once you have decided who
Legacy
How would you like to be remembered?
A lot of my writing in recent weeks has been about the fact that we are all one: we are all part of the one God, the one creation, the one community on Earth. Despite our different religions or different beliefs, we all have the same
Freedom
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 all of our freedoms, and secondly how
We Are One
My recent Chaplaincy course caused me to consider the differences between the various religions, which has led me to ponder the differences between all of the cultures of the world, and the billions of individual humans which constitute those cultures.
With so many different influences on our lives, it is no surprise
Finding The Joy In Hell
We all face challenges in our lives.
Our spouses maybe don’t see things the way we do, or maybe we think they are the cause of the problem. Our friends don’t seem to understand, and if they do, their efforts at cheering us up only seem to make things worse. It is easy, at those