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
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 needs, not least of which is love. Although we are all one, and can think of ourselves
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 that the differences between individuals of one culture or religion, and those of another, appear to be vast. And yet,
In last week’s blog I wrote about redeveloping our abilities to follow our inner guidance. I would love it if everyone could learn to do this, because I know that it would make for happier and healthier lives for everyone. What we have to understand, though, is that if everyone is following their inner guidance, it doesn’t mean that everyone will automatically start thinking as we think, and believing as
I have just been reading an article in Cosmos, a magazine about the ‘science of everything’ (thanks Jennifer). The article was about tickling rats and making them laugh (rats laugh ultrasonically, apparently). It also talked about the laboratory rats exhibiting all of the same basic emotions as humans: fear, joy, anger, and love. Electrical stimulation of particular parts of the brain produced the same results in those laboratory rats, as
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
In Billie Dean’s Animal Whispers newsletter this week, she mentioned that she and a lot of other people were getting the feeling that “something big was getting closer. That it was time to step into our medicine. What Lightworkers and Wayshowers and Pioneers and Earthkeepers and Animal Warriors all came here to do. Be the Light.” I started to contemplate what my role in this might be. Although I know
When writing my book, Getting Used to Weird, I started looking for quotes from famous people which would illustrate my new beliefs. I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird. Paul McCartney My character Angela’s conversations with angels, spirit guides, Jesus, and God, had led her away from a life of conforming to