God’s Perspective

God, my communication with you led me to believe that those parts of the Bible, which talk about necromancy and other spiritual gifts being wrong, were added by the church, and are not the 'word of God'.  Doreen Virtue, who has a strong connection with you as far as appearances go, says she believes that it is the word of God now, and that it is a sin. I know,

By |2018-08-10T15:24:08+10:00August 10th, 2018|God, Love, Talks With The Divine|

Valentine

As we had Valentine’s Day during the week, I thought it timely to talk about romantic love. Hubby and I are not much into Valentine’s Day, so apart from a Toastmasters meeting devoted to Valentine’s Day, the day went largely unnoticed by the both of us.  We occasionally buy each other Valentine’s cards, but the one I bought him a few years ago was such a perfect card for him,

By |2017-02-19T18:52:44+10:00February 19th, 2017|Islam, Love|

What is God?

During a dream, I got the idea that my blog this week should be about God.  In the dream, the thoughts flowed logically onto the page, and everything made sense.  It seems a little more difficult now that I’m awake. Many of us learned at Sunday School that God is Love, yet, there are so many ideas about what God is, that it can be difficult for us to determine

By |2016-08-12T16:35:36+10:00August 12th, 2016|God|

Apostasy

Last night I had been reading my book, We Are One, prior to sending it off for editing.  I had been reading the conversation which my character, Angela, has with God about Islam and the issues which Angela has with certain passages in the Qur’an. I realised that one issue which hadn’t been discussed in the book was apostasy. Apostasy for Muslims is said to be “conscious abandonment of Islam

By |2016-07-15T19:00:21+10:00July 15th, 2016|Islam|

When the Tao Is Lost

The quote for May 30 from the Tao Te Ching, in Dr Wayne Dyer’s perpetual calendar: Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life, is this: When the Tao is lost, there is goodness.When goodness is lost, there is morality.When morality is lost, there is ritual.Ritual is the husk of true faith, the beginning of chaos.   My understanding of this quote is that, even when a strong connection to God

By |2015-05-29T16:52:09+10:00May 29th, 2015|Christianity, God, Islam, Religion, Taoism|

Nature Love

If you have read any of my earlier blogs, you will know that I know that there is no such thing as coincidence.  I know that everything is happening in divine order, especially when I ask for God’s will to be done, as I do at the end of my meditation first thing every morning and last thing before I go to bed at night. You may also know that

The Other Side of Islam

Last week my blog was about embracing Islam, and some of the parallels between Islam and modern spiritual teachings.  I mentioned that, according to Eren Tatari, who wrote one of the books I was studying, there has been too much emphasis on the practice and jurisprudence of Islam and not enough on the faith. I know that everything happens in divine order, so I knew that it was no coincidence

By |2015-03-28T08:33:25+10:00March 27th, 2015|God, Islam|

Embracing Islam

Like me, you may have only thought of Islam as a religion filled with rituals and rules.  Perhaps, like me, you found it hard to understand how a Muslim could have a personal spiritual experience in the midst of so many rigorous practices.  Perhaps, instead, you imagined every Muslim to be just like the many extremist “Islamists” we hear about in the media involved in brutality and terrorist activities. It

By |2015-03-20T18:34:42+10:00March 20th, 2015|A Course in Miracles, Ego, God, Islam, We Are One|

Barbie World

It is with much trepidation that I start this week’s blog. If you have been reading my blogs for a while, you will know that I often get my inspiration from songs.  Two nights ago, my husband was trying out a new MP3 player he bought, when he discovered that it had two songs already recorded on it.  He was thrilled to find that one of those songs was a

By |2015-01-23T15:53:29+10:00January 23rd, 2015|A Course in Miracles, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam|

Reconciliation

After studying A Course in Miracles, I have come a lot closer to reconciling many of the different beliefs of different religions which I have learned about.  Not being an expert on any religion, I would be grateful if you point out any beliefs which I inadvertently misrepresent. I think I have resolved a couple of the major differences between Christianity and Islam in relation to Jesus’ death and his

By |2015-01-09T13:12:01+10:00November 22nd, 2014|A Course in Miracles, Religion|