Last week I asked you to estimate – each day for a week – how much of the time you are happy with your life – and how much of the time you are unhappy/dissatisfied. Readers have replied with some amazing answers. Unhappy most of the time won out hands-down….. One respondent said he was … Read more
How happy are you right now? How happy have you been today? Psychologists estimate that only 20% of people are happy more than they are sad or angry or unfulfilled or disappointed. 80% don’t seem to achieve enough good experiences to make life significantly delightful. And a whopping 25% – one quarter of all people … Read more
HAPPY NEW YEAR……..sometime this year! Many blessings to you for a happy new Year! Of course, if you’re in Vietnam, Korea or China you’ll have to wait until until around February 16th to celebrate. Mongolians will wait a tad longer……February 26th. For Iranians, the new Year arrives March 20th. In most of India (and for … Read more
Christ’s Mass is on the way. This has nothing at all to do with Santa Claus, reindeer, wrapped presents, fir trees, snow, mistletoe, coloured baubles, mulled wine, legs of pig, fruit pudding, barbecues or party hats. Now before you brand me the reincarnated Grinch, let me finish. Business may quite intelligently promote it as such … Read more
Let me quickly update you…… *The developing world pays back on average $130 for every $100 it receives in aid grants! The poorest countries who have paid back their debts still owe the wealthy countries some $523 billion in interest! *When Zimbabwe crashed economically it printed a 100 trillion dollar bill (that’s 14 zeros after … Read more
Groundhog Day is celebrated on 2nd February in the USA. It’s supposedly the day that groundhogs come out of hibernation and peek out to see if it’s Spring yet. If it’s not, they return to their burrow for another six weeks or so of slumber….. In the 1993 movie Bill Murray relives the same day … Read more
Very often at the end of retreats someone mentions “so you’ve got next week off?” It’s said with a dreamy look as if to suggest we’ll be spending the week sitting on the grass meditating and chanting from sunup to sundown…… Actually we don’t. That’s not really living a spiritual life. To live a truly … Read more
Last week Trudi and I were in the Cairns hinterland sharing with some forty beautiful and caring fellow seekers. One story I shared goes back almost forty years. I had made the decision to focus my energy fully on spiritual matters. This included seminars, workshops, retreats, spiritual church services, private channelling and private one-on-one sessions … Read more
This week I offer you my fourth article in my current series of deeper spiritual topics. (These form part of my 10th spiritual book, ‘Living The Sacred Life”, due out shortly). This is Part 1 of…….. THE FLOW OF LIFE “The Flow of Life is to care and share together.” The speaker seemed so very … Read more
This week I offer you my third article in my current series of deeper spiritual topics. (These form part of my 10th spiritual book, ‘Living The Sacred Life”, due out shortly). THE PROMISE OF LIFE The Promise of Life is that we are always safe. Most of humanity seriously doubts this promise and instead thinks … Read more