So, you have taken the Christmas tree down, chucked it at the back of the garden and forgotten about it, have you? Sad that, isn’t it, especially since it cost so much and probably came all the way from Norway or Canada. There are several sites that give recommendations on what to do with the thing; … Continue reading »
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violin
Thu Jan 29, 2009 From a community bulletin board. Thank you Lisa, it sent chills down my spine too: Violinist in the Metro A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During … Continue reading »
Conscious Parenting
I had a shock yesterday which really made me reassess things with my children. Bubble has been in France whilst I came to the UK with Squeak. She arrived here yesterday. For three days I had been quiet, relaxed and at ease, able to spend a little undivided time with with Squeak (the first time … Continue reading »
Cloudless Mind
We did a guided meditation in yoga today. I was really moved by it and whilst relaxing, I made many connections to the spiritual work I have been doing recently. I suddenly understood that our minds really are just another ‘muscle’ in our bodies and need to be trained just like any other part gets … Continue reading »
I have found some space to respect my children
I have been following the Oprah Winfrey web casts from itunes for a while now, they help me to get through the washing up and the cleaning around the house. I was up late last night listening to Jill Bolte Taylor talking with Oprah for a couple of hours. Wow, these talks really blow me … Continue reading »
Human flesh nailed to wood
There is something I want to discuss from Eckhart Tolle and Oprah’s New Earth webcast this week. I know, another post about HIM. I’ll get it out of my system soon – I promise. On Monday night a question about the Passion of Christ came up. Now, I am no Christian and I find the crucifix image very disturbing. … Continue reading »
A Photographic eye
I have taken to carrying a camera around with me when I go out on my walks. Practising this ‘Power of Now’ thing more regularly now, out in the open especially, has made my eyes more ‘photographic’ in a funny kinda way. What I choose to focus on and acknowledge has become more sensitive. When … Continue reading »
Being in the present
I am recovering, although my head still feels like a mass of jelly inside. I am continuing to cough and splutter over everything, so I have been keeping myself to myself since last week. It is nice, I haven’t done much except the housework and look after the children. This has given me some space … Continue reading »
The Power Of Now
I had a dream a while back, where I saw Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” Book floating in space. Not solid, but kinda ethereal. I did not buy the book on Amazon, but knew that I must somehow get round to purchasing it. I clicked onto itunes on Tuesday and came across the Power … Continue reading »
Thoughts from Robert Wolff
I have been having a fantastic email conversation with Robert Wolff – author of “Original Wisdom”. It is so nice that he has the time to reply to me, he is 85! But he really has got me thinking about all this. The idea of meditation and his repeated mantra “stepping aside” well, I have … Continue reading »
a reply from Robert Wolff
Dear Lune, thank you for appreciating Original Wisdom. I am fortunate that the publisher continues to keep it on its list – “big” publishers would have dropped it long ago, I have never been able to do what a writer is supposed to do: market, promote the book which of course means promoting myself. The … Continue reading »
I am Tim
I wanted to write a post about a talk I stumbled upon recently on the DruidCast podcast – number 8, by a guy called Timothy Freke (what a wonderful, enriching, ‘broadening perspectives’ podcast it is, I listen to it faithfully each month). It really influenced me profoundly. I had been putting off writing something here … Continue reading »
Loving-Kindness – too loud for some?
I have been pondering over a certain passage recently, again from Original Wisdom by Robert Wolff, a book I have been picking apart with a fine tooth comb, to get to the roots of the author’s experience. Wolff, after awakening to ‘All-That-Is’, for want of a better word, (described in this post here), is counselled … Continue reading »
Meditation, meteors and thunderstorms.
I haven’t been able to get the words Apollo 13 out of my head for the last few days – I knew that this continued bugging was coming from somewhere deep within, so I started an internet search – well a blog search, actually. This, coupled with a fascination I have had with tracking Mars … Continue reading »
February moon meditation
When we think about the olden days, before the industrial revolution, even before the agricultural revolution; without tv, stereos, cars, machinery that makes our daily tasks easier. No electricity, no central heating, no hot baths at the turn of a tap. Life was difficult, but also lived in harmony with the senses, there were more … Continue reading »
The fusion of a cell
The world is turning and somewhere far away a star is being created, fusing together, random elements colliding, joining and splitting, forming; molding into a new life. Inside me this is happening, but why this place; why here and now? As I continue on my daily round, things are happening inside me. From somewhere in … Continue reading »
THE WILD SOUL HUNGERS
Emma Restall Orr’s book ‘Living Druidry’ has been the next book from the bookshelf. And although I have trawled through many different veins and traditions, I keep coming back to the Druid tradition of Emma’s and getting so much from it. So enough about books, I am going to start on a course of tuning … Continue reading »
Tsunami Children
I was really sad last week, the news of the Tsunami really affected me. I lit a candle outside on the window ledge. I read in the paper about people who were there on holiday and had lost their children and that made me cry. I spent some time looking up at the stars, thinking … Continue reading »
January moon meditation
This moon is used for cleansing and clearing the personal space and the immediate space around you. This is done by meditation and it is good to do this out of doors where you can start by sitting under a birch tree and then move onto a walking meditation. The aim is to clear the … Continue reading »
