The art of holding
What is the greatest single act of service we can give to our fellow beings? High up on my list is the art of āholdingā. HoldingĀ a space. HoldingĀ a group. HoldingĀ an individual. What does this mean? […]
November 2010
Community with a heart
My friend, Andrew, never knew what to say to the orthodox Rabbi and the bearded Mullah. As a businessman on the outskirts of London working with his local community and chamber of commerce, he met […]
Forgiveness
If you follow my columns you will know that I sometimes disclose parts of my life that are not so pure and wonderful. Here comes one of those disclosures. Picture me twenty years ago with […]
Wrestling with Eckhart’s Mind
This is one of the great debates in spirituality: are our minds useful or useless? The destroyer or the creator of illusion? A few weeks ago my mind was definitely a problem. It was racing […]
How can you manage your own journey?
Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. This well known long-term approach to development supports dignity and freedom. […]
Love and enlightenment
Do you want to be a full expression of love? Or do you want to be fully awake and enlightened? Perhaps, like me, you want to be both ā Love and Enlightenment. Sometimes the lovers […]
Secularism and spirituality
Human curiosity is great. We are spiritually drawn to know more and explore further.And here is the first of many paradoxes. We go further by going nowhere. We travel this journey by being still. This, […]
Feeling good
When we feel good, weĀ feelĀ good. But what is the source of this feeling? Most of us never give attention to what is actually happening inside our bodies as we move from one mood to another […]
Protecting Barack
How can we protect Barack Obama? The new President of the United States is symbolically of huge importance. It is crucial that he does not fall victim to the same forces that assassinated Martin Luther […]
What is our life’s purpose?
A few weeks ago I met a bewildered woman. She was a successful civil servant in her forties who was waking up to her spirituality and had begun to attend some psychic development classes. āI […]