YOU are your home. Until this becomes your embodied truth you will be seeking outside of you for what you can only find within. And when you finally come to this truth... you will understand that YOU are the Divine in form, and so is everyone else. "During deep meditation it is possible to dispel … Continue reading YOU are your home.
Today's message from Hermann Hesse speaks of how past, future and the whole concept of time, all come together in this present moment. Our mind struggles with this though. Our analytical mind's habit is to pull everything apart into separate components and become frazzled as we bounce around between our attachment to the past and … Continue reading When you drop from your head into your heart, even your brainwaves follow.
The world that we live in, can sometimes feel like a bit of a battleground. There’s so much happening in the world that feels immoral and unjust, that it’s easy to get caught up in the negativity, to define ourselves by what we oppose rather than what we aspire to. If you want to be … Continue reading Be a cheerleader – GIMME A YAY!
In the noisy world that we live in, is it possible to find a clear voice to listen to? Something that is clearly distinguishable from the cacophony that is permanently on full blast? On this matter, even ancient teachings which came from an arguably less noisy time, directed us to find that clear voice within … Continue reading The most intimate relationship you will ever have, is with your own inner dialogue.
In 1623 English poet John Donne wrote down the words, "No man is an island" - even in those moments that we may feel ourselves to be utterly alone, the truth is we are surrounded by other humans. Nothing is created - nothing comes to fruition - unless humans cooperate to bring it into existence. … Continue reading How we react to our differences, determines whether we make war, or find strength in our diversity.
The human condition so often finds itself gripping on tightly to what it perceives as a sense of safety, while violently resisting the things that scare it. Stretched thin - between clinging to what is fleeting, and resisting what is inevitable - leaves us with no energy to take action where we are actually effective. … Continue reading In this space of surrender the water is calm and therefore clear.
Our teacher for this week is Hermann Hesse, a Swiss/German author who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1947. I really love his work and looking into whatever the week ahead might bring, here are some thoughts that help me set up my week. Life is a tapestry into which threads will be woven … Continue reading I CHOOSE what to take seriously, and I will laugh at the rest!
Long before modern mindfulness entered the mainstream cultural lexicon, Hermann Hesse was mapping the quiet, turbulent contours of the human soul. Born in Calw, Germany, in 1877 into a German and Russian family steeped in missionary work, Hesse grew up amidst profound tragedy and personal turmoil - losing three siblings in infancy and exhibiting severe … Continue reading Hermann Hesse collection
Happy Monday, and a merry new week! The new year has started and whether you’re the “new year's resolutions” kind of person or not, we all come up with some kind of idea of what we’d want the year ahead to be like. So before I get carried away with what my goals are this … Continue reading Before I get carried away with my goals for this year, I have a reminder for myself…
