The Spring Equinox gives us the opportunity to ask the question: who am I and what is my place in the world in the coming era? We need to let go of what it was and so take full responsibility for what is happening in our lives now. No speculating what might be happening in the future, that only fragments us and as a result we loose our centre. We can create and accept change and let go of what is no longer serving us, as we surrender to life's flow but we must choose that to enable it. Nature has become unpredictable, and because we are a part of nature, we are also feeling this … more

Fear then Courage

and now

Fulfilment and Service

Within life we have many defining lines that indicate the end of one chapter in our book of life and the beginning of the next one.  It is not a rare event and we get better at managing endings and beginnings as we go along.  Rarely are lines as clearly defined as that experienced by Liam and Marie (pictured above).  The line was drawn when Marie was involved in a head on collision.  This indelible marker was to redefine their lives.

On the 30th June 1998, at the midpoint of the year, Marie was driving in forestry commission land.  As she … more

Mental strength in theory can only be fully assessed if our heart is strong.  The union of the two becomes invincible.  The brain can only interpret data previously received.  Because of this the brain is a part of the problem because it can be too easily distracted, deceived, and defeated with old historical fear programmes.  The cure for this comes from the heart.  When the heart is open and gets past old damage we become able to flow love information both inwardly towards ourself as a person made to be the best we can be,  and outwardly towards all comers.  The brain and heart then re- … more

Love and loving is important so we need to ask ourselves is our love self-serving or disinterested?  Disinterested love expects nothing from others, it is not anxious, it does not cling to them, and it does not disturb them. It is a gushing spring, constantly giving without bothering to know who will come to take its water; it takes pleasure in sharing it without counting. Self-serving love, on the other hand, has a violent effect on others, for it is really only seeking to take, and at the slightest disappointment it expresses itself through impatience, anger, resentment, it lays guilt trips … more

Old ways of doing things may not be what is required now.  We are being requested to follow life's lead and within current circumstances test out what we think is needed next, as we try the next chapter within our life out,  If there is a genuine take up as a result of what we offer then it is our next step, if not as an ultimate destination at least as a next step. If what we anticipate does not work out we go back to the drawing board.  What is certain is that we will no longer be doing what we have always done.  That too easily becomes an addictive habit and if  we insist on continuing in … more

First to be featured THE INTREPID MEDICS AND ABESU

Two medics usually working for the London Ambulance Service decided they wanted to input into the health and well being of an under equipped health care service in Zambia.  The health clinic is staffed by one nurse who provides services to 2,500 local households. This initiative was sanctioned by the government and the administrators of ABESU.   The two intrepid medics visited to learn what specialities were needed,  and to augment and set up systems to support health education, emergency care requirements and implement routine vaccination … more