“It is now clear to me, spiritual thought transcends matter …. the power of what is in you permeates the world around you.” Barbara Streisand Elihu alerts us to the fact there’s another imbalance waiting to be redressed – our lack of awareness of the...
An excerpt from Mal’s book Us Aussies that was used at an Anzac service at the War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. “Central to every Australian country town is a monument. If there is a human figure on the monument it will not symbolise or represent any great...
“One may understand the cosmos but never the ego; that understanding of the self is more distant than any star.” G.K. Chesterton The harm caused by negativity contaminates the environment we exist in. An emotion that does harm to the body also affects the people we...
The delusion that science will lead us to a happy future has exploded. Andrew Greeley is amazed at how human consciousness has changed since his time in the academic world. ”When I was a graduate student in the sixties the serene confidence we had in the explanatory...
Chapter 6 THE GREAT PARADOX OF MODERN SPIRITUALITY “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.”...
Integral consciousness has subtly changed our expectations and horizons As McIntosh shows it is easy to demonstrate the development of human consciousness just by looking back to the shared assumptions we had in the fifties, sixties and seventies. We can do this by...
The Remarkable Shift “I’m just wondering why I feel so all alone Why I’m a stranger in my own life Every day is a faded sign I get a little bit closer to feeling fine I’ve been wondering if all the things I’ve seen Were ever real, were ever...
In The Economist December 4, 2003 William Gibson wrote: “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” A global sweep clearly proves the truth of his statement. Before the recent economic crisis a full 70% of the Western economy was driven by...
Walter Lippman said “Where all think alike, nobody thinks very much.” In fact if two businessmen always agree one of them may well be unnecessary, and if two best friends never disagree the friendship is likely to become stale. It’s much easier though isn’t it, to...
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “There is no planet, sun, or star could hold you if you but knew what you are.” How can we in fact fulfil our potential? A young unknown Hollywood film director had a great idea for a movie. He worked out the finances and decided it could...
