This short story is shared by Brian Joseph As soon as he sat down on the bench he began to drift back to that Valentine’s Day eighteen years before. It had been at this very same bench. He had been coming here every Valentine’s Day. He would sit for an hour or so and remember [...]
Jan 312007
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shakin’ hands, sayin’ “How do you do?” They’re really saying “I love you” What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstong All is Love. This means despite appearances, it is our function to love; it [...]
Channelling
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Jan 232007
Last night, I watched a documentary on television called Trust Me I’m a Healer. In this episode called “Mr and Mrs Healer”, a man called Ray Brown claimed to be channelling the spirit of St Paul of Tarsus; Paul wrote most of the epistles in the New Testament of the Bible. Funnily enough, the day [...]
Jan 162007
This article is shared by Marsha Jordan Have you ever wished, during some horrible time of your life, that you could run into a safe place and hide from the sadness or fear that stalks you? I saw a movie about a mother and daughter whose home was broken into. They hid in a special [...]
Jan 162007
This article is shared by Marsha Jordan What can you say to a parent who loses a child to cancer? Whatever words we offer are inadequate to lessen their sorrow. We have no answers to questions like, “Why this child?” or “Why now?” and “What do I do now?” Another question we all ask and [...]
Things That Go Barf in the Night
Marsha Jordan
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Jan 162007
This story is shared by Marsha Jordan I have difficulty sleeping because my dog shares my bed. When I say “shares,” I mean he assigns me a tiny space on the edge where I must hang on with my toenails to keep from falling out. Louie stretches out sideways in the middle of the bed [...]
What Are You Worth?
Marsha Jordan
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Jan 162007
This article is shared by Marsha Jordan My husband and I collect antiques and often argue about their value. He’ll say, “This is worth $500.” And my reply is “It’s not worth anything unless someone is willing to buy it.” People put great value on things. I laugh at how much some folks pay for [...]
Awakening
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Jan 162007
“As I see it, realising one’s nature as spirit is not about waiting for a time in the future when you will become awake; awakening is occurring in every moment you are aware of love’s presence.” Practical Spirituality What we perceive as the physical universe is in deep slumber. By “slumber” I mean the Light [...]
Practical Spirituality
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Jan 092007
“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? [...] “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2: 19-20; 26 You can have all the [...]
This article is shared by Ben Gilberti The key to the full experience of Truth rests with the fact that, when pressed to admit it, everyone must acknowledge that they in fact cannot be absolutely certain that anything in their experience is true. There is simply no way that anyone can be certain that the [...]
A Door and a Window
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Jan 062007
This article is shared by Dale Hunter When it’s the middle of the night, and the wind is screaming through the rigging at 45 knots, and the boat is heeled thirty degrees, and the seas are running high against you, and water is breaking on deck…, and you’re all alone…, and there is white water [...]