...at the shoreline of wonder
I first met the late Trevor Ravenscroft while gardening at a friend’s residence. He entered the garden as I was perched up a tree examining a rogue vine. He said hello and mentioned how delightful it would be to be a gardener. I said I was interested in alternative agriculture/gardening. His eyes lit up and [...]
Planet earth – chill out. There’s so much noise – the sort of persistent buzzing noise that comes from people grating on each other in modern life. More peace for our planet would be a good thing. And I’m talking about the type of peace that occurs when people come together in balance. There may [...]
My teacher once said that the best meditation is a light sleep. All mystery flew out the door. But really, meditation is any state which enables you to get in touch with your inner thoughts and feelings. It can be a guided meditation where a narration guides you through a process or just wonderful silence [...]
In the mid 80’s I went to an interesting lecture by a well known American economist about the coming collapse of the Western financial world. America was borrowing too much and it was all going to go to hell in a hand basket. The lecturer said at the time to sell your real estate and [...]
I am sitting here in filtered sunlight typing away in a coffee shop in Brunswick Heads in Northern NSW, Australia. The other day my partner and I walked from Bruns to Byron Bay – a three and a half hour journey on an absolutely splendid beach (see pic). It was most pleasing and soul-stirring. In [...]
Along with a couple of billion others I watched the recent royal wedding and while I found it quite bemusing I tuned in solely for the music. For me the truly moving moment was Paul Mealor’s Ubi Caritas. Simply sublime and even more so when you consider that a good chunk of the planet was [...]
CLICK HERE for an excellent BBC program on YouTube that explains Chaos Theory wonderfully – highly recommended. (NOTE: VIDEO NO LONGER WORKS AS BBC TOOK IT OFF YOUTUBE – The program was called “The Secret Life of Chaos” so you can check it out elsewhere – it’s well worth it In early high school my [...]
