The Orchestra: Practice, Harmony and Symphony

The Orchestra: Practice, Harmony and Symphony

Jan 30, 2015 | Practical Philosophy

The Orchestra: Practice, Harmony and Symphony A youth orchestra is giving a performance. The members are ten years old and have been playing their instruments just a year. So who comes to the concert? For the most part it’s parents, grandparents, classmates and...
And So This is Christmas 2014

And So This is Christmas 2014

Dec 19, 2014 | Musings

And So This is Christmas 2014 Christmas, mid-winter festival, just after Solstice: celebration of things to come; celebration of the coming light; celebration of how the greatest things grow in and from the dark. Three wise men are led by a star, a star that is...
Dark Awakening

Dark Awakening

Dec 18, 2014 | Musings

Dark Awakening The darkest time of night is before dawn. When we are waking up. When we are waking up, it may well feel like we are getting lost more deeply in the dark, in greater uncertainty and confusion, in a seemingly impossible or overwhelming situation. But...
Necessary Heartbreak

Necessary Heartbreak

Dec 18, 2014 | Musings

Necessary Heartbreak Chances are, most of us would not say that we want our hearts to be broken. Chances are that most of us would say we would like to feel happy in our hearts. If we ‘would like to feel’ happy, it reveals we are not quite there. And what is holding...
The ‘Gift’ of Conflict

The ‘Gift’ of Conflict

Jun 4, 2014 | Bhagavad Gītā, Practical Philosophy

The ‘Gift’ of Conflict When I first came across the Bhagavad Gītā, I was puzzled. I had heard that it was one of the greatest spiritual texts out there, and I’d come to understand that yoga was all about coming back to peacefulness. So why was this most...