2022-07-23 04:20
They peel off from the passing West Wind, now fragments of the gust, now zephyrs easing through the cracks in my doors and windows. Wafting in single-file down my hallway, they lay their… Read More
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2022-06-25 04:19
He was working so hard at forgetting that it hurt. While he hid in his bed, hoping sleep would erase the pain, the memories sneaked in and snuggled up to him … and there they stil… Read More
2022-06-20 09:35
They peel off from the passing West Wind, now fragments of the gust, now zephyrs easing through the cracks in my doors and windows. Wafting in single-file down my hallway, they lay their… Read More
2022-05-21 00:15
You may have noticed that synchronicities are on the prowl. They’re out and about in greater numbers, untamed and unruly in behaviour.
We are now in the White Yang Period, accor… Read More
2022-05-17 22:51
The lion sleeps tonight, they say, but it will soon awaken. In fact, it has woken in many already and you may be one of the woken ones. This lion, like all lions, is a dangerous animal… Read More
2022-04-20 02:13
“Putin attacked Ukraine.”
“No he didn’t. Ukraine is part of Russia.”
“But the television said …”
“But the television lies… Read More
2022-03-02 10:49
The universe has a wicked sense of humour and I don’t always laugh.
I had determined to be an aspect of Love and to find Peace and Love in every moment … then a relation cha… Read More
2022-02-14 23:08
Just fingerprints on the handrail of my memoriesThe world I knew has lost its smell, it’s shapeUneasy silences, conspiracies have obscuredIt’s a landscape I knew but the grey… Read More
2022-02-11 03:24
This promises to be the most unpopular blog I’ve ever written … probably the most unpopular anyone’s ever written. However, the elephant in the room needs to be spoken… Read More
2021-12-11 00:56
Hey, BACK UP, PEOPLE, reality check – you’re not second-class citizens and you’re not being treated as one for choosing not to have a jab! Three reasons:
1. We are a… Read More
2021-11-26 03:01
If someone kills your son and you forgive him, you’re not condoning the action. You’re not saying, “It’s okay to kill my son.” That is not True Forgiveness… Read More
2021-11-24 01:22
People are baying for revenge and punishment on those who have “wronged” us. There have been threats of a modern version of the Nuremburg Trials, against all “evil&rdqu… Read More
2021-11-23 11:24
What currently looks like mayhem and anarchy is actually a return to democracy … of the people, by the people, for the people.
Okay, yes, there’s pain, confusion, anger a… Read More
2021-11-09 02:54
Yes, it was a strange time, my darlings. And not so long ago. Probably sixteen moons ago. Yes, Jonathan, not long at all. You probably won’t understand this but they thought this v… Read More
2021-10-27 08:28
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, by the Rolling Stones, was voted as the most influential song of the 20th century. A more fitting anthem for our past 2,000 years could not have been f… Read More
2021-10-23 03:21
Unimaginable crimes have been committed on millions of citizens by politicians, police, bureaucrats and those hiding behind the sliding doors of corporate and “scientific” im… Read More
2021-10-18 02:47
It looks like there’s a battle raging across the globe but it’s not … well, not in the conventional sense of a battle. There’s not one enemy over here and anothe… Read More
2021-10-15 00:25
In 2000 I went to South Africa to speak at an international AIDS conference and to co-facilitate AIDS workshops. For the first month, I stayed with Diane Lang, near Port Elizabeth, who o… Read More
2021-10-13 00:42
Orkyl Flegelmeyer was not a happy chappie and it bothered him so. Being unhappy was okay as that wasn’t new. No, it was the why, this time. He shouldn’t have been unhappy and… Read More
2021-10-06 05:05
Before me is the tabula rasa and iranis mens – empty page and empty mind – with a pen, fecund and eager. What shapes will emerge from its potent tip? What birth will be given… Read More
2021-10-01 05:38
The Doish Index seems to be in ascendance but the Moanish Index is ahead at the moment.
As the FOD[1] encroach, we have two choices … well, actually, we have three choices and… Read More
2021-09-20 03:37
Only one thing annoys a bully more than your peace and happiness … they really hate your pity.
See, when you are peaceful, it is nice to know others are peaceful but you don&rs… Read More
2021-09-13 01:12
Have you noticed that the most confident people just say NO, without excuses or reasons? Conversely, the least confident people will give you a hundred reasons why they can’t do so… Read More
2021-09-10 02:00
If there ever was a day for decisions, this is it:
Where to liveWhat to do with my lifeWhat to do about my health/kneesWhat to do about communications with my sonWhat to do about my h… Read More
2021-09-09 05:14
The Arabs say, “Believe in God but don’t forget to tie your camel up”.
Yes, we must attend to the practicals in life – feeding ourselves, protecting family and… Read More
2021-08-31 06:40
Danged if I don’t listen to my body enough! I woke with the worst knee pain I’ve ever had and, after some healing hands and oil, it was better but still niggly. I found myself by… Read More
2021-08-30 06:11
I’ve just learned a new thing: in a forest, trees communicate with each other in a very tangible way, through their roots. For example, if one part of the forest becomes depleted w… Read More
2021-08-16 02:07
He dreamed there was a better way, a softer way, a kinder way. He never stopped dreaming of it, despite his wife’s objections.
“You’re just stupid,” she said… Read More
2021-04-12 04:23
Right now, people are desperate, confused and/or frightened about the future of the planet, of our society and of themselves. It’s an insane, illogical and illicit time and charlat… Read More
2021-03-02 23:54
The word “dither” (being indecisive) comes from the Elizabethan dither-board. Like a chessboard, the dither-board had sage advice (“do nought for two days”, &ldqu… Read More
2021-01-21 09:55
This is likely to be my most unpopular post for I don’t support Trump. I don’t support Biden. I don’t support vaccine promoters. I don’t support pro-health people… Read More
2021-01-14 04:41
In the event of a nuclear war, we’re told to bend over and kiss our bums goodbye. That could be a helpful technique when blaming others for our misfortunes.
Yes, the world&rsquo… Read More
2021-01-11 23:13
When the enemy’s army marches over the hill, bearing down on us, it’s not a time to panic. It’s simply a time of change and breathing is good. Centreing is good. Return… Read More
2020-12-29 22:02
If God was a giraffe, he’d stand out. But he doesn’t so he can’t be. In fact, he can’t be any creature we know, not even ourselves, though we assert that we&rsquo… Read More
2020-12-28 13:11
If you don’t like the Christmas Grinch, you’d better stop reading for I might spoil your ascension party.
There is a difference, though: the Grinch is a grumpy old man and I&r&hell…Read More
2020-12-16 02:30
There’s been a lot of fighting lately, hasn’t there? Actually, there’s always been a lot of fighting – not sure if you’ve noticed … world wars, civil… Read More
2020-12-13 05:05
Do you ever feel like you don’t fit any of the boxes they made for you? That you slip between the keys of the Piano of Life? That the stupid stork delivered you to the wrong parent… Read More
2020-12-03 22:52
Pam wished she could lose mental weight and fit her birth name – Pamela. But, somehow, the bigger name needed a slimmer woman and so she was always Pam – the slam, bang, stum… Read More
2020-11-01 01:42
It was the end of days and the start of time. The separation was over, though many knew this not. Days were not separated by days, people were not separated by people and knowing came up… Read More
2020-10-31 05:48
Between the bones of angels and the skin of this year, runs a river, a river of red. No, it’s not of blood … or like any other river you’ve ever known.
This river f… Read More
2020-10-13 09:58
HUMING: Hello, Gawd, and how are you today?
GAWD: Oh, yes, um …
HUMING: You always have an answer to everything but you’re hesitating today.
GAWD: Yes I am … aah… Read More
2020-10-02 10:23
The current fashion is to gleefully accuse many people of pedophilia and I counsel caution.
It seems that the more famous (or infamous) someone is, the more glee we have in accusing t… Read More
2020-09-19 03:38
People have been predicting that humans will be splitting into two or three levels, paradigms, dimensions or whatever you want to call them. However, these predictions are a bit late &nd… Read More
2020-09-06 01:15
To Me or not To Me
OUT: I have a hunger, an unquenchable thirst, to make this world a better place.IN: It is a better place.OUT: But it’s terrible. There’s fear and lies a… Read More
2020-09-05 04:09
OUT: I have a hunger, an unquenchable thirst, to make this world a better place.IN: It is a better place.OUT: But it’s terrible. There’s fear and lies and corruption and abus… Read More
2020-08-18 21:10
Read the following 2 paragraphs, written in 1870, and take careful note of your feelings as you do. There is an exercise at the end of this.
No woman can be a serious thinker, without… Read More
2020-07-31 03:43
Imelda Marcos was once interviewed on New Zealand TV: “Now that you have everything – money, power, servants, yachts, holidays, palaces, shoes – what else can you want?… Read More
2020-07-29 00:17
We are standing on sacred ground; on the ground of the ancestors, of 40,000 years. We were.
This has changed. Nothing is sacred, now. Everything is owned. We are simply standing and t… Read More
2020-06-30 23:54
Do you have those days …
… they stop your pension, don’t tell you, don’t tell you why and then you spend two hours on the phone with four pension “expe… Read More
2020-06-29 20:53
A coffee, a pad, a pen … aah, what more could anyone else need?
Life has become as naked and naïve as the day I was born – so simple and clear. There is no meaning to it… Read More
2020-06-19 08:08
Yes, my mokopuna, my grandchildren, we are lucky to be living in these lighter, transparent days where we believe the truth of our hearts.
You are lucky not to have lived in those mur… Read More
2020-05-19 22:45
Once upon a time in Otherland, a stranger arrived on the shore. He said he came from Thisisitland, which they had never heard of, though they had heard of many, many different lands… Read More
2020-03-16 20:55
Which perception are you seeing the world and the virus through?
FEAR – There is a terrible virus spreading like wildfire, out of control and determined to kill millions if we d… Read More
2020-03-04 06:07
The waitress noticed Tina’s distress and bruises and asked her where she was headed. A strange look of confusion washed over Tina’s face as if she wondered how the words got… Read More
2020-02-27 01:19
If I could change the world, my sweets
I’d take it slowly, no radical feats
I wouldn’t do much, no, not for days
I’d simply stop, admire and gaze
Then… Read More
2020-01-30 04:33
They said write a story about JEALOUSY in under 500 words. My brain stumbled over itself, thought only of Humpty Dumpty and I gave up. When there’s a blockage in the plumbing, forc… Read More
2020-01-08 07:18
When we point at a stick we’ve thrown for a dog, does the dog look at the stick? No, it frustratingly looks at our finger! We are no brighter than the dog, focussing on the fires and n… Read More
2019-12-22 09:12
Nature hears not the crackle of microphones nor the static they produce
It hears but the crackle of burning trees and the fire in our hearts
Nature is blind to pictures we paint in… Read More
2019-12-11 23:16
I’m not sure if I actually feel lonely or if Loneliness is whispering her voice to my ear, just for now. Just not sure.
See, yesterday, I was going to spend the day with my frie… Read More
2019-11-22 19:56
This message was written in Kurdish and then slavishly translated into English. The English version was hand delivered by two horse riders to the U.S. command post in Kabul:
Dear Sirs… Read More
2019-10-31 20:09
The national sport for many nations is no longer on the sports field. For many, it is now Offendy.
This started in the USA where the national sport was Suendy – sueing people to… Read More
2019-10-30 21:52
These climate change protests have nothing to do with science or logic. They’re about caring.
Statistics, as you know, are a group of numbers looking for a fight. As soon as som… Read More
2019-10-05 22:48
Nature hears not the crackle of microphones nor the static they produce
It hears just the crackle of burning trees
and the fire in our hearts
Nature is blind to pictures we paint i… Read More
2019-07-19 08:49
Where the wind meets the sun, in a flat-sea
horizon, there flies the majestic moddle hawk. They are not rare, these moddle
hawks, but they’re seldom seen.
The few who have seen… Read More
2019-05-24 22:22
I wasn’t paying attention. No, not really.
Just taking one day at a time, alternatively planning and worrying about the
next step. Then giving up and just living. Just doing it… Read More
2019-04-19 01:04
“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry,” she said
between convulsions of laughter, trying to hold retain professional pose. I
kept assuring her it was okay and the laughter gra… Read More
2019-04-12 02:33
The question was, “What is the meaning of
life?” The answer to the question is not 42. The answer is 0. The answer is
zero. Nada. Zilch. Not anything. Nothing.
Life has no… Read More
2019-04-10 22:54
“It’s like a conversation with bodies,” Mabel
explained when I asked her how she planned and remembered the full sequence of
a yoga session. “I have practised it, ove… Read More
2019-04-05 01:01
“You need to move out of your comfort
zone,” he said and I wondered why. “Because you can’t just stay where you are.”
I wondered again. “Well, what’… Read More
2019-04-01 22:10
“If I ever wake up without pain, I know I’m dead,” he said, laughing at his joke. We all smiled and chuckled along but Mark, a fit sixty-year-old, hit a nerve for we either… Read More
2019-03-28 01:16
“At this point you may feel a need to move,”
she said as we ‘stood’ in shoulder stand, back of heads and shoulders on the
yoga mat, body and feet reaching for the sky… Read More
2019-03-19 23:00
“My mind is a mountain,” she said as we lay
on our yoga mats, our bottom halves twisted to the left, our tops to the right.
All these human corkscrews at a point of tension… Read More
2019-03-06 22:38
“Let us be in the seat of the learner,” Mabel,
the yoga teacher, said as we sat cross-legged on our yoga mats, at the
beginning of the session. Let us be in this moment as if it… Read More
2019-03-05 23:02
Some people with my knee problems – with
Arthur Rightis and no cartilage – are choosing to have others invade their
bodies with knives, electric drills, electric saws, needles an… Read More
2019-03-01 01:23
“Let gravity do the work,” she said as we stretched out in pigeon pose (eka pada rakapotasana), one leg back, the other tucked sideways under our tummies and hands and forehe… Read More
2019-02-16 23:49
The stories we tell ourselves … Oh, my, the stories we tell! And they’re all true! Every one of them!
Some believe they’re a cat. Some say Halie
Selassie is God, some s… Read More
2019-02-16 22:35
This
pregnant moment is unique. And so is this one. And this one too.
We know
this but don’t actually believe it. If we did we’d worry a lot less.
A stranger
gives us a… Read More
2019-01-25 00:32
The universe is a bungee cord that will
stretch and stretch and won’t let go … till, one unexpected moment when we
least expect it. TWANG! It snaps!
We’re free. We&rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-01-01 01:02
The world is on the brink of massive change
… again. The world is always on the precipice of annihilation or the dawning of
a beautiful age. We’re always about to bequeath a… Read More
2018-12-25 00:22
King William, Queen Catherine and I took
our drinks to the withdrawing room of their palace to watch the Christmas Eve
fireworks over Lake Burley Griffin, for a moment of peace and remin… Read More
2018-11-25 23:42
Have you ever noticed that aeroplanes don’t always take off in the direction they want to go? They need a head-wind to give them lift and so they head off into the wind, get up in… Read More
2018-10-18 20:20
The problem with the world is that it isn’t.
THE WORLD doesn’t exist. A WORLD doesn’t exist.
There’s your world and my world; her world and his world. Our worlds seem… Read More
2018-10-09 20:20
The problem with your problems is that they’re not big enough.
You see, we spend our lives trying to have a smaller number or size of problems – avoiding them, eliminating them o… Read More
2018-10-01 20:47
The MAD problem with problems is that we think that problems shouldn’t be. We spend our lives trying to rid ourselves of problems – avoiding them, reducing them, eliminating them… Read More
2018-08-17 05:36
As the snake crawled out of the rain and into the carpenter’s shed, the hand-saw, lying on the bench, bit him, drawing blood. Acting on his primordial impulses, the snake retaliated. H… Read More
2018-08-07 23:44
The door was locked but my fist was not. Nor was my anger. I bloodied my knuckles on the solid door I’d erected to keep out the worst of intruders.
She’d had enough. I got that… Read More
2018-05-01 06:37
I know you’re supposed to just, like, send Valentines to the one you’re married to. Pretend you’ve got the secret hots for them and all that, when it’s not a secret a… Read More
2018-03-23 01:11
Tony Abbott (ex-Prime Minister) and Barnaby Joyce (Deputy Prime Minister) and a slew of other politicians were caught up in the citizenship controversy recently, in Australia. Twelve of them… Read More
2018-02-20 07:19
I was last in an operating theatre 58 years ago for the removal of my tonsils. It was not a space I was accustomed to.
I woke from my appendectomy operation – taking out my burst, gang… Read More
2018-02-13 06:33
The God I’ve built is not one with eyes, ears, judgement or kindness. This god is not even a He. Or a She. Or an It. This God is a process, a system.
It’s at this point you could… Read More
2018-02-07 06:12
God takes no prisoners for he has no prisons. We build our prisons and wonder where he left the key.
The key is choosing acceptance. Choosing gratitude. Choosing forgiveness. Choosing peace… Read More
2018-02-03 08:26
My, how we siphon down our patents’ pain into our own lives! Distilling, condensing and concentrating it. We don’t take their real pain which was mingled with joy, peace, despair… Read More
2018-01-09 03:01
Do you want more or less control over your life? You may not have a choice.
Do things happen in threes for you? They do for me … well, maybe I believe they do so they do. I’m no… Read More
2017-12-08 02:05
Some are worried about the political disruption and fragility today, a disruption and fragility that will continue till we no longer have a need of politicians. This is heartening, not worri… Read More
2017-12-05 20:56
This image was posted on Facebook and many fear the rise of another commercial bubble that’s about to burst. The emperor has no clothes, one said. This is not, however, a passing pheno… Read More
2017-10-28 03:03
On Friday (27/10/17) Nadia told me about a guy who makes a living from making Youtube videos of himself, bouncing on trampolines. My mind suddenly exploded with the multitudinous ways we cou… Read More
2017-10-17 06:42
I needed silence, stillness and the Clarity of God so I took myself off to the Anglican church round the corner. Despite the flashing lights on the scaffolding that the men were working from… Read More
2017-10-14 23:20
The topic from Ipswich Writers, Queensland, was a story about thunder, a magnet and smiles. Here’s my contribution …
Got me bung leg in the war, see. Well, actually, got me leg… Read More
2017-10-07 07:57
A book is inspired while digging my driveway
Sitting in the cool comfort of an air-conditioned café in Brisbane, I recalled a different situation two days ago – a much more str… Read More
2017-09-05 23:54
I had a hulm, a dream, that came in a whoosh, all solid, bright and happily frenetic. It kept me engrossed for a lengthy time and foretold of many great and wondrous things. Then it was gone… Read More
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