When the women’s movement spoke up for the value of women it rebelled against the traditional gender stereotypes and proclaimed equality between the sexes. It quite rightly opposed any idea of male superiority and female subservience. However this idea of equality has also led to a minimising and even denial of any basic differences between the sexes.
With advances in brain scanning equipment, neuroscience can now observe human consciousness — seeing what the brain is doing when the person is aware of remembering, imagining, feeling, thinking and even making choices. Before the invention of this technology, it had been well known that when a brain is damaged, then the mind doesn’t work so … Continue reading Consciousness – Can science explain it?
If everyone was a millionaire the world would grind to a halt. Why tend the fields, to grow the crops, to feed the people, when I have all that money. Why dig the coal, to light fire, to bake the bread, when I have all that money. Why pick the cotton, to weave the cloth, … Continue reading A World Full of Millionaires
Mary had reached the end of her earthly life. As the cord was cut she awoke to find herself in a brilliantly lit room and by her side was a suitcase. Looking at the suitcase Mary was hesitant because this was no ordinary suitcase. It was full of thoughts, deeds, actions and motives, spanning all of … Continue reading Mary’s Suitcase
A lot of us have grown careless in what we say. “It wasn’t my fault we lost the game, I didn’t hear the whistle.” or “I was pushed over and my foot hurt.” Who has never made up an excuse to stop feeling embarrassed? This covering up may seem harmless enough but over time a … Continue reading Honesty – Is it really the best policy?
Brian Moore the former English rugby international player sees something of discontent in himself. What he wanted was success. And he pushed himself really hard over and over again to do well. He now recognises that whether it be in sport, business or whatever field you are in, if you are too driven you can … Continue reading Discontent – Why do I have this?
How often do we (in Britain) take the simplest things in life for granted. After a good night’s sleep in a warm bed, we get up, turn on the tap. There is water to make a cup of tea, hot water to have a bath or shower, food in the cupboard if we wish to … Continue reading Counting our Blessings
It has been suggested that the Australian Aborigine is primitive and uneducated; an animist who uses ritual to win the favour of the spirits controlling food, shelter, and fertility and to ward off malevolent spirits. Despite what sounds to the western mind as believing in superstition, these semi-nomads have shown enormous intelligence by hunting and foraging for food, and thus surviving, in extreme conditions of the arid bush-land and desert wastes for over 30,000 years.
And so the question arises whether there is anything of value in their way of life which can benefit us all today?
Society says we are supposed to grieve when someone dies but it is not always the case. I was with my grandmother the day before she died at the age of 89, but my experience was a wonderful one. It was as though the veil between worlds had been lifted and I was privileged to … Continue reading The Passing
According one theory, angel guardians connect with you and influence your thinking. This fascinating brief video (produced by spiritualwisdom.org.uk) shows how this might happen in the ordinary circumstances of our everday lives.