Reflections...
Essays on purpose, perspective and presence — written to help you see your own power more clearly.
Against False Alarms!
We are living through rough times. Many things are changing and many of us may even be wondering if we can ever cope with these changes. Please take it from me,
We created (even God) in our own image!
The question of who we are is the most primary of all that a human being has ever asked. This is because it enquires about the nature of the very self that is a
Trust Your Truth
When someone goes through some hard times or aspires for a goal so big that it makes them doubt whether they have what it takes to achieve it, we tend to encour
Nothing is Fated
Someone receives some bad news, and with a mixed air of validation and defeat, they narrate a story about something they had experienced earlier on that day, or
Jealousy – An Inferiority Complex
People are very deep, complicated and have unlimited needs. The unlimited needs are what causes each person to create many relationships with different people,
The Limits of Respect
Everyone wants some respect, from housewives through spiritual teachers right to the heads of states and many within their nations. The benefits then impel us t
We are All LGBT – Straight and Questioning
At a basic level, to be human is to be a non-physical mind that collaborates with a physical body in order to find happiness in ways that are both non-physical
Why we like money SO MUCH – “The Root of All Evil”
The biggest lie ever to be told to any person, is that they do not already have whatever means they need by which to be happy in life. This is to be told that t
The Bluer Planet – Climate Change
We call our Earth the blue planet because viewed from space, it is mostly blue with hues of white clouds, brown and green continents and great swathes of deep b
We Are God
God is not a man, although a man is a part of God. God is not an idea, even though any idea is an idea of God. God is not anything in particular, because any pa
Trust In Love
Think of two people who have never met before. They do not know each other at all. Each of them is on an individual pursuit of happiness as the primary purpose
-The Problem is +The Solution
It is very late on a Tuesday night. Traces of the weekend location vibe are hovering somewhere near zero – at least until Sheila’s day in two days’
Tolerating the House Fly
It wants food, whether neglected or discarded, or freshly cooked and about to be eaten. No one knows why grime is so appealing to its wellbeing. Unlike our dogs
Our True Identity – Who We Are
The mystery of life It was a Thursday, the 18th of July, 1918; somewhere in the eastern Cape, in a small village called Mvezo, when a little boy was born. He wo
Good Health – Trust Yourself
Covid-19 As I write this blog, just over 2.2 million people have lost their lives because of the novel Corona virus. Ever since it was discovered in 2019, over
Release yourself – You are more than any situation
“We hold the hope that no condition is permanent”. These are words from a song by South Africa’s world acclaimed singer and songwriter, Sibong
Purpose!
I recently watched one of those theosophical doccies on Netflix, presented by Morgan Freeman. It was one of those deep, thought-provoking and bare-knuckle enqui
PRAY – IN TRUTH and IN SPIRIT
Why do we pray? We pray when we find ourselves in life situations where we believe we cannot – by ourselves – achieve the happiness we are hoping for. We believ
Why Do People Die (Revision 1)
“God willing, should we wake up alive tomorrow, we would do this or that…”. This statement is only one of the many others that we use to conce
Why Do People Die (Revision 2)
The most important thing about any decision we make in life, even more important than realising what we are deciding on, is the fact that we could change our mi
I(we)llness
Just recently at the beginning of Spring, I decided to go out for an evening walk around the area where I stay. I am well aware that having lived in it for a nu
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