The spiritual path can be a lonely one. At times it will lead you away from old friends and make you question long-term relationships. It was perhaps this realisation of being alone that inspired the idea of the gathering and eventually the church, a place where like-minded souls could meet. I had two reminders of …
It’s been a week of packing and unpacking as we move offices. Things that I thought were lost—such as part of my driving licence—have been found, and papers that inexplicably I’d saved have been thrown away. I also uncovered some very early notes and jottings I’d made as I was working though the ideas that …
Science is one of the great triumphs of modern times. It has given us so many luxuries and benefits—and a few problems, too—but some of its over-zealous advocates go further and argue that science is synonymous with truth, and is its only expression. This way of thinking—which fails to appreciate the modest ambitions of the …
Every religion has the concept of karma, or ‘reap as you sow’ as Christianity puts it. The idea suggests that we shape our future by our actions today, but I think it is far more subtle-and interesting-than that. At its heart, the idea supposes that we are actualised beings who make decisions and take action. …
We want to be happy, we want to be successful, we want to be fulfilled—perhaps we want to be rich. But while we want all those things, and possibly other things too, few of us stop for a moment to wonder what this entity is that has the desires. For most of us, it’s self-evident: …
