by FinoliaDawnetta | Jun 15, 2020 | Spirituality + Philosophy
The now dominant evolutionary views about human origins and antiquity report humans like ourselves to have existed for only about 100,000 or 200,000 years, preceded only by more primitive human ancestors. This is what most of us accept as scientific ‘fact’, isn’t it?...
by FinoliaDawnetta | Jun 15, 2020 | Spirituality + Philosophy
I was recently introduced to the concept of Archetypes – patterns of behaviour which can be described as our soul’s blueprint. There are 12 archetypes which can occur in any combination in each of us, and this combination can change throughout our lives and even...
by FinoliaDawnetta | Sep 29, 2019 | Spirituality + Philosophy
Metta (or loving kindness) is a fundamental Buddhist virtue that we would all do well to practice, regardless of our religion. Metta is a genuine compassion directed towards other people with the intention of surrounding them with loving kindness. Metta meditation...
by FinoliaDawnetta | Sep 28, 2019 | Spirituality + Philosophy
A smile costs nothing, but it really can make such a difference to a person. Consider doctors mumbling amongst themselves at the foot of a patient’s bed before moving on with their ward round without so much as a greeting or friendly smile, let alone praise or...
by FinoliaDawnetta | Sep 28, 2019 | Spirituality + Philosophy
Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ beautifully conveys a powerful sense of the equanimity that yogis strive for: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make...
by FinoliaDawnetta | Sep 28, 2019 | Spirituality + Philosophy
What would your ‘wishes for the world’ be? Have you given it any thought, my friends? My ‘wishes for the world’ can be summed up very simply in just one word – love. If we all acted only out of pure love for all other beings and the world itself… oh, what a different...
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