Building Bridges

The world is in crisis and we are collectively going through ‘a dark night of the soul’.   As we become increasingly aware of the many ways that we’ve gone wrong, waves of collective grief and sorrow rise to the surface.  Observing our fractured world, we question how it will be possible to build the bridges that can heal the deep divisions all around us.  We are realising that it is imperative to learn very different modes of thought and behaviour.

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The Gift

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.  We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Albert Einstein

When we meditate, we bring ourselves a gift.  Life brings up many questions and all of the answers to the questions lie within ourselves.  First of all, we need to be willing to stop and to turn within.   Then we can learn to look, listen, and trust.  The word trust comes from the Old Norse ‘traust’, which held the meaning of ‘strong’.

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