When we take a close look at our most inherent needs we discover that, other than food and shelter, our most common need is love – to love and be loved. We only have to look at our hopes and fears for confirmation of this. Just scratch the surface of our beings and we find one of our biggest – the fear being alone. This runs not just at the surface of our humanness, but…

We live in a fast-paced world and we all know that this can have detrimental effects on our health and well-being. Stress and illness can result if we allow ourselves to be swept along with the frenzy of life. But it doesn’t have to be this way! Leisure is still one of the most vital factors for a life of healthy well-being. One of my favourite regular activities is to take a walk along the…

At the heart of all I share is this one constant truth - that there really IS only one Self - the one life - and that each of us is an aspect of this one.However, according to most peoples experience, and at the most immediatelevel, there is an apparent struggle to recognise the relevance of each‘individual’. I have also stated that liberation and/or awakening is not about an isolated individual or for the individuals…

Faced with a rapidly changing world it is not unusual that many seekers still get stuck on the big things: the challenges we face personally, the goals that appear unattainable, the critical state of the world – so much needs to be done. As a consequence, I am used to seeing many seekers caught in a trap of their own mind’s defeat. This is a natural outcome when the mind spends so much time thinking…

Everything in the universe, by its own nature is truth. It is as it is. How simple and peaceful life can really be when we comprehend this. Yet the human nature seems to want so much to define and make concrete concepts of what is ‘true’ or ‘false’. This is at the core of dualistic perception and is the basis for a great amount of our conflicts. As such we live in a world of…