Stevie Wonder’s songs are not just songs; they are wisdom poems, meditations, and a call to action. His music and lyrics help me to face my fears – Superstition ain’t the way. His song As describes unconditional love perfectly – Did you know that true love asks for nothing / Her acceptance is the way we pay. When I listen to a Stevie Wonder song, I am inspired to be more of the person I want to be. Stevie Wonder is my life coach!
My family and I have been coming to Findhorn for many years now, but this year we spent our first Easter here. Findhorn offers a perfect setting for taking a deep exhale, for sanctuary and for renewal. We’ve spent Holy Week playing on the big wide beaches, meandering through the pine forests (looking out for fairies and nature spirits), and having nurturing soul conversations, with friends and family, about what is most sacred and true.
I would like to share some Easter meditations that are most personal and current for me.
This May, I am a guest on the St. Francis Heart Full of Love pilgrimage to Assisi, hosted by Dancing Spirit Tours. On the pilgrimage, I will give a 3-day Love & Enneagram retreat, which features the work of St. Francis, Rumi, Tagore, and other great mystics and saints.
Saint Francis is knocking on my door. He’s everywhere I am. He appears on my Facebook page, he’s quoted in articles I’m sent, my daughter Bo is learning about him at school, and he constantly pops into my mind throughout the day. I imagine it has something to do with my excitement about the St. Francis tour. In my experience,
a pilgrimage begins the moment you say yes to it, even before you Continue Reading
As we enjoy the company of friends, co-workers, or family at holiday events this season, it’s a chance for us to put down our shopping bags, halt the mad rush, eat a mince pie (or two) and consider the real purpose of Christmas.
The Light in You
A Course in Miracles says, “The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness. See it not outside yourself, but shining in the Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come.” This star is not Venus, nor is it a sun from a far-off galaxy; rather, it refers to the light of your original nature. This light is not of this world. It does flicker, and it can never go out. “The truth in you remains as radiant as a star, as pure as light, as innocent as love itself,” teaches the Course. Continue Reading
On the recent Holy Land Tour, organised by Ibis Kaba, her Life Journeys team and Hay House, we visited the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount. Here, I gave a talk on a mystical interpretation of the eight beatitudes Jesus gave to us. In a recent blog post, I covered the first four beatitudes, and now I will look at the last four.
In Jesus’s time, Mosaic Law, as delivered in the Ten Commandments, and John the Baptist’s teachings too, emphasized the importance of what to do or not to do. The teachings were literal. They were about right-doing and wrong-doing. In the beatitudes, Jesus encouraged the multitudes to focus on being and not just doing. He asked us to think more deeply about our true identity, our relationship to the divine, and who we have come to be. Continue Reading
St. Francis is my Patron Saint of Gratitude. He made praise and thanksgiving his daily spiritual practice. Gratitude was his spiritual path.
St Francis’s Canticle of the Sun is a prayer, spiritual song and poem all-in-one. It’s beautifully lyrical, full of high teaching, and it offers a powerful meditation on gratitude. Here is a version of the prayer, translated from the original Umbrian, and below that are some musings by me on the joy of gratitude.