Spiritually Speaking

“Are you looking forward to starting school in September?” A 10-year old I know well answered the familiar question with, “Oh yes! I can’t wait to get back!” This was quite different from my answer at that age, which would have been, “No, not yet!” S

Phillip Hockley loves the idea of God as universal. He enjoys thinking of humanity as one loving brotherhood, walking up the slopes of the same mountain hand in hand with seekers from other customs and cultures.

“God is Love. More than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go.” wrote Mary Baker Eddy in 1875.

On July 23 CBC reported the death of Michael Stone, a renowned Buddhist teacher, yoga instructor, author, and activist who died in Victoria on July 16.

Mindfulness. The starting point of Zen meditation practice. Becoming aware that we are very rarely actually present in the moments of our lives. For a few moments, perhaps while hiking in the woods, we may pay attention.

Theological controversies about the nature of God rarely make the news but Gretta Vosper is a United Church minister whose avowed atheism has been media fodder in recent years.

Monday morning, two days before payday – pensions, assistance and disability allowances come but once a month. Fuses are as short as cash. The mounting overdose deaths add a layer of pain as dry as dust in the courtyard at Our Place.

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.

“I love deadlines,” said the late author and humorist Douglas Adams, “I love the wooshing sound they make as they go by.

In my previous article, I explained the teaching from Hindu Scriptures that Dharma – righteous conduct – was most important above all else.