KAIROS HADITHThere is no substitute for ‘doing’. Refining old skills and developing new ones can only be achieved through work. Trust in the quality of the work and allow it space to speak for itself. Go. Do.
Most will never notice, The path through the grounds at Dartington Hall will take you on a spiritual journey through life. The only clue is in the sign at the beginning. I have walked through the grounds of Dartington Hall many times. I walked past the sign so many times. Now that I have read ‘The mythologies […]
When I was younger I used to play Tetrison a black and white computer screen.It was a Russian gameWith backgrounds of scenes from an industrialised futureUsually at night:Power stationsRocket launch padsSkylines of skyscrapersTower lights, crane lights, power cables, ventilation pipes and moreIt was dream likeBut manufactured.Even as a eight year old boy in the early […]
I came last in the race by eight seconds. And I was so disappointed. That’s not so bad, you said. We sat down and with our fingers we counted those eight seconds together. That helped me. I’ve had a lot of success since then. Twenty five years later I wanted to give up near the […]
Looking down the long straight street ahead Terraced houses, some with windows lit up. They look like Chinese lanterns floating through the winter night.
These floorboards are my bed tonight. I oiled them some years ago. An Indian rug on the wooden boards, a wood stove in the corner. Warmth.
The setting of the sun Don’t go The days are becoming shorter Stay bright This warmth is limited Keep me warm Don’t go, stay bright I like how it is Don’t go, stay bright Things are going well Keep going, stay light I will miss you So stay with me I’ll worship you with my […]
A dream: We reached the top of the spiralling staircase and we approached a door. The estate agent was young. He said the apartment was a ‘half-height’. The apartment was split into two vertically, and so was the door. We unlocked and opened the top half of the door. I lifted myself up and into the […]
Sipping my tea carefully, I speak. Speaking to someone who speaks like me. A good friend, he’s now become and some years ago he took this same path _____(at the same stage as me). We shared some stories, and I heard his advice. But he won’t share much more unless it’s worth its while _____(Or […]
All the memories and events that happened in past lives Before me, before I lived but they live on in dreams. The lives that were lived by generations of my men – Toiling, sweating, bleeding through hardship, pleasure and war. And I too am living through events: I am chased by and chasing emotions, all […]
Through a low winding passage way, Under beam after beam you enter a round abode, mud-warm red walls with books, shelves, herbs a smell of a wood burning stove, sage lit with thick white oily smoke flowing upwards. Stood near the centre, he takes your hand, holds it, checks your pulse with his soft white […]