Category Archives: Articles
Contemplation in a World of Action.
“In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not … Continue reading
In the midst of something living
The wish to possess all under heaven and control it I see this has no end Because all under Heaven is the Numinous vessel It cannot be controlled Those who try spoil it Those who grasp lose it- Tao Te … Continue reading
A Sacramental Culture
Only long hours of silence can lead us to our language, only long miles of strangeness can lead us to our home. Kenneth White Dark and cold we may be, but this is no winter now. The frozen misery of century’s breaks, … Continue reading
The Great Stopping
What we call the beginning is often the end and to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from-TS Elliot Suppose for a moment that it was true; something I heard a First … Continue reading
Rainforest Reflections: Reaching the End of the Runway
On January 1st 2020 I will stop using air travel as a means of getting around for either work or pleasure. I will start with the obvious reason for that decision but I want to move onto something that is … Continue reading
Wisdom and Education
This Creation, the whole changeful natural order with all its apparent collisions, cruelties and waste yet springs from an ardour, an immeasurable love, a perpetual donation, which generates it, upholds it, drives it. We live in a world produced not … Continue reading
Eyes to acres: On Person and Community
The first purpose of organisational life is to support human flourishing. To flourish or thrive is a natural consequence of any living thing that is able to grow and develop in conditions appropriate to it. Good crops are the natural … Continue reading
Limited creatures in a limited world
Weave real connections, create real nodes, build real houses. Live a life you can endure: Marge Piercy When you do something useful things can happen. Usefulness is one of the great currents that sustains and builds communities and that … Continue reading
The Work of Peace
Far out in space there is a remarkable song of the earth. I was reminded of it a few days ago when I flew back into London from India. At Heathrow arrivals there is a large billboard carrying a picture … Continue reading
Ignite or be gone Poetry, shamanism, love and a world of action
I have been sitting in my room this morning in candlelight. The first light has come into the sky now and the candle sends shadows flickering about the room suggesting shapes, forms, ideas, playing with time and space, moving my … Continue reading