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Returning to the Monastery of the Heart

As I write this, the world is reeling in the face of COVID-19. Here in the UK, on Monday the PM began the process of lock down, stressing the need for social distancing. Yesterday the Archbishops of Canterbury and York… Continue Reading …

Beginning again… and again

During my time at Tassajara Zen Monastery in my twenties, I remember hearing a quote by its founder, Shunryu Suzuki. Now that I am in midlife, naturally I can’t remember it fully! But it was something along the lines of…… Continue Reading …

Change and Challenge

It’s been almost eighteen months since I last wrote a journal post, which is the first time in almost ten years that I haven’t managed at least one post in a year. That says everything really, about the level of… Continue Reading …

Latest News from the Lettuce Liberation League

Since I last wrote, the seasons of the spirit have moved from the new beginnings of spring, through a beautiful sunny summer and now into the mysteries of autumn. As ever there’s also been much change here in my Hunters Moon… Continue Reading …

Advent 2015 and beyond…

Before and After Advent 2015 I feel it’s almost time to make a new relationship to journaling, after a few years of really not managing to write much in this journal, due to being so busy writing elsewhere. Advent 2015… Continue Reading …

New Beginnings

With summer’s end and as a new celtic year approached at Samhain and All Hallows, seed ideas harvested during the summer began to take form in the autumn soil of Living Spirit. Also, having supervised Beth through her Masters at… Continue Reading …

Summer Wanderings

Summer is a natural time for wandering and wondering and this summer I’ve been reconnecting with the ancient Celtic spiritual practice of peregrinatio, following inner prompting and journeying pro amore Christi, drawn by a deeper love into the mysterious pathways of inner… Continue Reading …

And almost another year

It’s now just after Easter 2014, so I have managed to return to my Living Spirit journal in under a year. This is progress on last year, though not as much as I’d hoped! I am sure I am not… Continue Reading …

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