The White Parasol

A bit of my journey. It was a long journey, within the context of Christianity, that I began thinking about “what about everyone else in the world?”.  Indeed, what if the apparent exclusivity of “Christianity” was actually contrary to its own teachings? I did become a baptised Catholic, as an adult and from no particular [...]

Strange Yorkshire saying is this one.  I have thought about it, or pondered it, a great deal.  Seems to me that it is like this: Well, you know what thought did don’t you? No. Followed a mud-cart and thought it was a wedding! If we see “thought” and “do” representing the ego, psyche or shadow [...]

Sounds a bit odd for a bit of spiritual development doesn’t it? Violence as a word means: “physical force used to inflict injury or damage,” from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. violence, from L. violentia “vehemence, impetuosity,” from violentus “vehement, forcible,” probably related to violare. Weakened sense of “improper treatment” is attested from 1596. (© 2001 Douglas [...]

I was having a chat with someone the other night on gmail pop-up and she mentioned something being about a figment of our imagination. As in, do we exist at all or are we just a figment of our own imaginations? Then I wrote that perhaps that is what the fig-leaf means in the Garden [...]