Month: January 2025

A Retreat from the world

This is going to be a prelude to one heck of a big entry so  In the words of Uncle Mac, the great presenter over children's BBC programs many decades ago, 'are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin'. This morning while listening to Angela Hallett playing Chopin in Radio Three  I realised that the organiser had put so much love and caring into this event, almost guaranteeing, though that is a...

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No not Nelson Mandela but a Mandala

This is a mandala created by Françoise my partner who loves doing such things as a therapy but probably because for its own sake. The purpose of a mandala is to help transform ordinary minds into enlightened ones. This discipline is associated with Hindu and Buddhist cultures and are believed to represent different aspects of the universe and are used as Instruments of meditation and symbols of...

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Fentanyl kills more than car accidents in NYC

OK so its 05:36 and after a coffee and wonderful bread, off to videoland and a film via Nexus Newsfeed : Fentanyl: The Drug's Toll on Users, First responders and the law.  2Mg can kill you! NB It stops or inhibits your breathing. Said one of the *workers, an ex-drug user now clean for 20 years and al;thought it is damaging it is addictive especially when mixed with cocaine. " I learn how to not...

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Am I on a Desert Island?

I have occasional chats with my friend who's busy writing a book on the effect of the soul on the body from the analytical and scientific viewpoint but of course the cell cannot be adequately contained under the remit of science and the way the word is used. Friend : Many people present themselves to us during the course of a day. The problem is we don't have the entire background story of the...

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Starting the day early

Coffee and some lovely home cooked bread which is so delicious you even don't need butter. Time to catch up on a couple of videos . The more I do it, the more I realize that I am at my best on waking. It is peaceful outside. I don't say 'quiet'. Pace is a positive quality, quiet is the absence of noise. The Soul Before Birth: A documentary on pre-birth memories Following the widespread sharing...

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Writing a book, article or diary entry from a standing start.

If we carried all our knowledge in our conscious mind, the burden would be too great and we would become unstable. The majority of what we know is in our subconscious mind or let us say our internal filing system. The problem is that due to lack of high quality conversations, people scarcely note our existence never mind take an interest in what we think. We are hard wired to communicate with...

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