Blasphemy and Laughing in the Face of Adversity
I’ve just returned from India clowning in orphanages, destitute women’s shelters, deaf children, HIV children, leprosy communities, mentally disturbed patients, hospitals, bonded labour homes and schools amongst many other disadvantaged groups. Our goal, as a group of clowns, was to bring love and laughter to people suffering and isolated. For myself, I only saw their… Continue reading
What is True Forgiveness?
http://www.wayofmastery.com/media/extracts/extracts_woth/3142.html
Understanding these things, then, let us look more closely at forgiveness. How does it work? What really occurs when you forgive? You are a conduit of energy. To the degree that the conduit is in perfect working order, the energy can flow so radiantly that the conduit actually becomes transparent. That is, it no… Continue reading
McNamara: Lessons from War and Peace Perspectives
Robert McNamara in the previous blog featured in a documentary called the Fog of War depicting his recollections of pivotal wars in US history. It appears to me to be an honest account and retrospectively drawing upon his own lessons that he learned from mistakes. I feel from his experience he is… Continue reading
Peace: Forgive Those Who Persecute You
I have a conflict with a family member. I personally had no argument but something I said triggered anger in the other. The other has a background of anger and I realised that understanding the root of the anger for this person is key. I spoke the truth gently but it was not… Continue reading
Live To Your Greatest Potential
No-one is greater or lesser than anyone else. Some have seen their beauty others have denied it. Some have thought it is in physical beauty others have understood it in kind acts. Some feel the love, others wall off afraid of being hurt or unworthy of such wonder. Yet when you forgive the hurts in… Continue reading
Desmond Tutu: Forgiveness Reconnects Humanity
http://www.theelders.org/article/forgiveness
I am a passionate believer in Ubuntu, an African philosophy that says my humanity is bound up in yours. Ubuntu tells us: I need you in order to be me.
So my humanity, my very being, is bound up in Jo’s, in Pat’s and in Mary’s – all of us are still living our… Continue reading