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Schools of Connection
To continue our discussion about schools my daughter has now started at her new school and she has some complaints about it, and it doesn’t seem to be very forward thinking or creative, but what is really interesting is the things that she says are good. They are not about what they are taught in…
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Schools should be streamed, but not by ability
Today I took my daughter to her new school. It was not a very encouraging experience. We spent a long time listening to speeches and explanations that we could not understand (our portuguese is still not that good) and then she was taken away to do activities that were supposed to be fun, but she…
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Why I still use the ‘N’ Word
Apparently we should never use the ‘N’ word in any circumstance. It is offensive and should not be allowed to be spoken because that is racism. Let me clarify what I am talking about, the word is ‘Nigger’ Nigger Nigger Nigger Are you offended yet? Now I must clarify that I would not in ordinary…
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The Downwards Journey
There is a concept that the greatest journey you can make is from your head into your heart. It is a nice thought, but inaccurate. The first confusion here is between centring yourself in a particular centre, and opening a particular centre. The heart should be open, and flowing with the pure love and light…
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Universal Harmony
Likely you have heard of Chi, Vital force, Orgone Energy, Prana, or whatever you like to call it. Star Wars fans will call it ‘The Force’ – and that is as good a description as any. This is an energy that is as yet not measured by scientific machinery, but the mystics, and healers, and…
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Selfishness, Selflessness and Self-fullness
Obviously selfishness causes all kinds of problems in ourselves and society and the world. It is a kind of love, but a very limited kind of love that can be cruel to others because its compassion is limited to only the self. Most of us are not purely selfish – that dubious honour is reserved…
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Love in it many forms
I once was looking for good words to describe love in more subtlety than we tend to do in English – to try to express the different types of love – the love of a mother is different to the loyal love that a dog will express to you, and the love for your romantic…
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Triple Connection
We aim for connectedness – which is perhaps a better way of saying love – not the I love you, but the ‘we are connected’ however there are a lot of different types of connections, and ways of being disconnected. It is easy to see people who are lacking in connection to others – they…
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Self Realisation and Self Actualisation
Self realisation is not the end of the journey. You discover yourself, and your deep inner nature, you find the joy of connection with all things, you feel a sense of constant peace – then what? Is that as far as it goes? Do you just sit and meditate for the rest of your life?…
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The Layers of the Mind
Throughout the world in all the spiritual traditions, and even in modern psychology the same understanding about the layers of the mind pops up again and again. It is described in different ways, and in different contexts, but the essence of it is always the same. In yoga they are called the layers of the…
Alexander McDonell
The Centre is the Key
Alexander McDonell 