The Great Login

July 27, 2024

Religions meet where they take their source in God’, wrote Pope John Paul II. The truth of his statement was seen at a retreat earlier this month in the UK for religious and spiritual leaders. Thirty participants, including representatives of the Hindu, Islamic, Sikh, Christian, Jewish and Buddhist faiths, came...

Transform your inner critic

July 6, 2024

Most of us have an inner critic. It is the voice inside that tells us we are inadequate. It compares us with others, and sometimes even abuses us, saying we are idiots. It makes us feel useless. It often holds us back, rather than encouraging us. It can bring about...

The currency of kindness

January 13, 2024

Working for many years as a writer on science and medicine, I have come to understand that life exists in a matrix of positive energy. This supports us, quite magically, when we align ourselves with it through our own good wishes and pure feelings. It is as if we tune...

A conversation with an old friend — anger

December 16, 2023

We all know anger causes a lot of harm. It can prevent us from understanding the reality of a situation, ruin the health of a persistently angry person, and cause hurt to others. And yet it does come up in many of us from time to time. Why is this?...

AI: How concerned should we be?

December 2, 2023

Advances in Artificial Intelligence have brought the equivalent of a gold rush in the information technology industry, leading to hopes of great improvements in our lives, but also fears of imminent disaster. Many are concerned that the machines could threaten humanity’s future by developing a will of their own, turning...

Calling all angels

April 28, 2023

Have people given up believing in angels? They are remembered as helping humanity at times of great need, and the world could not be in greater need right now. So where are they? It is easy to be sceptical. Coming from a science background, there was no greater sceptic than...

Shiva: The Benefactor of All

February 18, 2023

India’s unique privilege is that deep within that ancient culture lies a precious memory of Shiva, the dimensionless Source from which a pure, renewing light of truth emerges.Other cultures are sustained through powerful religious teachings, but Bharat alone remembers Shivratri, or Shiv Jayanti, the time when the Supreme Soul comes...

The unhelpful habit of being judgemental

December 24, 2022

Passing judgement on others sometimes seems like a national or global pastime. It takes very little for a conversation to turn to criticism of someone or another. Even given that people appear to be behaving in ever more outlandish ways, this habit of judging and criticising helps no-one, and must...

Living and dying without fear

November 26, 2022

As most people in the world know, the Queen of England died a short while ago. Part of her exemplary life, among many other qualities, was that she approached events and people with calm and compassion. It is difficult to imagine that death held any fear for her. Speaking to...

How can I regain true self-respect?

May 21, 2022

It is quite a revelation when we begin to notice that other people tend to put the same value on us, as we put on ourselves. When we have self-respect, that conveys itself to others through our body language, words and actions, and others will respect us in return. When...