Merry Christmas… I feel, it is important that we continue the custom of wishing each other ‘Merry Christmas’ during the festive season and not ‘Happy Christmas’, or even more worryingly, ‘Happy Holidays’. Merry does not in its essence mean to get drunk, as is popularly believed, it is rooted in, and relates to Mary, as
I, Mark Keane, feel very privileged to be part of a ‘Flash Mob’ Meditation synchronised with World Peace day on September 22nd 2014… I was asked by an Environment Agency colleague, and fellow meditator, Mark Wilkinson, if I would help organise it, and I immediately accepted the challenge. As fate would have it, we soon
Image: Otherwordly Bird, by Amanda Gazidis The writing style of the ancient Alchemists was known as the ‘language of the birds’. Dennis William Hauck writes in his ‘Idiots Guide to Alchemy’ that this reference, to what was seen as a higher form of writing came from… “the haunting suspicion that the high-chirping of birds
It was Beltaine weekend, more commonly known now as May Day in Great Britain. I had the honour of finding myself in one of the few truly ancient cottages that still graces the high street of magical Glastonbury, known to the locals, as Avalon. I was amongst a small group of incredibly gifted musicians, one
At Lunchtime, I decide to walk to the oasis that is the secret garden of Bristol Cathedral. As I cut through the cloisters, I hear heavenly voices coming from the Cathedral. I walk into the sun blessed garden of wonders dazzling in its array of beautiful plants and flowers. I decide to sit in full
The iconic Matrix movie is now of course a huge cult classic. I believe like all classics, it owes it success to the fact that it contains some real deep and profound wisdom. Essentially any story is always trying to answer a question, and the greatest stories address the greatest questions that we ask ourselves,
As explained in the video below, my spiritual awakening was caused by passion to really understand why the Great Pyramid, and accompanying pyramids of Giza, in Ancient Egypt, were built. Essentially it comes to this basic premise of fire and water, which is at the heart of the spiritual experience. In allowing divine fire to
This blog is made up of a chapter of my new forthcoming book on Enlightenment.. What is love? The age old question… Love is always here. When we feel love, all we have done have found ourselves to be a situation where we can finally, really, deeply, truly relax because we feel safe. When we
I am writing this at the special time between Christmas (and Solstice) and New Year’s Eve. Effectively it is the 12 days of Christmas, and I am reflecting on the magnificence of the juxtaposition of red and white that makes up the popular outfit of Father Christmas/Santa Claus. There seems to be a lot of
As my first post, it seems only right that I write about freedom…freedom, in its essence is all that truly matters. One should feel free to do whatever one wants to do, whenever they want. That is the essential premise I am making, and would argue is the defining factor that drives human motivation. One