Spirit

Spirit - at the core of our lives, at the core of Nature, at the core of the Universe.
And, I would also suggest, at the core of science.

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Essays
Poems

Essays

• The Tale of Tangier Island
  

• Lessons from the Trenches of Life
  What makes for success in life, love, and leadership? Everyone has different experiences, and different lessons they can share. Here are some of mine, gathered mostly from my working life as a self-employed person.

• A Summer's Journey Into The Future
  Thoughts and reflections.

• Summer Thoughts (EcoNews)
  Underneath the confusion of the modern world, with its conflicts and ecological collapses, there lies a deeper question which rarely gets our attention.

• Spirit, Science and Evolution: The Great Unfolding
  A 5-day intensive workshop with Guy Dauncey at the Hollyhock Retreat Centre, on beautiful Cortes Island, B.C., Canada. October 9-14, 2005. This unique program combines scientific and spiritual evolutionary thinking, personal healing, global transformation, and ecological restoration. Click for details.

• Another Extract from ‘Journey into the Future’
  He was a scientist through and through, but a scientist who had kept alive his wonder at the mysteries of nature. And then he fell and broke his spine, cutting the nerves to his legs.

• A Dialogue on Science and Spirit
  Entry to the Resurgence Essay Competition, 2002
  Could it be true, Joshua thought, that all matter is permeated with spirit, and that spirit has programmed a sense of purpose into the whole evolutionary story, right back to the Big Bang?

• 7.84
  Extracts from a letter by Malcolm Forsythe, in London, UK, to his friend Anton, in the Ukraine, recalling the events of 2012.
  Where will it end ? That's a bit like asking a single-celled organism to imagine what it's going to be like when it evolves into a human.

• Journey into Gold
  Common Ground Magazine, May 2003
  Deeply embedded within evolution itself, far deeper than the replicating genes, is a sense of direction and purpose.

• Water, Spirit and Peace
  From EcoNews, June 2003
  Dr Emoto is producing evidence that human consciousness has an effect on water .. that water is alive; that it carries its own unique magnetic resonance field; that it can carry a memory.

• The Power of Love – A Fable for Our Time
  First published in After the Crash: The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy
  There was once a mountain, and if you stood on top of the mountain at dawn, you could see the most beautiful sun rising over an incredible land, full of grace, full of peace and meaning.

• When God Became Pregnant
  Common Ground Magazine, March 2004
  “ We are stardust, making our way back to the Garden” - Joni Mitchell

• The Pull of Time
  Common Ground Magazine, July 2004
  Time, the lake along which all consciousness skates, the sky within which all spirits fly.

• Where are we Going?
  Common Ground Magazine, October 2004
  Think big; and I mean BIG. Think the biggest question of all, beyond “Is there life in the Canucks?” and “Is there life elsewhere in the Universe?”. Think “Where are we going?”

• Global Consciousness Change
  EcoNews, September 1997
  “ Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better." Vaclav Havel, past President of the Czech Republic

• Now is the Time to Ride with the Winds of Change
  EcoNews, September 1999
  The millennium is turning, and all around the world, people are working to overthrow the old order. There is a tide.... and now is the time to ride the wave. Jump on board !

• The Century Ends – The Best is Yet to Come
  EcoNews, December 1999
  The biggest obstacle is cynicism, which elevates powerlessness to a state of personal "cool".

• We Are the Answer
  EcoNews, November 2004
  When the laws of ecology say “everything is connected”, this includes the spiritual realm.

Poems

• The Autumn Wedding of Pumpkin and Squash
• Hamlet’s Ode to the 21st Century
• Hamlet's Ode to the Motor Car
• Hamlet’s Ode to Peace
• A Bike! A Bike! My Island for a Bike
• An Ode to Autumn, and Urban Farming
• Human Supreme
• And If
• Autumn Haiku
• Love Poems

There is more to this world than money, matter and worldly success.
There is all that explodes in glory, and ravishes our senses
with love, delight and compassion.
There is all that is within, and beyond.
There is all that many scientists watch with itchy souls,
but cannot lay their hands on. There is more.

Last Updated October, 2005