Someone once wrote: “What if we released ourselves from the need to solve everything, and instead just asked ourselves to make a commitment to add more good things to each day? It reminds me of the time many years ago when I first moved onto and set up New Veda Spiritual Retreat in the … Read more
How would your life be different if since birth you had been told that everyone is connected to everyone else? What if that were your everyday belief system? And what if that connectivity didn’t just relate to other people but also to every plant, every animal, every rock, every living ‘thing’? I don’t mean in … Read more
In my last newsletter I asked for feedback. One person unsubscribed; many dozens wrote supporting my views. Below is a smattering of those replies followed by an email I sent as a response to one person. Maybe one of you, one of my readers, would like to take the matter to the next level……???? … Read more
I thought I’d change these articles to once a fortnight as I don’t like to intrude into people’s personal space. This week’s message might be a tad confronting for some people…. I apologise, therefore, in advance. Sadly, spirituality can’t be divorced from reality. To see positive change within society we have to embrace it ourselves. … Read more
Medical research has now confirmed that your heart is just as involved in your decision-making and thinking as is your brain… In fact, the heart sends out continuous messages to your brain. And your brain replies to your heart. Amazingly, the signals from the heart come just moments before the brain acknowledges them. If that … Read more
A respondent to a recent newsletter wrote: “I had a light bulb moment when I read “everything was already in existence. It was simply waiting for me to uncover it”…… I’ve lost my way Les. I’m IN THE WAY of allowing “everything” to come into fruition. Instead I work tirelessly struggling to manipulate my world! … Read more
What does success mean to you? For some people it may mean gaining a certain title or position in a business. For others it might mean buying a house or a boat or a particular car. For still others it might mean being accepted as a member of a particular club or organisation or fraternity. … Read more
I received an email which said: “You asked for suggestions about what your newsletters might include and I’d be interested in your views about the soul’s journey when we die and its connection with spirituality. I have my understanding, however, I’d love to hear your version; and seeing there appears to be so much grieving … Read more
Many of us start a meditation practice but find it either boring, tedious, too complicated or simply a time-waster. So we give it up and return to the hurly burly of reactive brain-work. Six months’ down the track we wonder where our peace and delight in the everyday has gone…….and we yearn for the stillness, … Read more
Welcome to childhood. Some of us mistakenly believe we have broken free of childhood behaviours, attitudes and characteristics and somehow morphed into a different kind of creature commonly known as an ‘adult’. Many of us attribute higher levels of development and intrinsic value to this supposedly ‘advanced’ and somehow ‘superior’ level of species development. I … Read more