Category: Auto-biographical (spiritual quest)

Tonight, at sunset begins a ancient tradition that began thousands of years ago with the Celtic people. It is called Samhain, (pronounced Sow-en). It is one of the Celtic high holy days, and actually is November 1. Since the Celts used a lunar calendar however, the celebrations always begins at sunset on the eve of…

“Hold tenderly who you are and let a deeper knowing color the shape of your humanness. There is no where to go. What you are looking for is right here. Open the fist clenched in wanting and see what you already hold in your hand. There is no waiting for something to happen, no point…

Comment on Nicole Hellene’s “On being an angry Atheist “ “Praise ” by jynmeyer (It seems that the size of any ‘comment’ is limited, and the software wouldn’t allow my entry. I’m therefore just posting it in this format!) Quote from Alister Flik on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 19:05:07 I honestly don’t see anything…

STORM AND FIRE THESIS: I’m in a steep dive. In a small, two seat, aerobatic aircraft. An Eagle. Agile, fast. The airspeed is increasing. The controls are going super sensitive. The propeller tips are going supersonic. Now they are screaming. Above the bellow of the engine, I can hear them. 140…150…160 knots…. The altimeter is…

SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN

Following popular appeal from my regular readers, (all three of you, Jimmy is on holiday) I am continuing the experiment. I tell myself: “Fools rush in, where angels fear… to be read. “ KENTUCKY FRIED GOD-IN-A-BOX (part 2) I try to wander through this vale of… of…. flowers, with a balanced, good humored, tolerant, and…

KENTUCKY FRIED GOD-IN-A-BOX Part 1: The Butterfly Do you remember when you were at junior school? Wasn’t there always some kid who brought a prized possession to school, such as a spider in a box? Or a beetle? Or, maybe a butterfly? The latter, usually stone dead from fright anyway, was sometimes stuck through with…

(I find it very interesting how differently people relate to the next story, and how they interpret it. This is a story I wrote a long time ago.It goes back to dark days, during a long, long hopelessly corrupt court case, which lasted for years, and about which I was trying to write a book.…

(The next story is based on a remarkable dream I had. It is truthfully described, and has many elements of that peculiar symbolism, that dreams tend to be so full of. I enjoy symbolism as a literary concept, and of course the parables in the Bible are examples of some of the most successful symbolism.…