The good old Christmas tale is one to be experienced afresh every year. It strikes an inner chord in many and this is the reason why it has stubbornly persisted across eighty one generations. Whilst it is true that we have heard it recounted many times, we may not have actually paid enough attention to […]
David Marinelli
The Way to Peace
The western world has become a cosmopolitan, incoherent mayhem of cultures. This is the chaos in which dark forces thrive. All cultures need to develop and deepen their traditions and for this purpose they need their own time and space. This gives each culture identity, community and a sense of belonging that comes from shared […]
The Holy Grail is the Embrace of God
The quest for Holy Grail is the search for the highest truth, the highest goodness, the highest reality. Of all the characteristics that I find concerning about humankind, there are at least two that stand out. The first is that many consider that they do not need to deepen their understanding on the meaning and […]
Believing is the Bedrock of Choice
Believing is like opening a door. Once one opens the door to allow what is on the other side into one’s life, then, that gradually becomes one’s experience of life, for better or for worse.
The Power of Meaning
This is a story about the power of meaning. Life is a spiritual journey and it has continuity. It is but one stage in our travels from unity to multiplicity and back, from that which is whole to that which fragments. We lose our way before we rediscover how to get back home. Life is […]
Bad choices and the freedom to choose
Bad things happen, or you may like to say evil arises, when we or others make bad choices. The effect of bad choices are felt by many as we are all part of one creation. It is clear that badness arises way down the line and is subsidiary to the love and goodness of that […]
World Peace is a Personal Choice
World peace starts with each individual turning their attention towards peace in their daily life and in their relations with others and with the world at large.
Ignorance is the darkness of not knowing
Christ’s suffering at Calvary exposes the ignorance, the darkness of humanity for all to see. He deliberately cast himself as the innocent victim of betrayal, corruption, greed, narcissism, sadism, deceit and finally condemned to death. The way of the cross lays bare the dark side of man. On the other hand it teaches us that […]
Lying hides reality, truth reveals it
Why is it important, or even desirable, to tell the truth? Lying our way through life is perhaps better, or at least lying occasionally, when necessary to support our preferred views or to satisfy our craving for things. We should note that we also contribute to the perpetration of lies when we believe them, thus […]
Taking back our personal reality in a symbolic world
Taking back our personal reality: As humans we have much less of a hold on reality than other species. Other species seem to be integrated in creation whilst humanity is for ever struggling to fit in. We are as if an outsider in a foreign land. We do not appear to be so well suited […]