THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM
Much of what is below is commonly accepted; little enough substantively speaking is done about it save in some individual cases. An overall picture of what many of us may think idly about English Law may serve to file some teeth of legal watchdogs?
If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is an ass — a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish ...
Brian Mayne has written lucidly of his spiritual journey. His life style is testimony to the efficacy of his ideas, combining as he does his work on himself with a successful business career
‘Just a few ever wonder who they really are, even fewer seriously explore the topic, and only the rarest manages the direct experience of realizing the core self. Although becoming conscious of it is a rare attainment, this ‘core self’ is accessible to all and naturally part of what we each are as ...
It is a strongly held view of many people that there is no such thing as an Afterlife: all we have is here in earth and when we die, it is curtains on any existence we can have. To someone postulating this, and it is usually with confidence, the question can be put: ‘How do you know?’ It is unlikely to elicit from the sceptically minded anything resembling a proof.
Patrice Van Aersel has made a detailed study of near-death or after-‘death’ experiences interviewing hundreds of people who have undergone them.
In a world that prizes speed and constant motion, the pause is often overlooked.
Yet it is in stillness that clarity, strength, and perspective emerge.
The pause is not weakness; it is preparation.
It is the moment to breathe, reflect, and reset before moving forward.
Even a brief pause can transform reaction into thoughtful action, chaos into calm.
This week, allow yourself moments of pause.
Notice what surfaces in the quiet, and let those insights guide your ...
ATTITUDES OF MIND and FEELING
THAT CAN BE ENHANCED BY OCCIDENTAL MEDITATION
TRAITS, ACTUATING PRINCIPLES, PERSPECTIVES AND ATTITUDES
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The check list below ticks a few boxes about slight changes of thinking that with effort and placing emphasis on the advantages of reflection we may induce in ourselves, and which can be of value in any number of situations.
Many truths are not in their nature complex, and common sense can pierce through reams of recondite research. The intelligent ...
THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL STAGE
Questions below are simply a few suggested subjects for debate
Truth is buoyant – it will surface at some point and become obvious to all.
Chinese proverb
For Aristotle, there was a wisdom that brought people closer to divine rationality, ‘sophia’. This wisdom was for thinking about questions such as the nature of the divine, ethics or the function of the state.
William Bates
I think the subject which will be of most importance ...
This link is to a paper on the modification of DNA through remote Intention. It concludes that it is possible to interact at distance on the nucleus of cells – all the billions of cells in our bodies have DNA – whose activity depends on DNA.
This link ( https://www.aipro.info/drive/File/224.pdf ) is to to the ‘Modulation of DNA Confirmation by Heart-Focused Intention.’ This paper shows that there is an increase in heart coherence when people are instructed to generate feelings of love ...
I’m an ordinary bloke. So why do I think there might just be something in the ‘unseen world’ that might be ‘t/here’.
When I was five years old, I told my Nanny that we did not know how long my parents would keep us at home so we might as well make preparations to leave. It wasn’t just a stray remark. It was a profound belief that persisted up till my twenties. As a teenager my wealthy parents visited me at boarding school and, without any antecedent conversation about the subject, made me ...
Dennis Bardens was the least likely ghost chaser. He was a man with his wits about him, plugged right into the unforgiving present. He knew human nature in all its foibles. He had been a spy behind enemy lines during WW2; perhaps his ingrained suspicion of how people could behave went into the notice he hung on his front door in Horbury Mews, Kensington: ‘OUT TO LUNCH….BACK IN FIVE YEARS…PLEASE WAIT!’ His was a ready wit. He was a distinguished journalist and broadcaster – the initiator of ...
Dr Lynda Shaw is a cognitive neuroscientist whose book Your Brain is Boss draws on scientific research to show how sensible ways of living our lives can be based on, and are explained by, our biological makeup. It is a self-help manual shot through with erudition, fascinating facts and wisdom. Dr Shaw challenges many taboos, often with pithy aphorism; she for instance debunks those who would scoff at the Unseen World by pointing out: ‘The absence of evidence is not evidence of ...
One of the conundrums that nowadays particularly intrigues the reflecting world in that of consciousness. We all have it but what is it and what if anything is particular to the human race in possessing it? Is it likely that we alone have the key to understanding what is going on - - or perhaps the key is illusory?
