Turn It Over to a Higher Power

May 21, 2013 Non-Fiction

There is a higher power available to assist us with our problems and aspirations, enabling issues to be resolved and desires manifested, in harmony with the greater good. Trust is a powerful ingredient in this process, assisting us to navigate the straits of life. This practice has never failed me...

Why Create ART?

May 15, 2013 Non-Fiction

Because we happened to move to New York City, and because my mother, who was from a small city in Central Illinois, was hungry for art and culture, I was exposed to the great museums when I was quite young. I can remember seeing Van Gogh and Renoir, Modigliani and El Greco, but no one quite moved me like Cezanne. I was ...

Emotions - A Choice

May 9, 2013 Non-Fiction

Some human emotions can be intoxicating and detrimental to our wellbeing. When we are overcome with anger, it may feel good, like being high on a drug, and it can be addictive. On the other hand, our emotions can also be supportive, liberating and life-enhancing. The affect depends on which ones we choose to immerse ...

Always Expect The Unexpected

May 6, 2013 Non-Fiction

A ridiculous statement really; how can you expect something that is unexpected? But, the unexpected did happen to me during the early hours of this morning. I call it the unexpected because it was something that I came to expect, as it was a semi-frequent occurrence, but then ended up wondering if it was ever going to happen ...

"Take Me To The Mountain" - Excerpt from Upcoming Book

April 30, 2013 Non-Fiction

An excerpt from Take Me to the Mountain: discovering the you that never dies. Imagine a time when human beings will no longer fear death … when we have irrefutable evidence that death is not The End. It was through the loss of a friend that I discovered the truth of this for myself. I also discovered how Silence ...

Nothing Has Changed

April 26, 2013 Non-Fiction

If you take a close look at the statement “Nothing Has Changed” you will see that it is not simply declaring that “nothing has changed”; it actually contains a much deeper and profound message. If you now read the same statement as “nothing HAS changed” you will be well on the way to understanding the hidden ...

Challenges Are Opportunities

April 13, 2013 Non-Fiction

Every challenge provides an opportunity for growth, and in some cases, a quantum leap. Many of us have a habit of looking at obstacles in life as bad things, and they can be when we look at them that way; on the other hand, when we look at life’s complications as opportunities for personal growth, our energy shifts, and so ...

Wise Companions - Part One

April 3, 2013 Fiction

I sat for a long time beside the window as night settled slowly upon the landscape. I hadn’t been here long and I was still accustoming myself to the beautiful view. The air was filled with the scents of summer. At length I felt a draft as the door opened and closed behind me. Wavering candlelight threw shadows across ...

We All Have A Purpose. What's Yours?

March 28, 2013 Non-Fiction

Are you marching to your music or someone else’s? If you are marching to the beat of someone else’s drum, I recommend that you find your own beat. Did you know that the word vocation stems from the Latin word vocatio, meaning “summons”? Look deep within, and consider whether what you are doing is in harmony with what ...

"Brief Shadow Song"

March 1, 2013 Poetry ♥

In this smoking dream, Unplug yourself from the ghost of life, All the entries that describe you, As the last person down the hall, No one understands....A stranger that travels beneath, The leather sun, All meaning extracted, From the corralled herd.

The White Hart

February 25, 2013 Fiction

It seemed that summer might never come that year but after weeks of rain the skies cleared one night and sunrise, silent as snowfall, brought sleepy gasps of surprise. Beyond the mouse grey farm cottages, acres of farm land and poppy fields rolled down to the river and, in the distance, a pale mist hung over the Ridge...

The Power of a Smile and Laughter

February 24, 2013 Non-Fiction

Our ability to smile is a wonderful gift; it not only benefits the person producing the smile, but people they encounter as well. Have you ever noticed what happens when you pass a stranger who smiles at you? Most of us smile back; our disposition changes in a heartbeat! This can create a chain reacti...

Illuminate the World

February 21, 2013 Non-Fiction

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, you owe me… Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky!” … Hafiz. I just love this quote, it says so much in those few words, short and sweet and filled with beauty! I feel very good indeed when I read it, offering me an image of ...

What Will You Create?

February 19, 2013 Non-Fiction

Some years ago I was presented with an experience that forced me to look more closely at what I wanted in my life and my readiness to step into and claim it. My Mum was ill with cancer and her passing was inevitable. During the period of her illness I'd had a series of spiritual experiences which I'd been encouraged to ...

The Art of Life

February 12, 2013 Non-Fiction

As an occasional painter, and someone who recently dusted the cobwebs of his oil paints and brushes after what seemed like an eternity, it occurred to me recently that not only is life itself a work of art, but the people in it are also living, breathing Picassos’. Literally everything on the universal canvas that...

Ask for Money

February 11, 2013 Non-Fiction

Many of us that work on the spiritual field find it very difficult to ask for money. The usual presumption is that money is the root of evil, that it changes people, and causes people to do bad things. Many wealthy people get bad looks when they drive around in their nice cars, or when they are dressed so debonair...

The Story Behind Denny Morales

January 31, 2013 The Stories Behind ...

Denny Morales started his career at the young age of 16, becoming one of the youngest directors in television. Over the course of 14 years, he worked with ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, and Fox directing and technical directing, where he won his first Emmy technical directing. His attention within the television realm waned, an...

"Sunrise on the Mountain" - Part One

January 21, 2013 Fiction

PART ONE of a Two Part Story: Michelle drove and I dozed in the passenger seat as the little car climbed steadily through increasingly mountainous countryside. ‘chelle was far from a patient driver and she wasn’t about to let the fact that we were approaching dangerous terrain deter her. I listened to ...

The Daisy and the Oak Tree

January 11, 2013 Fiction

Not so long ago a beautiful spring daisy was born. She was full of awe and wonder at the beauty of the world and as she grew she asked questions about her wonderful world. Sadly many of those around her had fallen into a mundane life and lost their awe and wonder.

The Art Of Coaching A Writer

January 9, 2013 Promotional

There is magic in seeing another writer finish their book, knowing you had something to do with it. It’s like being a mid-wife, or taking your team to the winner’s circle. It’s the kind of service like no other, knowing you had a part in bringing another’s dream to fruition. I came to coaching by chance...

Guitar Man - Award Winning Inspirational Short Film

December 20, 2012 Videos ♥

A street musician, ‘Guitar Man’ has a gift for playing the blues on his guitar and connecting with others. His love for music and for people supercedes everything else in his life. Although on the surface he doesn’t have much, that doesn’t stop him from sharing two simple messages, ‘that we all have a lot in common...

"Writing Your Life Makes It Real"

November 12, 2012 Non-Fiction

Is it possible to weave a story of pain and despair into something beautiful, capable of inspiring others? The answer is Yes, if we are brave and open enough to change our perspective. Our angle of vision. Our perception. What’s done is done and already passed, but altering our perspective allows us to ...

"A Blast from the Past"

November 4, 2012 Non-Fiction

About 20 years ago I was in a very dark place indeed. My only real friend was alcohol and I was in a very deep depression. At the time I was working for the Royal Mail in Swindon and there was a group of lads in their early 20′s working there that I had a lot of secret admiration for; well actually it was...

"Trance Mediumship – What’s The Point?"

October 31, 2012 Non-Fiction

I suppose the title sounds a bit cynical, probably because there is a hint of cynicism cunningly inserted into it, but there is a reason for my cynicism. For the uninitiated trance mediumship is when a medium allows a discarnate soul to overshadow/enter their physical body, take over their voice box and then speak through them...

"Memoir as Soul Work"

August 14, 2012 Non-Fiction

All art is expression. All expression is a way of putting it “out there. As soon as we put it out there it’s no longer inside us, or merely inside us. It has been expressed outwardly. So we can now hear it, feel it, see it, touch it – outside of us. And so we get to know ourselves better...

"Story-Me"

July 12, 2012 Non-Fiction

Why should we write our stories? Because in the words of Baba Ram Dass : “Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story instead of the actor in it.” For now we are watching the action from above, or from the side, or from the wings. We have some distance. We are an observer...

"Awakening"

July 10, 2012 Fiction

Above the highest peak of the highest range of mountains in the world, somewhere beyond Heaven and Earth, dusk falls and a lone star appears in an amethyst sky. This peak is not known to many and has been climbed by fewer still. Yet here, somewhere beyond Heaven and Earth, is a State called Perfect Peace...

"The Girl Who Watched the Wind"

June 25, 2012 Fiction

A large group had gathered under the trees. They huddled together, collars upturned and fists drawn up into their sleeves for warmth. Close by stood a small girl, a scrap of a thing, in a shabby old coat. As trees wavered, adrift in the squall, she covered her face, peering through fingers at the gathering...

"The Last Post"

June 16, 2012 Fiction

23rd. November 1996: My dear Joanna, It was lovely to meet you at last. Your father, my darling Andrew, once showed me your photograph and, beautiful though it was, it hardly does you justice. I’d really like you to keep my letters to him, and should they be of interest, you must have Andrew’s letters...

A Painted Story (video)

May 20, 2012 Videos ♥

Brian Brogan is a rogue artist, a visionary that paints with energy. His pieces are primal, shamanistic; showing human’s indigenous spirituality and equality. Brian constantly pushes color and texture. He works in a variety of mediums including paste, stucco, polymer and acrylics. Brian’s work is universal and crosses socioeconomic and cultural boundaries.