The Gift Of Presence
As I often do on a Sunday, I visited my local cafe for lunch yesterday. We chose to sit outside because it was dry after a rain filled week and despite the distinct nip in the air all the other tables were full. The food as usual was gorgeous and the conversation fun and interesting,…
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Being An Empath
Most human beings, and some animals, have empathy. I say most, because people with Cluster B personality disorders such as Psychopathy, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personalty Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder have limited or no empathy as part of their disorder and while there is no reliable data on how many people have these disorders…
The Dream State
Science has come up with all sorts of theories for why we dream, but the truth is nobody knows. Occasionally there is a clear correlation between my dreams and events going on in my life, but most of the time they bear no resemblance. I’ve watched both my dog and my pony dream and I’m…
My Highly Sensitive Life
I was 50 before I realised that I did not experience the world in quite the same way as most people. I’ve written various posts on being a Highly Sensitive Person, gifted, intuitive, an Empath and a synaesthete and will be doing more on these subjects, but I today I’m drawn to writing about my…
Choosing Your Path
How do we know when we’re living our best life? When we’re on a path to Soul growth, authenticity, peace and joy? You’d think it would be obvious and for some people it is, but it seems to me that many others are living lives of quiet desperation and just hoping that some day they’ll…
Forgiveness
We all get hurt in life, usually by people who cause us unintentional pain, who recognise they have caused us distress, make a heartfelt apology and then make amends for the damage they have caused. But there are also those who cause intentional pain which changes us forever and inflicts Soul wounds that take much…
Punishment
We all know there is Light & Dark (‘good’ & ‘evil’) in the world. All Human Beings inadvertently make mistakes and can hurt people unintentionally, but we recognise this hurt, make a full and heartfelt apology and amends, and try our best to never make the same mistake again. This is Soul growth. There are…
Joy
I seem to be on a roll with Soul & Spirit posts this week 🙂 I am passionate about the subject of spirituality as you can probably tell. The title for this post is joy not happiness. Most people when asked what they want from life say they want to be happy, but I think…
What Makes Us Human?
If you type this into Google you’ll go down a rabbit hole of philosophical debate which I have no intention of delving into here. I think we can all agree, however, that despite the fact that humans are mammals we are fundamentally different from all other animals. Physiologically, we do everything other animals do. We…
Where Is Consciousness?
Note the title isn’t What Is Consciousness, because we all know what it means to be conscious. My question is Where Is Consciousness? There are many scientists who think that our mind, our consciousness, resides solely in the brain. Every thought is a complex interplay of firing neurons with a purely physical basis. And while,…
Serendipity
“What is for you won’t pass by you.” Scottish saying. My Mum made the decision to die and withdrew medication. So a couple of weeks before she passed I was already grieving and sought a therapist to help me with what I knew was going to be an incredibly difficult time in my life. It…
Mind Over Matter
Some boring admin before I start this post. I’ve now, hopefully, separated both blogs on my website. If you are currently subscribed you will be notified of every new post, both for my Photography blog and my new Spirit & Soul blog. If you only want to be notified about new posts to one of…
Intention
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” Sir Isaac Newton When you understand that human beings are balls of vibrating energy operating on a plane of consciousness we as yet don’t understand and that our energy can affect others not only locally but hundreds, even thousands, of miles away, you recognise that…
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