which teaches us that failure is just a doorway to treasured experiences, enriches our lives and helps us develop resilience. You opened the book, you read the first chapter, and from the get go you were hooked. You were immediately grasped by the scruff of the neck and then unceremoniously thrown in at the deep end. You knew you were out of your depth. You knew that you had allowed…

The disadvantage of being smart on the path to spirituality — A genius in the family. Great. The world seems to be your oyster. Fame and fortune are yours. Okay so you have the golden ticket. You can outsmart everyone around you. You can speak eloquently and lucidly. You can convince the crowds and yourself that you have the answer to…

Is there anything in the plethora of information on self-help worth the time it takes to find it? — Let’s face it. The reason we turn to self-help is to find an answer to a problem we have that we cannot find in any other arena known to us. We are all unique individuals. There is no ‘one size fits all’ for solutions to human problems. Yes, other people…

It would be wise for us to listen carefully to its voice. — Wave upon wave I gather my strength and let it go. Like the pulse of a heart: unprompted, uninterrupted, unstoppable, sometimes swelling into angry tempests, sometimes resting, rocking gently, lapping softly at the shore. This is what you see looking out from dry land; an ever-present energy with a will…

Whether you believe it or not perhaps you need to take this concept into account in your daily living — You reap exactly what you sow, down to the last micro atom of action. Every event in your life is recorded and every deed imprinted into the fabric of your being. The good, the bad, the ordinary, the extraordinary. And it goes with you into every life you live. Do…

The world has gone mad, why follow the crowd and jump off a cliff? You, dear friend, do not realize how far you have come to reach the level of consciousness you have achieved. You do not realize how hard you have fought to attain the state of discrimination. You…

Some eternal truths are revealed here for those who care to listen. — Time and again I have told you to be careful what you ask for. You have no idea who you are dealing with. You should see the requests that come in, Mountains of them, All asking for something that is either impossible, Way past its usefulness or totally inappropriate for the circumstances. And I…

In a world reeling with tragedy and fear let us look to the wisdom of other dimensions for understanding I come from a far-off land. I know the mountains and valleys, I know the hills and the dales. I know the snow-capped peaks and the desert storms. I know the length and breadth of Creation And I know the names of every star. I come from afar, And I come…

We get to know Raphael in this energy reading and find that he is so much more than a pretty image in renaissance paintings. — Vision. Spread before me in a kaleidoscope of colours and nuances. Sprays of light refracted in trillions of bouncing beams across the canvas of my world. …