--> As a retired Dorset Police officer who spent thirty years serving around the county, even I was surprised to hear today, that forty percent of the calls which the police now receive are related to mental health issues! What is going on? Many will ask. We all know many factors play into the reasons for this exponential increase in mental health problems for people in recent years, so I do not think I need to list them. However, what I do believe needs to be addressed among the more obvious reasons for this dip in the mental well-being of society in general, is the ‘void’ of emptiness that so many people complain of feeling within themselves and often for no apparent reason. This is in my opinion driven by the neglect of the spiritual well-being of the individual. This is largely because of the lack of spiritual teaching during the upbringing of most people that we receive especially here in the western world these days. The materialism all around us, is enforced by ...
Let go of the Snake When you are angry, When you hold on to resentment Or bitterness Towards another person Or some circumstance, See yourself As holding on to a live poisonous snake Within your own hands, Arms outstretched to keep it As far from yourself as possible. But still you are holding on to the snake. As long as you do You are as much its prisoner As the snake is your prisoner. You are not free. You are not truly alive, Your anger, bitterness And resentment Hold you prisoner too, Let the snake go free, In doing so You set yourself free as well. Once again peace can Return within yourself.
In your magnificence may you see the sunshine in your heart. In your beauty may you feel the full moon glow in your heart. In your magnificence may you feel the power of the Eagle that takes flight on the wings of Gods love, towards the heavens, into the lovers embrace of your humanity. Namaste.
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