It’s surprising how easy it is to lose our connection with the past. The TV programme Who do you think you are, which traces the family history of celebrities, shows how difficult it is to find relatives from the past.
I can only vaguely remember my grandparents on my father’s side, but that’s as far [...]
Archive for the 'Human potential' Category
Family history
November 5, 2008
Physical and spiritual power
November 3, 2008
Have you ever forgotten something really important in your life? We may forget birthdays or anniversaries, but would anyone forget how much they have in the bank?
Our life is totally dependent on money, but only up to a point, because, as the saying goes, you can’t take it with you.
The Egyptian Pharaohs certainly didn’t take anything [...]
Suffering for perfection
October 30, 2008
A few weeks back, while reading a book by Somerset Maugham, I was struck by a comment made by one of the characters about suffering. He said: “It’s not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.”
Well, I have to say it got [...]
Investigation and immersion
October 27, 2008
I am often asked how an Irish Catholic girl ended up a Bahá’í. Well, I was always a questioning type, even to the point of being called a doubting Thomas. But that’s no surprise, since asking questions about your religion in Ulster can be seen as a lack of faith.
It’s sometimes assumed that religion is what [...]
The Olympic ideal
October 23, 2008
This summer I was inspired by the Olympic Games. And how relieved I was to learn that only eight competitors in the games tested positive for drug use. In previous years, my enjoyment of the Games had been marred by so many allegations over the use of performance enhancing drugs. There was a general feeling [...]
Grains of Wheat
October 21, 2008
I watched a programme on TV recently about an exciting discovery in an ancient tomb. In among all the gold and treasures, they also found some grains of wheat. And why are grains of wheat worth mentioning?
Well, as you can imagine, these were special grains. Not only were they two thousand years old, but scientists managed [...]
WIFM
October 10, 2008
A friend asked me if I’d heard of the radio station WIFM. No, I said, I’d never heard of it, but he insisted that I must have. He said WIFM is short for “what’s in it for me”, and wherever I’d go I would see people tuning into it.
What’s in it for me, he [...]
