The Esoteric Connection

We Commit Adultery Everyday

12 Jul 2012

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Mt 5:27 If we apply some basic logic to this text we can only conclude... Read More

Will your diet raise your consciousness?

24 Jun 2012

St John’s Festival 24th June 2012“Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan, and they were baptized by him... Read More

How to Make a Path Straight

23 Jun 2012

Continuing to Contemplate St John’s Festival For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Mt 3:3 The purpose of the prophets in the Bible was... Read More

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

21 Jun 2012

St John’s Festival contemplations continue What earthly use are these words? “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” What is John the Baptist saying to human beings who whiz around the world in planes, trains, ships and cars using computerised components and devouring the planet’s limited fuel supply?... Read More

St John’s Festival 24 June 2012

20 Jun 2012

As we contemplate John the Baptist’s birthday on June 24 it is helpful to read what is recorded in the Bible about him. “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who... Read More

Pentecost 2012

27 May 2012

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue... Read More

Ascension

17 May 2012

“…you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama’ria and to the end of the earth.” And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a... Read More

Christ is in me – but where?

08 May 2012

The Christ we seek is within us, in our inmost self, is our inmost self, and yet infinitely transcends ourselves. ~ Thomas Merton, a letter to D.T. Suzuki, 1959.When I read quotes and statements like this I am left wondering what to do with it. It is as if... Read More