“The Whole News” Blog
Opening our minds to greater awareness and depth
God Doesn’t Throw Fish – How My Son DIDN’T Lose His License
You’ve probably heard the proverb, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’. It’s a good one. It makes sense at an everyday human level, but if we delve a little more deeply,...
‘You are so like your mother / father!’
How do you feel when somebody makes that comment? Do you squirm or smile? Do you feel as if you’ve been criticised or as if you’ve received a compliment? For the moment let’s not get distracted by the ‘facts’ regarding how upstanding and admirable or how despicable...
My New Year’s Resolution to ‘Under-Achieve’
I don’t know about you but I arrived at the end of last year feeling quite tired and burnt out. Over Christmas/New Year, I was tackling so much less that I began to deeply relax… and a digestive issue cleared up all by itself… It occurred to me that it would be...
Being Negative Is Good For Your Health!
Try my ‘Two-Handed Meditation’ to help you Deal With Festive Season Madness You might instinctively react to the statement that ‘being negative is good for your health’ with a ‘No way! Being negative causes depression and other destructive states of mind, whereas...
What Is Success TO YOU? The Baker Gets Me Thinking…
I was sitting in a business breakfast yesterday morning listening to the famous Beechworth Baker, Tom O’Toole (who is both very inspiring and very entertaining), when he asked the audience the following question: ‘What is success for you?’ and...
Are You Watering Concrete?
I’ve just started a Qi Gung class and when I was the only one to turn up for one class, the Qi Gung master and I settled into a long conversation about energy and healing. In the midst of it he made a comment about 'watering concrete’. The image was so...