Judy Johnson

A spa for the soul

June 15, 2024

Spirituality is meant to make us whole, complete, and full. Physically, when we feel that peak health is diminishing, we can always go to the spa. Spas are places where people go to deeply relax, detoxify, and reinvigorate themselves in the hope of becoming the healthiest they can be. That...

The River is not Polluted

January 20, 2024

While visiting Brazil recently, I met an environmentalist who transformed my way of thinking about our current climate situation. Her kind, gentle voice expressed the most surprising views. “The river isn’t polluted,” she said, “the river is pure, it is just carrying our impurities.” This stopped me in my tracks....

What it means to have a diamond intellect

November 11, 2023

Growing up I was expected to accept things as they were. When I asked, ‘Why do I have to do it this way?’ the parental response was always, ‘Because I said so’ or ‘Because that’s how it is done’. As an enquiring teenager I gravitated towards social justice as it...

Bringing in a beautiful world

May 27, 2023

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it is true that through time, what has been considered beautiful has changed as the centuries have rolled by. Most of us have around us things we find to be beautiful, attractive or remind us of beautiful times....

What is peace?

December 10, 2022

Peace is a state of mind that is stable, harmonious, accepting and powerful. It is experienced by others as calmness or tranquillity. Some think peace is impossible, that they are not wired for peace; that their minds are too busy to be peaceful. Some think peace means being weak or...

SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND SPIRITUALITY

May 14, 2022

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” —Lilla Watson As a social activist I used to believe that I needed to name and confront the wrongs...

Renunciation Is Fortune

February 19, 2022

It only hurts to give up something if there is no attainment in return. Renunciation is a well-known concept on the path of religion and spirituality. Renunciation is the idea that by giving up aspects of the physical world, we receive the return of spiritual enlightenment and liberation. This has...

DO WE HEAR THE WAKE-UP CALL?

January 29, 2022

“Things are moving at an alarming rate, if I choose to be alarmed.” Jayanti Kirpalani Watching world events has many of us alarmed. Everywhere we look we see sorrow, extreme weather events, sudden deaths, and disasters, and all of this happening in the midst of a global pandemic! And now...

HOW TO BE A MASTER OF THE SELF

December 25, 2021

It is said that to master any art, it takes more than 10,000 hours of the right practice. 10,000 hours is approximately 417 days or 1.1408 years. However, it would seem quite a feat to practise for 24 hours a day for 417 days. If more reasonably, three hours a...

TRUE ENCOURAGEMENT

October 16, 2021

One of the hardest experiences in life is to watch the suffering of someone we love. Our intense desire to help is frustrated by an equally intense feeling of helplessness. When faced with the discomfort of this inner intensity, I have often jumped inside the circle of sorrow to stand...

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