Our Health
A spiritual and cultural movement for health and wellbeing.
‘Still waters run deep’ goes the expression, mostly referring to people who maybe don’t say much but who think deeply. I often think of the verse in psalm 23 – ‘He leads me beside still waters…’ We tend to think of water as moving: the sea is in constant movement, rivers flow, lakes have currents… Read More
‘It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail’. So wrote the American novelist Gore Vidal. This suggests that the human psyche needs an enemy in order to thrive; that it is more natural to compete than collaborate. At this point in history, we may be forgiven for such pessimism. Trends in religious faith and… Read More
I expect many of us of a certain age remember the Boney M song ‘Rivers of Babylon’. The words are from Psalm 137, which is about the people of God finding themselves far from home, in exile in Babylon, and so disheartened and troubled that they are unable to sing their customary songs of praise… Read More
Is your mind located in your brain? A strange question you might think. But philosophers and physicians have been arguing over this since the 17th Century. Philosophers would claim the matter is not yet decided. But popular opinion is against them. Most of us now assume that we think and feel within the complex processes… Read More
Abstinence has traditionally been the preserve of religion. Now the UK government is getting in on the act. In place of Lent or Ramadan, it is during the collective hang-over of early January when the abstinence messages hit home. Sugar and alcohol are the main targets, as it tends to be for Christians in Lent.… Read More
Recently I have had a very bad bout of vertigo, which was caused by a new medication I was taking to try and ease my vertigo. Trust me to react adversely to something which was supposed to help! I have struggled through the last few weeks, gradually decreasing the amount of these drugs and waiting… Read More
