http://spiritualquestions.org.uk Throwing light on human happiness and the meaning of life by exchanging spiritual questions and comments and by exploring links between Swedenborg's writings, psychology and spiritual healing. Fri, 18 May 2012 10:53:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/getting-baby-to-stay-asleep/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/getting-baby-to-stay-asleep/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 10:53:13 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3368 Can’t it be unbearable if your eight month old baby repeatedly wakes up at night? You get tired and stressed and the relationship with your partner suffers. Unfortunately for the child, sleep problems that began in infancy can persist for many years. So it is important to teach the baby how to get to and stay asleep. Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/getting-baby-to-stay-asleep/feed/ 0 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/your-brain-is-spamming-you/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/your-brain-is-spamming-you/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:01:13 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3351 ‘My feet look stupid’. You just had a thought. You had a message in your head. No big deal we get messages all the time. How do we survive all these message? Easy – by filtering. Another watch-able video from OffThe LeftEye. … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/your-brain-is-spamming-you/feed/ 0 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/homero-aridjis/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/homero-aridjis/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:09:18 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3294 Poetry reading with Ali Smith | 24 May 2012 | Swedenborg Hall, London The Mexican ‘Sun Poet’ and pioneering environmental activist Homero Aridjis has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and numerous awards. Aridjis is a poet on the world stage whose … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/homero-aridjis/feed/ 0 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/lifes-journey/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/lifes-journey/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:40:04 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3288 Life is a journey we all have to take. Some paths are smooth, others fill us with pain. There are forks in the road. We choose which one to take, but there will be times when we make a mistake. … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/lifes-journey/feed/ 1 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/impure-thoughts/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/impure-thoughts/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:12:10 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3278 Don’t we hope for clean air to breathe, unspoilt land for human habitation, water courses teeming with healthy nature, fairness in public discourse and decision-making showing respect and care, untarnished by greed, and unsullied by envy? Just as there is impurity around about us is there not also impurity in our individual thinking? Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/05/impure-thoughts/feed/ 0 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/a-story-to-warm-your-heart/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/a-story-to-warm-your-heart/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:53:13 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3270 You wouldn’t carry on doing the hard work of writing your novel if you realised your pen wasn’t working and nothing was showing on the paper. But that exactly was what Trish Vickers was doing. She is blind and her … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/a-story-to-warm-your-heart/feed/ 1 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/evidence-for-god/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/evidence-for-god/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:23:52 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3255 People like to say things. Some people like to say, “Life is like a box of chocolates.”  And some people like to say, “There’s no evidence for God.” Is not the idea of an all-powerful, reality-creating being pretty wild?  Cartoon video … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/evidence-for-god/feed/ 1 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/balancing-self-with-others/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/balancing-self-with-others/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:04:39 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3247 We don’t choose our neighbours, nor our bosses and work-mates, not even our relatives. Sometimes these people are uncomfortable to live with, difficult to talk to, or they oppose our hopes and aspirations. How do you deal with the unwelcome … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/balancing-self-with-others/feed/ 1 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/spiritual-and-material/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/spiritual-and-material/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:02:49 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3213 Spiritual substance, in particular, is hard for our material minds to grasp. We’re so used to thinking of everything solid as being material, and of everything non-material (thoughts, feelings, etc.) as being wispy and insubstantial. But dreams show us a … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/spiritual-and-material/feed/ 0 http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/patience-after-sebald/ http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/patience-after-sebald/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:01:51 +0000 editor http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/?p=3240 On the 14th May, there will be a ‘collaborative event’ with curator Gareth Evans and Soda Pictures. The Swedenborg Society will present a very special screening in Swedenborg Hall of Patience (After Sebald), the new feature documentary on the writer WG Max Sebald. … Continue reading →]]> http://spiritualquestions.org.uk/2012/04/patience-after-sebald/feed/ 0