The Wilderness- 19th April 2026

The wilderness used to be feared, akin to Hades … the space outside the populated areas; before the satellite phone, before mechanical transport, these isolated carousels were rarely, if ever, attempted by choice, as few were ever known to return from them.

What was also said was that the wilderness housed the Jinn and the unquiet spirits - that the howling plains teemed with invisible beings whose chosen residence was removed from the peoples and were never to be approached - where many lost their minds venturing in there - it was said.

The happy truth however was that should one travel far enough they inevitably came to foreign cities, usually contrasting their own with abundance.

Thus many never returned, and unbeknown misadventure did not take them but rather they were settling into a new and preferred life with fresh experience.

Once again this becomes a model for our thinking - especially when we can depart from the familiar and step into the wilderness - where very possibly we become far from family and friends, so much so, that a sense of aloneness is evident within these quiet spaces until the spiritual voices - unseen - can now be heard, and suddenly contemplation is crowded with all manner of impeding influence.

Of course we can return to the familiar, or choose to venture beyond … and with this daily exercise of thought we might renew ourselves with vistas anew.

When Christ took himself into the wilderness He also was something removed from the broadcast of voices, of Humanity’s call - and the outer became the inner within this silent remoteness.

He also came upon the Jinn and the ghosts who rushed forth to be heard and interrupt His thought.

All but one puffed and shone with the glory of this meeting, for the lonesome, exiled souls were now embraced with His warmth and kindness.

He did not fear these lonely spirits, but instead breath to breath, he breathed new life with a single puff into their derelict shells.

And the spirits danced with joy, bowing to His Majesty.

With this done Christ took His mind to further times - not as described earlier of countries remote, but, instead He travelled within these ‘forty days’ into the very future of this World and of Humanity.

Yes, here is a mysterious truth that our beloved Christ foresaw the ages to come - all of them - as though they had already been, He placed Himself in advance throughout time - yay, even into this very moment - imbibed with Him: the cordial of Him, the elixir of Him, the protection of Him, the life and light of Him.

For He had seen what was to become of the World that would replicate life in its myriad forms, yet without soul - were it not now for His intervention.

Great works thus can be done in such a short span of time, and especially when there is peace to secure them.

He placed Himself into every moment moving forward, and time itself now bows to Him - and even the forlorn dance with joy in His company.

Exploding Eggs- 4th April 2026

The tension within and the tension without an egg is necessarily balanced, and, considerate to the width and tensile strength of its shell surrounding.

When the egg is within the hen and relatively soft and weightless, its bulk is nesting inside the internal chamber whereupon the forces and subsequent tensions are relieved, as it rests (the membrane of shell) being held within.

It is only when the egg is solitary - having been expelled from its host - does its fragility become determined.

And so even in a fixed physical environment we can readily understand a difference between an esoteric egg (in the uterus of the hen soft and safe) and the exoteric egg expelled from the hen then exposed to the elements.

Following this simple text is of itself an exercise of thinking.The egg can be used in this way as a dual perspective.

Furthermore the fertilised egg is curated outside of the mother hen - the formative forces persist within the hardened shell, until that day of absolute tension from within draws them outward.

And so now we have three distinct phases of the egg: -

The beginnings: held, supported, contained, soft.
Dispelled, discharged, separate, distinct.
Inner life taking form, materialisation of being, and then …
Tension within, birth into the world now having journeyed through two membranes.
Eventual death and dissolution whereupon the animated life manifest draws back into the ‘invisible’ realms.

These 3 (5) phases signify the adoption of virtue as living experience throughout an individual’s life.

1. Latent 
2. Unconsciously practical 
3. Taking form through will and action and then: 
4. Tension within and without as the world tests the consciousness.
5. The dissolution of selfishness - that part of the immature self dies and gives over to experience gathered and grown of the ego. 

Yes - ego.

Eggo :)

Happy Easter!

The Ides of March- 28th March 2026

Mikhail Nesterov 

History, World history, is but a bedrock built of human bones. Generations of souls in brief interlude, planting themselves that they may come again.

The greatest of all to commit and to die, was and is, our beloved Christ, for which we will also become.

Yes, death is death, yet it is on the ‘bright side’ gateway to the Eternal.

He holds our hands, He is ever present - His gift of dying effected so many sequential events, and not the least is the way and the manner our souls slip from this World into the next.

Before the Crucifixion of our beloved Christ, before He travailed the depths to the heights, the common man would lose his consciousness when leaving his body after death.

One could argue that consciousness in general was different in those times regardless - that the individual was not so individual - he was a corporation of karma: that of his tribe/race, that of his own, and, even affected by the beings of life, in body and nature all around him.

His consciousness lived on the outside of his physical body and was dispersed accordingly.

When death came his disconnection and separation was a mixed experience - partly the consciousness could inhabit another family member and be retained somewhat within the earthly sphere. Partly the soul would dissipate into the native realms etc. and even the bodily realms it had associated with.

Oft times reincarnation could be surprisingly fast when returning back into the weave and weft of the family corporate.

In this respect men (meaning all) were alike to the animals with group souls, save for there being a kernel of God ready (not latent) to ripen.

Of course there are myriads of blessing from Christ’s actualisation and from His passing - and we cannot reduce it down or trivialise the corporeal extravaganza which was to follow.

Suffice to say that stars fell to Earth and now each soul was united with their parent - each with a light of their own - each with a direct pathway beyond the earthly rebound - that when passing through they are now complete and free, and awake to all around them.

This newfound freedom, this liberation, is no small thing - and, given the timelines, it is incredibly recent in the experience of Humanity.

Whilst we sorrow for the sacrifice, we rejoice the mission and the being of our beloved Christ: for truly now there is a bright side to everything - especially death.

#Easter

 

The Inbetweens- 21st March 2026

John Byam Liston Shaw 

Philosophy used to be called vague-o-gnostic - or something similar, lost now in the translation … however, you get the point - by nature the philosopher was aloof and uncommitted - lacking in piety and brimful with obscurity. 

The Philosopher could reach up like a toddler to the ecstasies of truth and with said innocence and delight, but not quite grasp, or be high enough to complete the task.

There are many who by thoughts alone are as ‘inbetweens’ currently, whereupon neither truth nor holy doctrine is sought after, or even hoped for in possibility, by them.

If you think for a minute: the general populace are giving no credence to either material, reasonable, provable, empirical truth, or are they invested in a spiritual qualifying of their life either.

It becomes beyond confusion when there is no benchmark to trying, and furthermore no impetus to be had either. This inertia just described is mainly regarding self-improvement, or lack thereof.

It is when self awareness can no longer breach its bounds and venture out into further learning.

For this individual the remedy is a simple one: i.e. to begin learning again.

With this a vigour will return having something new to be qualified - be it a recipe or a treatise - for this will awaken the soul who slumbers, and works remotely - if at all - being presently encased in a material stupor.

Yes! Be it esoteric or exoteric - reach beyond yourself and feel the spirit return.

Life itself rejoices in being loved wholeheartedly, with the enthusiasm of a novice, and the rapture of a saint.