Spirituality, Self-Knowledge and The Art of Living
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Christopher Hansard: [ it is possible]

it is very possible the world financial situation is going to worsen to the point, that a lot social infrastructures that we all take for granted could be seriously weakened, for in difficult times difficult situations often develop, yet all of us have the ability to change the outcome by ensuring our communities are able to look after themselves as best they can

October 31, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ in goodness there is grace]

in

goodness

there

is

grace

October 12, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ inner world]

Your

inner

world

spins

slowly

on

the axis of

your attachments

each rotation

closes,

or opens a view

into your

Self

see how attachment

makes the mist

that your call

your life

good, bad,

inbetween

all rotate

on

attachment

October 11, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ you and nature]

The natural world dwells deep with your emotional and psychological nature, within your body, intellect, instinctual awareness and all your habits, for every tree that is wantonly cut down in the wild so is a little part of us all. Diminish nature and its resources and so mankind is diminished. Nature is the underlying foundation of all our aspects of our well being, you and nature are the same experience.

August 17, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ In Uncertain Times]

In uncertain times you need to know what is necesary for your emotional and spiritual growth so that you can build both your vitality and integrity, thereby empowering your self-discipline. As things change rapidly around you you need to look at the qualities of your emotional strength and resilience and improve those areas that are in need of growth. In times such as these, have money, wealth or secured resources is not enough, having mental clarity, emotional balance, good health and psychological resilience are those invaluable tools that will enable you to know true stability and enduring prosperity, for we think prosperity is linked to wealth and money, it has being made to be like this since the late 18th century, but this model is flimsy: true prosperity comes from knowing who you are and what you can do with what you have when everyone else has lost their balance, money or previous lifestyle  or is having less, for in the case of human growth, individually and socially, less is more, if you have the clarity to know and express it.

August 15, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ the path to your Self]

there is a

path to your

Self

it is not straight

but winding

for it occupies

acts of randomness

and a myriad of thoughts

but if you look

gently but constantly

you can see the path

its edges covered by the

overgrowth of life

and then once you know it is there

it clears and shows you the way

July 13, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ all that you have]

all that you have

is contained

in your breath

in your heart

speech and action

everything else is but adornments

baubles, trinkets and diversions

fun as they maybe and delightful for a time

things in the end

return

to your breath

July 11, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ Come to the Fire]

come to the fire

and cast away your doubts

burn all your troubles

so in the ash

you will find the jewel

you seek

come to the fire

blessing earth, wind, water

connecting

come to the fire

and know your inner flame

in the spark and  in the cinder

is the tinder of your growing soul

let the flames of knowing

rise up

and

illuminate

come to the fire, come to the fire

celebrate

who you truly are

May 25, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ sound]

its all around you

its inside you

it hovers in between thought

in that gap between the fleeting now

the definitive past

it hangs

sound

holds

connections

to the material

nature of things

listen

May 11, 2011   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ Old ways find new forms]

old forgotten things

whether they be wisdom or the ruins of cities past

find new ways to form themselves into the living mind-heart of humanity

old words spoken by fires under stars hang connected

each molecule with a hook of being

old forgotten things make themselves appear as if they were forgotten

so each generation

can find it for themselves

from ombu to skyscraper

to small blue wild flowers

from old stained leather to the finger tips of a new born

hang connected

each molecule with a hook of being

listen carefully you can hear each one singing

‘ the obvious is found in the unseen’

April 4, 2011   No Comments