Where my writing passion currently lies
For me, beyond stepping up to matters relevant to my day-to-day with my best paw forward, a wishful redesign of ‘the next moment’ begins with an
awareness of the spiritual world that governs all aspects of life on Earth.
WITH YUDIT - JERUSALEM 2007
The filters through which random questions and thoughts drift in and out of my awareness are
not of a theological nature. Instead, they stem from an attitude to life that I have fostered
through the ten years of mentoring under Yudit Cohen-Shoore, my Jewish/Israeli teacher who
lived in Jerusalem.
The wider consciousness that ensued is constantly challenged – and reviewed.
Accordingly, my writings are simply intended as an active reflection on the mindset and
behaviours that, frequently through flurries of reactive impulses, have propelled ancient and
modern humanity onwards - just as our cultivated mindset pushes us via our ego-persona
through the content of this day, today, and every day.
Having said that, I believe it is appropriate to refer, here, to lines from George Elliot I found one
afternoon, while randomly flipping through piles of books stacked in a second-hand shop.
Though I don’t remember the title of the book, I clearly remember reading that, in regard to all
she considered as her best writing, George Eliot had been aware of whispers from “not herself”
which took possession of her thoughts.
In such instances, she felt her physical persona was merely the instrument through which a
creative spirit was guiding her writing.
When it comes to my own ‘whisperer’, my muse, the source of my inspiration, the one who has infused my mind with the many thoughts now bound
into the cover of Stepping Stones To the Top Of The World – and in my sketch book - I have no doubt that her name is Soul.