The first poem I heard of Rumi’s is perhaps his most famous:Out beyond all ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field.I will meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.Which is why I’ve tried to stay mostly silent these past few months on the…
(This article is by Bill Schneider, a certified counsellor with Centre for Men (see details here) and an initiated man. It reflects on his experience of a rarely mentioned aspect of the Men’s Rites of Passage and the power this has had on his life.)The invitation to Men’s Rights of Passage was something I looked forward to with…
Before you read what I am going to say, I want to state that Australians really do live in the lucky country. Yes, it’s getting impossible to live on any kind of welfare. Yes, the waiting lists in public hospitals can be long, especially for what is deemed elective surgery. Yes, our cost of living is very high…
