Innovation consultant Eitan Buchalter talks about the importance of creative thinking and how we can nurture our capacity for it in both childhood and adult life
‘This is part of what it means to be human. In order for us to be ourselves, we need to develop ideas, and we need to have a mechanism for expressing them because that’s who we are.’
An interview with the Indian poet-author and diplomat Abhay K.
‘I think it’s fundamentally a matter of faith that if we sit together and debate and discuss, we will be able to resolve our differences.’
Catherine Coldstream contemplates the sublime nature of music
‘The gift of music comes down to us like rain or dew or inspiration, as beauty, as gratuity. It softens the heart and inclines us to listen to and nurture that love that is beyond all loves, and to accord it the highest place in our lives.’
A conversation with Mark Vernon about the heritage and continuing influence of the famous psychotherapist
‘There’s always something in the divine presence that’s striving to be born. Trying to be open and receptive to what that might be matters even more than getting troubled by what is going wrong.’
Farah Ahamed explores the concept of sunn kaall (the primordial void) in the music and poetry of Islam, Hinduism and Christianity
‘Through singing, the human voice becomes an entry point into the underlying mysticism of nature and universal sound. Music as a way of searching for the divine.’
Andrew Watson contemplates the life and work of the famous Orkney poet who made a journey from childhood trauma to rediscovery of faith and meaning
‘Eden represents an integrated world in which meaning is not severed from experience and one’s place is secure.’