Dear OM Writers. With the exciting arrival of the Royal baby yesterday in London, how about exercising your awesome writing skills and suggest a SPIRITUAL NAME  for the new heir to the Throne. You are invited to submit an article of up to 500 words (Min 250 words) introducing your thoughts for a Spiritual name, the meaning of the name, why you have chosen it, some backround to the culture, spiritual community or religion that the name springs from and any other relevent…

The most recent and significant development in same sex marriages in the UK was the announcement that the 700 year old Westminster Chapel of St Mary Undercroft which is situated in a holy crypt below the Houses of Parliament in London is to be promoted by the Government to host same sex marriages, and to convert the chapel into a multi faith area.

Ministers from religious denominations, such as Quakers and Liberal Jews, who have indicated they will perform the ceremonies, will be able…

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” 

―    Benjamin Franklin..

.....I wonder what one of America's Founding Fathers and Philosopher Benjamin Franklin would make of the Supreme Court in the USA today taking a long hard critical look at the untenable Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA),and its validity in the Constitution. A Landmark decision to strike down the 1996 Act, which denies benefits to single-sex couples, seems…

The Ego and Conscious Thinking,

By Trevor Taylor.

"Islands are special places. They are finite, complete. They are of the sea, and because of that, their land has added value.

An island can become part of you, though perhaps not you part of it.

An island allows you to stop and stare, to look anew at things with which you're familiar, and to find the things with which you aren’t. It gives you chances to look more closely at yourself."

....Armed with the…