Jay Woodman

"I never think of myself as an attacker, only as a defender - usually of rights - mine and others."

"I don't have to be safe to feel safe, I always feel safe at my core."

"We are the wilderness within Screaming out for true expression. Even when we’re sleeping,There’s no escape from this obsession."

"be the calm eye of the storm where nothing phases you, focus on your centre to remain balanced, let your life flow like a stream of wind"

"Don't be afraid to be authentic, show up in the world as you truly are. Be as you mean to be, but be light with it. Love it, give it, share it, laugh at it, walk everywhere with it. Be in the world but not OF it."

"Spiritual counselling is helping people find the deep root of stillness in themselves, which is also a connection to everything else."

"Fly (poem from the book Blue Bridge)Delicate, / butterfly winged, / we vainly push against the sky, / each trying to find our place. Yes, we are going to die, / let's not beat about the bush. / Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, / maybe even years from now. Meanwhile, / we have someone who loves us, / someone to love. / Surely there is no need to hesitate."

"Sometimes it's better to show our vulnerability / pain / regrets so others don't think us impervious / unapproachable - be real / open"

"I honour the clarity of the present moment, and the stillness at the centre of being (mine & others), even in the midst of so much doing."

"Breathe in that vital connection to the life source and sensual beauty everywhere. Feel loved and strong."

"just find your way, like a river settling into its bed, and the sigh of the wind over a lake, light but restful... content with the joy in the arc of an arm throwing a ball for a dog to fetch"

"... just find your way, like a river settling into its bed, and the sigh of the wind over a lake, light but restful... content with the joy in the arc of an arm throwing a ball for a dog to fetch, the ease of the grassy slope stretching away, birds in the trees singing sweet high notes, flowers growing close in the ditch."

"Every moment we are new and full of infinite possibility as we are part of ALL."

"Personal truth differs from one person to the next, so how can truth itself be a constant? At least we can listen to each other in truth."

"Chaos is peaceful when you stand quietly & watch - we are eternal observers, reflecting both tiny & vast, singing infinitely within."

"The Holy Grail is within you – find your Inner Treasure"

"What if there is no such thing as other people's wrongness... ?"

"Breath (from the book Blue Bridge)Whispering to myself With every step I take,Trying out names, for I know There is something yet to be called ….. I know it, something up ahead Just around the bend Or over the rise – A bird taking to the sky From the edge of a jagged cliff – A bird floating outwards In silence ……. A silence Waiting for a footstep To crunch on stones, For a voice to fling upward Through sharp sunlight With a name…… calling Before the bird could call Before the bird called. Oh the bird was there alright And sure it took flight When it heard me approach But it broke my heart With a mighty croak!So I’m sitting here playing With a purple flower Slender stem, no leaves Purple fizz –And it’s quiet again. I am still I am nothing And the hill Is a long, long slope Down, down, down to the sea Far below. I could roll I could run I could scream But I am nothing. A cool wind blows And the light is naked and nameless And the rocks are faces of angels And the bird in the sky wheels And cries to forget the earth And its ancient bones –Oh, sensual pain – Wings…. Wings…. Wings,Singing wings. If only I could begin To describe the emptiness Which fills me to the brim With new breath I might almost lose my name And take instead a feather for my soul."

"Feeling free of full & empty, feeling here but also there, Neither or but simply both, a universe within, one single stare."

"Live in a cosmic ocean, singing sweet hallucinations, dreams of many worlds, all flowing into one... inner / outer mirrored love."