tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388904082012-01-29T10:38:43.306Z'be the change - tread the path' is inspired by my own journey through life, my family, children and my own quest for personal, emotional and spiritual development. Thank you for reading.Damiannoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-78483436048160287372007-05-22T00:13:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:41.793Z

In the first of my dedications to those people that have brought quality into my life I would like to begin with the story of a good friend that was in my life for around two years but left me with a lifetime of gratitude. The thanks I give are for allowing me to reach out to him – looking back I believe this was the catalyst that confirmed that ‘BEing the Change’ was a central theme to my life

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-89393678554536061332007-05-20T22:53:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:42.041Z

Stop for a second and ponder this question. Who, out of the people that appeared in your life, would you like to thank for providing direction, understanding and meaning through word or action?Before you move on think about this for a few seconds Now you’ve had a little time to ponder I’d like to welcome you all to my new series of articles entitled ‘Sharing the lessons’ which started out as a

Damiannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-20549557246042364172007-05-15T17:00:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:42.206Z

In the second of my Guest Author Series in response to my ‘Unearthing Lost Treasures’ article I'm handing 'be the change - tread the path' over to another wonderful writer and a good friend - Adam from 'Adam's Peace'. This is another site of which I value my subscription and Adam's articles based on the subject of Peace in all its forms have incredible depth and feeling. Adam has been through

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-37760480379649328532007-05-14T22:31:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:42.361Z

As a father of four young children I’m always on the lookout for ways to introduce them to the Mystical side of life without going into the darker areas of it in too much detail that might scare them and result in the opposite effect of ‘bringing down the barriers’ rather than opening up to the energy and inspiration of the Light. I guess you could call it Parenting with Spirit.I’m still finding

Damiannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-85037425187949362902007-05-13T05:52:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:42.528Z

In this article in my 'Defining Freemasonry' series I'd like to take the opportunity to explore some of the details of what goes on in a Masonic meeting. If there are any specific issues you'd like me to me to cover in future articles then please do not hesitate to get in touch but I will again point out that this purely my opinion and not neccessarily those of other Freemasons, my Lodge or the

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-2649617279415352912007-05-08T08:31:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:42.743Z

This is the first in a series of Guest Author ‘spots’ in response to my ‘Unearthing Lost Treasures’ article. I’d like to welcome Kara-Leah to ‘be the change – tread the path’ as a good friend, a source of great support and a real inspiration to me both personally and through her site @ http://www.klmasina.co.nz/. Kara-Leah’s writing is a favourite stop for me as I sojourn through the blogosphere

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-69710781336719752852007-05-07T00:45:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:43.220Z

I enjoyed another episode of Lost Treasures on Granada TV tonight – I was really looking forward to this episode as the presenter, Mark Olly, is a good friend of mine and he is very excited about the possible discovery of the main Druid Sanctuary in the UK. The circular site was SO clear in the snow that I had goose-bumps at the thought of the ‘Lost Treasures’ that may be there just waiting to be

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-53519842109729803162007-05-05T00:52:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:43.432Z

I recently drove down to o local country park, parked up and strolled down to my favourite spot – it’s a beautiful place in a wood near a stream where I often walk to ‘get in touch’ with nature and re-energise. It was a bright clear day and there is a bench where you can rest so the idea came to me to sit and meditate for a while enjoying the energies of the trees and losing myself in the rhythm

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-3633126967315291602007-04-26T21:56:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:43.783Z

Not a good day for me yesterday, it seemed that many of the pieces I saw falling into place just didn’t match the picture on the box. Many thanks to Kara-Leah for her well timed e-mail that appeared in my inbox just as I was packing up and heading for bed. Her words were just the lift I needed to take with me to my dreams and provide a spiritual band-aid for the metaphysical knocks and grazes of

Damiannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-67303825302517271972007-04-25T23:25:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:43.961Z

I’ve been having a few difficulties reconciling some areas of life and wanted to share them with you. Some of these issues are with Parenting, others with Society, one or two with Spirit and most with Myself. They’ve been buzzing round my head and my feeling is that I can’t move on without finding a balanced view and an acceptable integration with them and my personal Belief system.I’ll start the

Damiannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-17558992250138000942007-04-24T20:03:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:44.438Z

Post number Thirty and I’ve been presented with a ‘tag’ in the form of a ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ by Titania from Finding Life’s Enchantments. This originated from Ilker at The Thinking Blog (the rules for the meme can be found there) and as the gauntlet has now been handed to me I’m going to ‘award’ five other people stimulate and motivate me to continue my quest. These people put everything of

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-25818388120786230922007-04-19T19:14:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:44.620Z

I’ve been coming across many stories of courageous people that exceed all expectations despite suffering from illnesses, disabilities or debilitating mental problems. All these people are an absolute inspiration and each story I read gives me hope in human nature and at the same time shames me into doing more with my own life.The downside of this is that the more you are aware of those that

Damiannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-65966786980510938412007-04-17T13:27:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:44.835Z

I’ve been tagged again but this time by K-L Masina to answer the challenge set by The Urban Monk and his Blog Apocalypse – you can find her article here.The 'Blog Apocalypse' missionThe blogosphere is ending. No more blogs. Blog apocalypse.The internet is still working, the world is fine. But you can’t write anymore.Write your last post. Make it a good one. What is the reason you blog? What

Damiannoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-17399363075281050572007-04-14T11:09:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:44.995Z

I’m having a really crazy ‘trip’ and loving everything that is being thrown my way. The messages from Spirit are coming thick and fast in the form of ideas, thoughts and mostly ‘hints’. Annoying, mind-scratching hints that buzz around until I’ve done what they ask.My major influence during this time has been Slade from ‘Shift Your Spirits’ and his e-mails and articles always seem to come just at

Damiannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-79990060533871728862007-04-12T20:07:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:45.121Z

Guides are all around us and within us – you only have to ask and they will respond. In my own journey I’ve been making good progress in contacting my own Guides and have received messages that seem to come from nowhere and everywhere at the same time.My first glimpse of a Guide was many years ago when I attempted the activities detailed in a book by Sanaya Roman titled ‘Opening to Channel’.

Damiannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-8947111965304391392007-04-08T17:43:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:45.368Z

Today is Easter Sunday and I have been feeling much more ‘Christian’ recently in more of a standard religious way. Possibly for the first time in my life I have actually taken a real interest in the story of Jesus and the message that Easter sends out to the world and what it means to me.I wouldn’t consider myself a committed Christian nor have I ever felt the need to visit a Church of any kind.

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-70132298425834317372007-04-08T16:14:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:45.532Z

In the second article in my ‘Defining Freemasonry’ series I will focus on the Royal Arch Chapter (Chapter). This ‘degree’ is the natural progression from Craft Masonry and the next step on the ladder for any Brother wishing to take his Freemasonry that bit further.I am a member of two ‘Chapters’ and currently hold the position of Second Principal in one of them. Chapter meets around four times a

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-57011759755622659632007-04-04T00:15:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:45.875Z

Making progress in my career has always been a difficult area of my life and I have always envied and respected those people who are obviously attuned to their profession. Those people who have were at the right place at the right time and those who have a bottomless pit filled with grit, focus and determination.You see my problem is that I have NEVER known what I wanted to do. I still don’t, and

Damiannoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-8129162490242680382007-04-01T21:23:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.008Z

I’ve been enjoying a fantastic journey these past few weeks since the ‘connections’ started and I’ve been receiving messages that are opening up the world and Spirit for me in ways I’d never have dreamed.On this point I want to say a big THANK YOU to Debs of ‘Deb_Inside’ and Slade of ‘Shift Your Spirits’ for the two surprise dedications I received this week for being the unknowing Shepherd in our

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-47126300791667392682007-03-28T11:36:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.226Z

Freemasonry plays a big part in my life and I would like to take this opportunity to explain a little more about it and the various Orders and Degrees of which I am a member. I have always been very open about my membership and find that most people are genuinely curious as to what it is all about. If this article whets your appetite a good point of reference is Wikipedia’s page on Freemasonry. I

Damiannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-31228842174027685022007-03-27T23:52:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.368Z

Woo Hoo – another milestone reached – Blog number Twenty.I’ve never done any creative writing before and when I started this Blog I had no idea where it would lead or if my ramblings would find a connection with anyone else. I still feel that I’m finding my feet and each day brings new discoveries in the Blogosphere and I’ve spent whole days just following the connections from one Author (I hate

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-13149827235988588882007-03-26T21:26:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.528Z

I drifted off daydreaming today and was thinking about one of those moments that was subtle in nature but ended up changing your perspective forever. Not one of the monumental earthquakes like seeing your first child born but a little quirk of fate that catches you by surprise but stays with you for eternity.Many years ago I had spent the day shopping with my girlfriend at the time in Manchester

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-35273249550920462502007-03-26T10:52:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.663Z

Money has always been a problem for me and I’ll do anything to avoid dealing with it. So I was mortified when Slade from ‘Shift Your Spirits’ tagged me to respond to his latest assignment as follows.“Here’s Your Assignment:I want to hear about YOUR Money Makeover.Readabout Morgana’sExercise and consider the following in your story:Who’s the Old Money?Who’s the New Money?What’s THE one thing —

Damiannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-41775275524064290292007-03-26T00:20:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:46.941Z

I’ve never been one for sitting back and letting others do the work for me and I am always happy to assist in another persons cause if they don’t feel they have the strength to do it themselves. As you can see from the title of this blog my aim has always been to take positive action and not just think about the negatives that arise in life.My view is that every challenge that comes our way is an

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-77277157394494937742007-03-17T16:04:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.242Z

I’ve had to work in London this week and usually travel around with my head in a book not taking any notice of the people and places around me. But as part of my quest for enlightenment and to work on continually developing my self I have made a conscious effort to be more open to the world and people around me.I often travel on the tube when I work in London, which is usually a couple of days

Damiannoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-85640120300779168702007-03-17T15:11:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.431Z

The March meeting at my Masonic Lodge is always set aside for the ‘Installation’. This is when the new Worshipful Master (WM) is installed in the chair to preside over the Lodge for the next twelve months. It is a very special occasion and the meeting takes much longer than any other meeting so we begin much earlier in the day.The new WM is known as the Master Elect (ME) as he has to be elected

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-47653352896804566932007-03-11T22:08:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.543Z

Sania Wyatt has tagged me for inclusion in an interactive research project known as "Simply Successful Secrets". I’m more than happy to take part and I am really honoured to be included in Sandra’s list which contains some really excellent Authors.If you’ve not already checked out Sania’s blog it really is worth visiting. She is a very brave and special person and is an inspiration to all of

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-6988954719550432082007-03-11T20:23:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.702Z

A very good day yesterday and what initially started out as a ‘me’ day turned out to be one where the gains I made were through the process of giving. The affirmation and positive experience that I needed to encourage me to continue.As I had been a little low I had arranged to go and see a friend, Mark Olly, to ‘get away from it all’ and spend some time catching up. I had intended to go over

Damiannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-65454639931846661632007-03-09T15:59:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.856Z

Although I’m content with the progress I’ve made in much of my life there is one area where I’m still bogged down in a rut and can’t seem to make any progress on – my career. The job I have neither inspires me, challenges me nor provides enough by way of financial incentive.Money is very tight and the strain is beginning to show and it is affecting most of my life in very negative ways. The

Damiannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-57565755366893758992007-03-08T15:35:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:47.968Z

On the issue of children I found the articles on DruidJournal.net particularly insightful but was especially moved by the following paragraph taken from that site'Children seem to be born with an innate reverence for nature, which fits right in with pagan belief. They fill their pockets with acorns, oddly shaped rocks, bits of fluff and feathers, and young blossoms ­ they can feel the raw magic

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-14239512426151995642007-03-07T18:11:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:48.176Z

Slade from ‘Shift your Spirits’ has ‘tagged’ me with this question and I’ll try my best to answer. If you’ve never visited his site you should go there straight away as him and Jeff Lilly at DruidJournal.net (another must read) are my inspirations to use this medium and the rewards so far have been great.I’m honoured to be the next in line as the three previous authors are excellent examples as

Damiannoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-363969957341374902007-03-07T15:27:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:48.427Z

I enjoy the contrasts that comes from all of the paths I tread and could be at a Rock concert one night, a Lodge meeting the night after, walking in the woods communing with nature at weekend, cuddled up with my partner watching a film or sharing a book with my son. Experiencing the variety of life is essential to living a full and content existence.I’ve been a Freemason for some considerable

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-23460211767272790492007-03-07T13:34:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:48.641Z

I’ve spoken to many spiritualists that say they have lost their ability to connect with their energy and others that say that the intensity has increased. This seems to be happening more so in the last year indicating that the energy we tap into is evolving.My feelings are that as we are all part of the Light and we ourselves are having new ideas or building on the concepts of others that Spirit

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-43620103839948631972007-03-07T12:31:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:48.858Z

Since launching this Blog I’ve found the creative process rewarding and in my new found thirst for inspiration the world around me, and the one within me, are beginning to unfold and reveal glimpses of its secrets.The other benefit that I’ve felt is that I now have more ‘space’ inside me for new ideas and concepts to develop. This is obviously due to the process of emptying my mind into the

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-74663585736318733702007-03-06T01:01:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:49.083Z

The latest stage of my spiritual awakening only begun a few weeks ago and was set in motion by a set of coincidences.I had been thinking of a good friend I had lost contact with some years ago when I went through a difficult relationship break-up.Mark Olly had set up and run an open evening at his home called ‘The Door’ which held discussions and presentations on many historical and esoteric

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-50145882340131349152007-03-06T00:05:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:49.280Z

There have been five mass extinctions during the history of the Earth but none caused by any of the life-forms that call it home. If we are not careful the human race could be in the unenviable position of being the first.We are now on the threshold of creating a negative transformation of our world by the activities of the so-called higher species of our planet.There is an urgent need to

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-1476176639914791762007-03-05T13:36:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:49.468Z

Ever wonder why pop stars and actors turn to self-destruction when they have gone past their peak? Have you noticed that there are some people who crave to be the centre of attention no matter what the cost? Are there others you know that make you feel drained by being in their presence, while others fill you with hope, creativity and inspiration?The simple answer is that this is due to the

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-53854790347492289762007-03-05T01:18:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:49.686Z

Are you a questioner? Was school a frustrating time for you? Were you unable to accept that because the sky was blue and the grass green that this was the end of the discussion?Me too, I always wanted to know why the grass was green and if what I was seeing as green was somebody else’s red. Each answer I received merely acted as a catalyst for further questions. I really should track down my

Damiannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-90690516463524553522007-03-05T00:02:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:49.863Z

A crisis of faith or just another stage of development? Is there any validity to the spiritual world or is this just another attempt at avoidance from the trials and drudgery of everyday life?Watching soaps, obsessively following sports, following the religion of celebrity - are these a construction of society to distract the masses from their true purpose?Or are they forms of distraction

Damiannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38890408.post-75473780663632261812007-03-03T23:55:00.000Z2008-12-11T15:33:50.083Z

Just add water - giving up taste in favour of convenienceHaving enjoyed the day showing my partner and children the magical places, and passing on the stories, at a local beauty spot I feel energised and know this to be a good time to begin the next stage on my particular journey.Imparting knowledge to those you love is a magical and fulfilling exercise and provides the catalyst for the best of

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