On the perfect, clear surfacethat is the mirror of the mind,Thoughts, like fish, break its surface.And, although brief, they simply twinkle.In a flash I know their worth,and I am pulled towards those that beguile.Yet now, when they end, as does…
One of the ‘mistakes’ we make in understanding mental illness is assuming that our identity and personality are the same thing. This becomes really confusing when, because of previous psychological trauma, our heightened response to threats become labelled as a…
Welcome to volume three of Inception – The Wordbotherers magazine. Every Thursday our group meets to discuss our stories and poems over a glass of wine in the Yorkshire town of Pickering. We publish our off-beat humour and quirky stories…
Vulcan, the Roman God of Volcanoes was chosen as the name of a theoretical planet that was thought to exist as the innermost planet of our solar system. It’s time as a possible planet began shortly after Newton’s theories of…
Perhaps the most misunderstood curse we can utter. Children fantasise about being ‘grown-up’. Being grown up means they become the boss and can buy as many ice creams as they want. Our perspectives change when we grow up. The authority…
Defining Spirituality. This rather nebulous term can be defined as methods for overcoming ‘the inevitable suffering of existence’. Suffering seems unavoidable – we can try as much as we like, but death, disease, wanting (famine) and violence (war) await us…
I’ve fallen out of favour.I don’t know what to do.My overlords of high esteem.Have left me all a-blue. I tried my best, I really did.Despite the vague instruction.I manned the trench, whilst others fell.And witnessed their destruction. “Healer-priest thy role…
Welcome to our volume 2 of Inception, our Wordbotherer magazine. We hope you enjoy our collection of eclectic stories, musings and poems. Please contact us at wordbotherers@gmail.com to provide feedback or if you are interested in any of our work…
As normal, thinking adults, our minds are said to be ‘conditioned’. These conditions are the countless experiences that shape and define our sense of self and the reality in which we dwell. Whilst the common goal of all spiritual awakening…
Sometimes we discover a terrible truth. Sometimes we feel justified to treat somebody harshly, yet afterwards we may discover these justifications were wrong, and so we learn a terrible truth. This truth completely eliminates any rational reason or justification for…