Articles from Jimmy Henderson

Spiritual and religious experiences are often thought of as something separate from the mind, as if they happen beyond thinking and interpretation. However, many philosophers and psychologists suggest the opposite: the mind plays a central role in how spiritual...

There is a great little story which shows the importance of being real, genuine or authentic. Here is an extract from the Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco which explains this in a delightful way: ‘Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a...

The sons of Odin, aspects of the one Father, take their place on the field of battle, the war between the warriors of light (order) and darkness (chaos). The warriors of light, through service and sacrifice, fight to bring order, first to the world of form, and then to...

The soul is our true essence, the original energy source and template which gives rise to our life, consciousness, minds and bodily energies.

Chaos is defined as the original, swirling, unstructured mass of energy that existed before the act of creation. In this, as well as other religious scriptures, this Chaos or chaotic energy is said to have been acted upon by a ‘Divine Consciousness’ with the power to order and structure it into the reality, the world and the Universe that we know today.  

It is true that my writings contain ideas which could be regarded by some as ‘speculative’, ‘philosophical’, sometimes even ‘religious’ or ‘metaphysical’, not always remaining strictly within the confines of accepted scientific and psychological thought. However, this...

I think the shadow-self can be described in a number of ways by people who have different approaches to life, for example, you may well find other explanations for the shadow-self in science, religion or spiritualism. The approach I personally like to use in my books...

  Your spiritual work will be greatly improved if you know how to meditate and visualise properly. Meditation Meditation lowers our brainwave activity so that our mental chatter subsides, and we are better able to relax. This means that we learn to lower our...

‘The higher self struggles to find its way through the web of human thought.’ J . Henderson   Instinctual consciousness  The first stage has to be Instinctual consciousness. This is the mark of early man who had not yet achieved self-awareness and acted purely on...

‘We normally keep our minds so busy that we fail to hear the passing whispers of angels’   Contemplation is a technique in which we open our minds to incoming impressions, inspirational guidance or answers to problems or questions which we set ourselves. It is...

            Most of us go through life making decisions based on our past experiences without being really mindful of all the issues involved. This can lead to the stereotyping of people and situations and us not always taking the best course of action.           What...

So what is consciousness? Our human consciousness could be seen as a conscious state which allows us to realise that we are alive and to think, reason and see what we experience as reality. However, it can also give us a clue to answering the important question of...

In my previous article I proposed a new theory of the human soul as the complete and perfect essence of each human formed (created) in a Universal Mind. In this case, the existence of a Universal Mind I derived from the idea of a collective unconscious described by...

I know that there are many people who are very cautious or are ‘sitting on the fence’ when it comes to topics like psychic development and metaphysics, and I think this is due to the fact that these fields have received bad press by using their own jargon such as...

Many ancient metaphysical texts maintain that the soul or spiritual essence of a person passes through stages of evolution in the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms to emerge only later as a human soul. As a cognitive scientist and a metaphysician, this idea seems...

An old man once told me the story of a younger son who was dissatisfied with the life provided by his father and decided to leave home. After a long time of wandering, he had exhausted his resources and ended up in a cesspool of debauchery and humiliation in which he...