David Cadman


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Papers and articles

I hope that amongst this collection of papers, articles and stories you will find some things that are of interest and even help to you. You will find quite a lot of overlap so, sometimes, you may need to skip over something that you have read before.


	Challenging Convention
	This set of papers challenges the apparent reality of materialism and consumerism.
	Lost for Words. What we say shapes what we do. (pdf, 55kb)
	With Our Thoughts We Make the World. A reality of relatedness. (pdf, 68kb)
	A Necessary Simplicity. Simplicity may not be a comfortable option but an absolute necessity. (pdf, 25kb)
	What We Believe In Matters. What we take to be true shapes our world. (pdf, 32kb)
	The Honeysuckle and the Rose. Love as reality. (pdf, 117kb)
	Eternal Wisdom in an Age of Illusion. Compares the illusion of conventional reality with another reality described by the Perennial Philosophy – and advocates ‘slowness’! (pdf, 68kb)


	Stories
	These stories or fables are tales about the wheel of life, the wonders of compost and the wisdom of cats.
	The King Who Lost His Memory. A King undertakes a journey to re-discover that which is true. (pdf, 1,048kb)
	Three Stories. Three tales about architecture, cleaning and the importance of being brave. (pdf, 703kb)
	The Joke. For all our arrogance, we can do nothing about it. (pdf, 12kb)
	The Garden. On the wonders and mysteries of compost and the dangers of 'Big Boy' tomatoes. (pdf, 61kb)
	The Princess Who Asked Many Questions. Dedicated to Tabatha and all that I have learnt from her. (pdf, 26kb)


	Sustainability
	Stillness and Dancing. Some thoughts about sustainability. (pdf, 53kb)
	Deep Ecology in Context. An exploration of the deep ecology of Arne Naess. (pdf, 44kb)
	Asking A Favour. The importance of recognising the lessons of sustainability. (pdf, 16kb)
	Sustaining value. How sustainability and climate change may impact on property values and prices. (pdf, 396kb)
	The Roots of Sustainability. Love, Beauty and Harmony as the roots of sustainability. (pdf, 161kb)


	Quakerism and other faiths
	These brief papers come from my Quaker birthright and include reflection upon other faiths.
	Peace-talk. Refusing to talk of war. (pdf, 26kb)
	Common Prayer. For my friends at the monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos. (pdf, 20kb)
	A Point of Light. For my friends of the Brahma Kumaris. (pdf, 23kb)
	Divine Abiding and The Holy Life. To be published by The Friends Journal. (pdf, 130kb)
	Holy Work: Thoughts from The Bhagavad Gita. Unpublished. (pdf, 67kb)

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