Another light

Another light A barker on Hampstead High St guided us in to a small charity jumble sale. Late in the afternoon, so the best was of course gone. Still it's always worth looking through what Hampstead people throw away. The sale was in aid of the Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship, whose spiritual leader Andrew Cohen correctly points out that while we rich, educated First Worlders have the power to avert the various catastrophes threatening the human race, our fascination with the life of the ego — money, sex and status — effectively prevents us from doing so. What the world needs now is enlightened people, which means devoting our lives to realising our Authentic Selves. Of course he's right, but aren't we all just too mean and too stupid to do that? Not you, of course, but the rest of us. Possibly not: an opportunity next weekend to hear Cohen make his case.