Work in progress: Noël Staples on spiritual accompaniment

‘Quiet and perceptive observations moved me forward.’

by Noël Staples 19th June 2026

Material events like cancer or heart attack can come as real shocks. One’s perspective on day-to-day life changes rapidly. Such events can jolt and change our spiritual perspective, too. In 2012 I had an unforeseen diagnosis  – cancer! Three months later, at Yearly Meeting in London, an event set in motion a profound development in my spiritual life.