Recently I have taken up woodturning. I really enjoy all aspects of it. I enjoy- Being in nature and finding logs.Using a chainsaw to cut the logs into suitable sizes. Where I cut the logs there is a robin that flutters about and swoops in to catch insects that I disturb.Preparing the wood further with [...]
How often do you lose something? No matter how hard you search you can not find it. You can search everywhere but to no avail. Yet when you give up and carry on an hour or two later it miraculously turns up. What about if you have a conversation with someone and you try to [...]
In a recent meditation, as I was getting into the zone my attention was brought to my relationship to attachment and thus non attachment. All the areas off attachment within myself became clear. Many years ago, my mother told me about non attachment. It seemed to make sense in regards to possessions but I couldn’t [...]
The world we live in can be a very complicated place! It can be scary and overwhelm us. When people live from their heads not their hearts, they make things more complicated. I believe the spiritual journey is of simplifying and purification towards source. It is to remove the separation that has been created and [...]
Recently I remembered a conversation I had many years ago. The person I was talking to believed that our past defined who we are now. Their view point caused quite a reaction within me. I did not like it! Surely, we can heal, grow and recover. We are not shackled by our past, or are [...]
Imagine looking at this year, 2020 in 10- or 20-years’ time. What will the history books say or Wikipedia? Who will the victors be and what will their version of history be? The world we live in seems very divided. We are facing challenging times at the moment and there is no clear narrative. There [...]
In 2009 I needed to use up annual leave before the end of the financial year. I booked two weeks off and two weeks before my holiday I booked a flight to Bangkok, Thailand. The night before I flew out, I booked three nights’ accommodation at a hotel in Bangkok. It was all very last [...]
Sadly, earlier this year my grandfather passed away. While it wasn’t unexpected, it was still a surprise and an upsetting time. To prepare for his funeral, my mother and I were sorting out photos of him. It was a very healing experience and we had some amazing photos. One of my favourites is the featured [...]
We all have a unique point of view and these points of view differ greatly from person to person. If our perspective differs greatly to someone else’s it can be extremely divisive. Humanities history is plagued with conflict. All this conflict is caused by different ideologies. Two of the main ideologies that cause so much [...]
In the 20th century there were two sexual revolutions brought about by technological advances. The first was the creation of the combined oral contraceptive pill. This enabled people to have sex without fear of pregnancy. Never before had sexual activity been so divorced from reproduction. The second revolution was the invention of the Videocassette recorder [...]
The Alchemist's Journey 