Consciousness

Consciousness could perhaps be best described as radical honesty, which is basically saying things as they are in that moment, without the interference of the social mind, or the mind that it connected to the ego – the ego that likes to plan, project, or creates ideas about what is going on and then transmit…

Independently Together

Jamie is drawing, Anadi is on his computer and I am writing… Companionable silence; all of us looking forward to our anniversary feast… Today we ran across the island to Xlendi… We even intended a dip in the sea on arrival, but the swell was huge against the rocks, the waves crashing on the beach…

Be Receptive

It is one thing to meditate when everything is flowing, but another thing to be in the midst of chaos, in the marketplace.  Will meditation, the meditation of relaxing your body and being detached from the situation, be possible to practice in this situation? That’s the challenge that life always confronts everyone with. You think…

Anything is Possible

Jane and I took photos of one another waving and waving… I was standing on the quay and she was on the ferry, sailing away from Gozo island… She’d like to come back she said, to this shiny little pearl of bright energy right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea …. Back at the…

A Lesson in Gratitude

I have been through a turbulent time in terms of my moods and emotions. I have an idea of the cause, and it is in part due to domestic circumstances and my own ‘tortured’ creative mind (I say that very loosely, as I really have nothing to complain about). Anyway, I feel compelled to write…

Relaxation

Wake-up, go to work, come home, eat, drive… We are so busy doing many different things in our lives that we forget to relax. Relaxation, as I understand it, is very different from doing nothing, because doing nothing can actually be quite a stressful experience. It normally ends up making the mind and the emotions…

Follow What Resonates

A run round a rather rainy Richmond park was an absolute delight… It was also a running thoroughfare ! I was taken back to thirty five years ago, my first run around this beautiful place… No set pathway then, and we passed not one other runner… The deer were evident though, deer, muddy path ways…

Ghost Hunter Diaries – Bodelwydden Castle, Wales

On a radio show I talked about my experiences as a ghost hunter with North West Spirit Seekers. Here is one report of an extremely lively event, where our team contacted a whole castle full of ghosts… Wow!  This was one epic and exciting ghost hunt!  The castle itself is beautifully kept and a fantastic…

The Path Reveals Itself

This morning Hassan made us coffee and tea, which were ready for us when we appeared at 7.30am… We had a last photo call with him pouring the tea in traditional style from a great height… We had said goodbye to Nadia and Lamina yesterday, but ten minutes before we left the doorbell rang and…