Have you noticed how grief can be a trickster at times? Disguised in one form, dressed as another. Like an unannounced house guest, he knocks at the door, packed bags in hand, you answer in your underwear, the house a mess, you’re unprepared. “Hello friend, I am Grief.” He has come to visit. To turn him away …
While sitting in the Immigration Office in Bali, I was contemplating how much change my life has undergone, is such a short space of time. Living within a Silent Retreat has brought me back to simplicity & the heart of what really matters in life. I now see the many many distractions we create in …
Yesterday in my room, I contemplated living in the now, as I watched all the caterpillars that have cocooned themselves along the exposed frame work of my roof. My room is much like a fancy outdoor tent. I’m protected from the elements, however in traditional Balinese style, it is open and breezy, so bugs & …
Expansion into areas of self… could be the key component to find your inner Guru. Creating change amongst the masses. We cannot continue how we are. Busying & filling our lives with tasks, items, social engagements, property, STUFF, on the scale that we are. These items bring little to no true satisfaction. We know this …
Well let me tell you, I’m sure this topic has been years in the making! I left New Zealand when I was a mere 20 years old. Bright eyed and bushy tailed – ready to take on the world. I had a one way ticket to London, England and all I knew was that I …
So I’m in New Zealand after a whirlwind of events sees me here. About a week ago, I returned home to Victoria BC, after spending a weekend in Vancouver attending a 5 day course in the name in The Landmark Forum. To my knowledge, millions of people around the world have participated in this course, …
For the love of god! Question EVERYTHING! A few conversations have popped up at work recently where I hear people answer; “they said we can’t” “we’re not allowed too”, or variations of these sentences. I always like to reply back to this statement with; “why?” “who is ‘they’?” “what is the reason?” Working within a …
A reoccurring theme has been emerging in my dreams for some years now. I had another last night, and when I awoke, spent some time reflecting on it. It connects to an experience I had during my teenage years. In these years, it involves my friends not inviting me to join them for a spa …
Neils’ Dad has been here visiting for the weekend. He lives in Campellville, Ontario. I’ve met him twice before when Neil & I visited for Christmas & the packing down of his Mothers’ Condo in Milton. He’s a lovely man, a real Dad type. I guess what other type is there really? I think I …
How to shift a cough; I have been acknowledging my sadness, which turned to grief. Which then turned into a sore throat, and coughing at night. When we don’t release our emotions completely, they get stuck in our bodies. My life is slowly beginning to change, and it is a result of me changing on the …