Origins

what’s scratching my mind …

The flame of spirit & acceleration of calling

The flame of spirit & acceleration of calling – from Michael Meade’s your calling ke…

Discovering the habit you didn’t know you needed

As habits go, I imagine the underlying question for most of us is how we can feel better, be more pr…

Dreaming the deeper dream

One of the most important lessons I learn from my quest is to take water seriously.  In my every day…

Acceptance runs deeper than words

The structure of the quest is broken into 4, 7, 9 and 13 days.  You complete one and move onto the n…

Vision quest part 1 – Introduction

When I first heard about a vision quest, I was young. It sounded like a terrible idea even though I …

Middle road

It's this seemingly paradoxical idea that the world  we are accustomed to  characterised  by polarit…

Meditation & brushing teeth

I get up every day and brush my teeth, it just happens without question. I have a whole life behind …

Reimagining change

Try as we might, we don’t change with good intentions alone.  It’s actually impossi…

this mind comes with me

It’s the same mind I take with me so perhaps the most important moment in meditation is the last one…

Before you turn on the world make sure you are ready

Before you turn on the world, make sure  you are ready. I had this thought after an hour or so of re…

You can stop at any moment

When I stop, I sometimes feel I am too far gone so why on earth would I stop if it means facing up t…

if paper had a voice

I think if  paper had an interest it would  be to draw more of  us out, especially the parts that ar…

In the midst of chaos

My clinging to anything in this rise and fall becomes my suffering. Let go the little voice in my he…