January 28th 2011 Your Conscious Life 4: The Joy Experiment I’ve been feeling challenged this last month and I know many others have too. I’ve been missing my joy. You know how sometimes you don’t really appreciate something (or someone) until it’s/they’re gone. Joy is one of those magic ingredients... read more →
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January 11, 2011 What does living consciously mean to you? If I asked 20 different people what it means to live a conscious life, I’m sure I’d get twenty different answers. One person might say living consciously is living simply and leaving a light footprint on the Earth; another would... read more →
Jan
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1/1/11 Happy New Year! Here in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand, we watched the fireworks go off, heard the crowds on the beach cheering and marveled at this human capacity for hopefulness and celebration. A new year, a new start, a time of... read more →
Dec
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Are you on a path of awakening? If you are, you know that cultivating your consciousness is the most important contribution you can make. Maintaining a state of peace, openness, love and creativity, is the foundation for fulfillment in all areas of your life. Those of you who have worked... read more →
Dec
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So far I haven’t become a huge fan of Facebook, although I can see what a powerful networking tool it can be. I may still be persuaded to invest my time there. I’m immensely grateful we have so many amazing technological tools at our disposal, providing limitless opportunities for linking... read more →
Oct
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October 17, 2010 Spring: Cultivating Balance and Harmony Life isn’t a business to be managed; it’s a mystery to be lived. Osho Zen Tarot. Are you one of the fortunate people whose lives are perfectly balanced, so work, finance, relationships, health all dance together in a harmonious whole? If you... read more →
Sep
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4th September 2010 I’m preparing to give a five minute presentation about A Whole New World to the audience of conscious cinema here in Nelson. It’s going to take discipline to convey the most important aspects of my all consuming passion in such a brief moment. Lying in bed this... read more →
Sep
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1st September 2010 Its 3am, I’ve been woken from sleep by an anguish in my gut and I have to write from it. I know there is a trend these days amongst conscious people to focus on the positive, to spread the good news, to keep our vibes high; and... read more →
Aug
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Well! That’s the only word that sits on the open page for the longest time, as a state of relaxation pulls me into stillness. It has been a 35 ½ hour journey from Williamsburg Virginia to Pakawau Golden Bay: four planes and a drive over the mountain. It was worth... read more →
Aug
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The last few days have been fun. My friend and I have been gathering furniture to make a group room, a little Soul Sanctuary, here in Nelson. I knew I was coming back to New Zealand to create a retreat centre and had no idea how that would happen, and... read more →