What If…

What if every drop of love and joy you feel affects and expands the pool of human consciousness; bringing more joy and light into the world? And what if every drop of anger, fear and anxiety does the same; creating more of those destabilizing emotions? Then wouldn’t the best way to improve the world be…

Comic Relief

Today I am in bed with a cold and a bad case of the grumps. Laura, bless her, left behind an epic financial mess which has taken all year to unpick. And it is still not sorted. I would have gone mad long ago if it wasn’t for Paul and Nita, kindly professionals who have…

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!  Thank you all for the little acts of kindness (and the really big ones too) that made the last 18 months bearable.  I am so blessed to have had Laura by my side for 3 years and so blessed to have such extraordinary family and friends (old and new!). Last Thanksgiving was a…

Vipassana

A decade ago, I saw The Dhamma Brothers documentary about how a group of ultra violent prisoners in Alabama came to terms with what they had done (most had committed murder) by doing Vipassana.  It is an extreme meditation practice where you sit in silence for 10 days straight. It acts like a spiritual car wash and…