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- Male Journey – Rites of Passage UK organisation supporting men to find themselves
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Author Archives: Inner Ventures
Surviving Boarding School – part 2
School cricket team. I am 4th from the left at the back, age 10 or 11. I was eight when I arrived at Boarding School (see my article describing this, dated March 2015). At some point in those early days, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boarding school, discipline, emotional blocks, homesickness, resilience
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A Map to the Next World – by Joy Harjo
In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for those who would climb through the hole in the sky. My only tools were the desires of humans as they emerged from the killing fields, … Continue reading
Migraine Free
I am celebrating: Almost 5 months without a migraine after 20 years of being at the mercy of them, sometimes twice a week, and often having to sleep them off for 24 hours each time. So what has been the … Continue reading
The Great Bell Chant
I was first given this beautiful chant and prayer by Thich Nhat Hanh while involved with a local group in the UK, part of the Community of Interbeing. Before that I was connected to an international Tibetan Buddhist organisation founded … Continue reading
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Tagged chant, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, prayer, Thich Nhat Hanh
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Magic at Milking Time
I look back through the six decades of my life to recall a memory, clear and resonant. A little boy moving among my father’s cows as they assembled in the concrete yard of our small farm waiting to be milked. … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, childhood, farming, Interbeing, nature, oneness
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Marriage
My partner and I have bought rings. We are not marrying each other, we are marrying ourselves! The more we awaken to ourselves, The more our relationship deepens, This is our priority now, to commit to ourselves first. We declared … Continue reading
In the white swan space of thin mountain air Truth comes as light pure unseen flowing – bathing illuminating entire worlds Who am I beyond words beyond thoughts beyond ideas beyond memories beyond emotions what am I really beneath it … Continue reading
The Kali of the forest
Last Sunday I did a day of meditation and reflection on the significance of the eclipse and other powerful influences that are affecting us right now. In a guided meditation I looked into a mirror and saw a wild boar. … Continue reading
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Tagged Fearless courage, Goddess Kali, psychological healing, wild boar
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Surviving Boarding School – New Boy.
The master led us up the grand staircase and along a dim corridor with bare and squeaky floorboards; past the dorms of the older boys, who were still chatting noisily downstairs on that first night. We found ourselves in an … Continue reading