Category Archives: Articles by me

Decisiveness, Uncertainty & Not-knowing

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Inner Ventures

Decisiveness is considered a valuable and necessary quality in contemporary society, and it has probably always been that way. One of early man’s essential survival skills was his ability to think quickly and act decisively under pressure, using his weapons, … Continue reading →

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Moving Beyond Our Addiction to Consumerism

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Inner Ventures

I just watched a powerful documentary film – 2.5 hrs long, but having the luxury of time today, I found it very inspiring. Its called “Zeitgeist – moving On”. Free to watch. It started with the issue of our addiction … Continue reading →

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Prince

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Inner Ventures

I don’t watch the news and I’ve been away recently, so I’m just catching up with the passing of Prince. I pushed the boundaries of my You Tube addiction last night to watch some of the tributes to him and … Continue reading →

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Caught in the Headlights – Boarding School Wounds

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Inner Ventures

I feel the piercing eyes of the school master boring into me, transfixing me, demanding an answer. Not just any answer I might blurt out from fear, but the right answer, the one and only answer that will allow me … Continue reading →

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The Lost Boy

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Inner Ventures

A Family Constellation experience Dec 2015 I see him face me, small, innocent, in a man’s body. He is asking for nothing and yet needing everything; afraid to stand before the father he never knew and yet drawn like a … Continue reading →

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Invoking The Beloved

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Inner Ventures

I sit cross-legged in deep reverence I feel a slight loosening of the bands that tie me to my ego’s trivial reality, as my heart begins to open to you, my beloved. Waves of emotion begin to flow through me. … Continue reading →

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Surviving Boarding School – part 2

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Inner Ventures

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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Migraine Free

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Inner Ventures

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 →

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The Great Bell Chant

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Inner Ventures

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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Magic at Milking Time

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Inner Ventures

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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