Category Archives: Articles by me
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
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
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
More Support, Less Sport!
Sport, spectator sport at least, is a serious ‘weapon of mass distraction’, to borrow a phrase from Lewellyn Vaughan-Lee. Men particularly are attracted to sport as a form of escape, where perhaps women might go shopping. Sport provides a relatively … Continue reading
Praying for the Earth
Planet Earth by Sanmonku Praying for the Earth by Paul Swatridge – adapted & developed from a talk by Lewellyn Vaughan-Lee in 2012. At this time there is a real need in the physical and spiritual body of the Earth. … Continue reading
Meet me in the Woodshed – a new Facebook group for men
MEN – Who are we, when we struggle and crawl out from under the vast belly of Patriarchy? and Matriarchy too? The planet we live on, and have abused for so long, is revealing to us the devastating effects of … Continue reading
My Mother
This week I got a little closer to something I have been sidestepping for a long time. My partner tells me how I subtly withhold my self, my thoughts and feelings, my vulnerability, my love – for her and for … Continue reading
The Gift of the Desert – Camels and Racing Cars
I adjust to the slow swinging pace of the camels and take in their mix of gentle grace, their unique body shapes and their massive animal presence. I stare at the beauty of the shadows we cast on the sand; … Continue reading
A Beard Quandary
I have ‘worn’ a beard my whole adult life apart from one time in the 1980s when I went to India on my own and had the courage to shave it off and see myself ‘naked’. My suspicions were confirmed … Continue reading
Every Man Needs a Shed
I have spent a lifetime building and enjoying sheds. It all stems from my den-building childhood on a farm in the 1950s. Fond memories of secret tunnels in ditches where the weeds were over my head. Spaces under hedges, a … Continue reading
InnerVentures 