The thing I have struggled with most, perhaps more than anything else in the world, is being misunderstood. I've tried, at length, to change this. To help people understand me. It took a long time, but eventually I realised, it simply didn’t work. Nobody was ever going to understand. And the more effort I put into trying to be understood, the less energy I was able to invest into simply being who I was, misunderstood or not.
Read MoreTen years ago, I met a boy in a remote Indigenous community called Yalata, on the edge of the Nullabor in South Australia. He asked me to take his photo, and then, simply held up a five dollar note bearing the Queen of England, blocking out his own face. Nothing else needed saying.
Read MoreThis beautiful being, is David. Two years ago, when I met David, he was going through a process of what most people would call “Awakening”. What is Awakening? Well, it’s just a word to explains the rewiring that takes place when a person goes through massive existential collapse of their physical and spiritual selves. Awakening often comes with massive outer-body experiences, visions, insights, symptoms of Kundalini opening, huge shifts in emotions, energy surges, and in many cases, a complete rebirthing of who you are as a person.
Read MoreA thousand year ago, there was a Wise Woman, who lived in a cluster of hawthorn trees, half-way between the village and the forest, known as The Hedge. Gathering magic from the forest, and bringing it to the village, she rode the gap between two realities. Her name was The Hedge-Rider. Part mystic, part medicine-woman, part midwife and wizard, there was no male equivalent for The Hedge-Rider, because to dwell within the void, had always been a feminine role.
Read MoreI got stuck in a huge rainstorm one day with my friend and her husband. He wasn’t meant to be there that day, but the rain intervened, and so we gathered together to shelter in a deserted cafe overhanging a jungle ravine. Then we began to talk. My friend is an artist, and her husband is a Neuroscientist, Psychotherapist, and Doctor. He is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. But it might surprise you to learn that ten years ago, my friends husband, was a heroin addict, living on the streets. His story of transformation is profound, and today, he runs a successful practise helping other addicts, and trauma patients, rehabilitate their lives. Just like he changed his. So eventually, I asked him how he’d done it.
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