Category Archives: The Critical (but positive) Enquiry Track

Dispassion & Detachment

8 August 2015: The manuscript for the book is done, copy edited and waiting only for final versions of the illustrations done by my long time friend, accomplished musician and all round good egg @Michael_Munday. It goes back to the … Continue reading

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Past, presence, balance

‘If your mind carries a heavy burden of past,’ says Eckhart Tolle, ‘you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.’ … Continue reading

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Phew, nearly left me mind behind there

It’s a quote from a lone stoner, tripping on something very long and strong, that we picked up hitchhiking after a gig many years ago. We giggled then; we giggle now. The Mind as an oft-misunderstood faculty comes in for … Continue reading

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A Computer called Yoga

There’s a whole raft of them out there, the ‘convertibles’, laptops that flip around to become tablets (like iPads) and do most other things besides. My attention was caught by the Lenovo version, which calls itself the ‘Yoga’. Really? How … Continue reading

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A Bun Dance #1

Been working away from home for a couple weeks, travelling a lot and not therefore posting on a regular basis. But I have been listening in the car to some of these ‘self transformation’ calls with inspirational teachers that you … Continue reading

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Shopping in the Spiritual Supermarket #3

We’re talking about the manifold and varied routes, methods and techniques to ‘manifesting’ –ie, turning your desires into reality – that go with spiritual teaching packages you can find all over the web. The promises are like Yee Shun-Jian’s, the … Continue reading

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Shopping in the spiritual supermarket #2

As I said yesterday, there’s a host of miraculous Mind-Body-Spirit techniques and solutions on offer out there, routes to increased power, peace of mind, freedom from disorder and anxiety, and even – and especially – to quantum increases in wealth. Money, … Continue reading

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Shopping in the spiritual supermarket #1

Yee Shun-Jian, Founder & Chief Happiness Officer at RichGrad.com and 101PowerfulAffirmations.com, makes an appearance today. <<Enable you to overcome fear, build your self-confidence and develop an abundance mind-set. Inspire you to achieve your ideal weight and body image, attract the … Continue reading

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