8 weeks ago, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I stepped from this circle into the bush, alone - on a 40 hour Vision Quest. For 2 nights I went deep into the bush and deep into my own heart. I had with me 10L of water, a notepad and pen, a length of canvas tied between trees, a sleeping bag and mat, a torch and warm clothing. No phone, no watch, no book, no food, no input that could distract me from being with myself. But I had Mother Earth and all she offered, as space became a

Wherever you are reading this, it’s your experiment in this moment. “Are you here?” Are you really here in this room? I don’t mean your body here, because that is obviously the case. But are you here? Do you feel that you are here in the room? Are you aware of being present here, and of your actual experience in this moment? Or are you lost in thoughts, fantasies, plans, emotional reactions? Are you here, or are you busy liking and disliking? Are you here, or are you busy jud

We all know what it’s like to be at war with ourselves. When was your last battle? The last time you interrogated yourself? Your most recent moment of agonising over something you did, or didn’t do? Your last confusing decision which came with anxiety? Sometimes we fight what we are experiencing, and we push it away and resist it being there (our world is rich in techniques: denial, blame, anger, debilitating thoughts towards ourself). Sometimes we flee, hoping to avoid the w