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So we’ve heard the arguments. (part one) We know creativity is a good thing. We’re convinced it’s the portal to wellbeing.  And we’re pretty sure it’s essential if we’re going to make the evolutionary leap to a higher state of consciousness. But it can’t be that easy. There must be a REASON we’re not feeling […]

BE-ing creative is about noticing things. The McMindfulness people call it ‘awareness’. Carl Jung called it ‘synchronicity’. Currently, two things are happening. 1. Nelson Mandela is dying 2. Russell Brand is eating people alive Let’s take the first thing… Of course we’re all dying by various degrees. Some people who look alive are pretty much […]

The world is going more than a little crazy recently. Pessimists say we’re heading for Armageddon – a world in which… The evil Monsanto controls all global food production. Horrendously expensive real food for the few and cheap, toxic, highly addictive food for the masses. The health system collapses under the weight of all the obese, […]

MARGARET THATCHER – MESSIAH OR MONSTER? There can’t be many events that more accurately reflect the divided state of global consciousness than Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Not elections – voting for political leaders tends to reveal what we THINK about things. But we’re at a stage in evolution where thinking no longer serves us. We have […]

So the biggest U.S. cable TV blockbuster of the year is… The Bible.  Five two hour programs that cover the story of the world from Genesis to Revelation.  Eleven million viewers per episode.  Satan looks distinctly Muslim.  The fundamentalists are vindicated. Stories, myths, fables, allegories are wonderful vehicles for understanding the world we live in. […]

And no-one gives a rat’s ass. There are a lot of things to get angry about – death by malaria carrying mosquitos, the Aids virus or the crazy new weather.  These are pretty much out of our hands or “Acts of God” if you’re a warped fundamentalist.  But there’s a new killer on the block […]

21st December 2012 left a few hippies on mountains looking a little confused.  The world didn’t end.  No spaceships arrived to whisk away the faithful. As usual, it was our interpretation of data that got skewed.  We always take everything so damned literally.  It’s not the world, but the world as we know it that’s […]

And not just any old Christmas but the last Christmas of the Mayan calendar. So much has been written about the significance of 21st December 2012 – from the literal “It’s the end of the world” to the metaphorical – “It’s the end of the world as we know it” and everything in between. Most […]

It’s been a bit of a journey…  Travel is indeed the best of times and the worst of times. There’s the exhilaration of freedom and the deprivation caused by the absence of the familiar.  There’s the spontaneous joy in unexpected delights and the crashing disappointment when expectations aren’t met. Because I’m writing a book about […]

Halloween tomorrow.  Though of course like most things on the calendar, Halloween’s been going on for a couple of weeks now. I am currently attempting to get to New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, so in the meantime, here is a themed excerpt from 40 days 40 nights… It’s Halloween.  A gaggle of […]