Don’t Stop the Dance
June 9, 2026On the 20th May 2025 I published my last post ‘Real an Unreal’, from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand northern India where I had spent the previous several weeks. Then I returned to the UK where I have been since, negotiating a different set of life circumstances and the challenges these brought. One of the final things I remember from my time in Rishikesh was dancing on the rooftop of the apartment block I was staying in in Upper Tapovan, to a really beautiful piece of music against the spectacular backdrop of the Himalayan foothills and the Ganges river glittering in the…
Real and Unreal
“Blue girl spin away your dreams – A dance in fields of dream; Cool water splashed upon your wrist A golden ring of memory and future things; Your heart a yearning crucible of possibles and maybe soon … Perhaps indeed…
Rulers of the World
“The ruler of this world is coming” (John 14.31) Every age has its ruler of the world. Before Jesus spoke the famous words cited above, there were many notable ‘rulers of the world’, and one might think of the leaders…
For the Love of Money (or the age-old story)
“The love of money is the root of all evil” Most people have heard this famous saying at some time in their lives (1). But how helpful is it in a world where having money (or not) seems to define…
AI, the Golden Calf and the Andean Vampire
The title of this post is as provocative as it is likely impenetrable to a casual eye. Whatever could these three have in common? What are they even? When I first heard of AI it was through the offices of…
Protected: Reviving Old Desires
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Protected: Symbols of Transformation
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Protected: A Work in Progress
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Revelations, realisations and epiphanies
We are spiritual beings, although in our materialistic and increasingly secular modern world, fewer and fewer people experience themselves this way, or own it if they do. We have inherited and are still heavily influenced by 18th century Enlightenment Cartesian…
The Power of Pilgrimage
“No man is rich enough to buy back his past”. This quote, attributed to Oscar Wilde, is one of several aphorisms adorning the wall of my dental clinic here in Kochi. The poignant truth of it is undeniable. As with…
Protected: In the Shadow
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