Monthly Archives: May 2012

Who makes the Rules?

May 30, 2010. Blog #16 What are the Rules? Rule maker, rule breaker, Who makes the Rules? The last few days, as I have reached a further stage of relaxation and inner stillness, secure enough to allow the creative muse … Continue reading

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Psyche’s Lockout

Blog #15. May 29, 2012 Psyche’s lockout I had been here in southern Crete by the sea for 8 days, sleeping, hanging out, writing my blog, reading, meditating, taking local walks, swimming a bit each day, and mostly cooking and … Continue reading

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Tracking Moon Shadows

May 28, 2012 Blog #14 Tracking Moon Shadows Last night, Sunday night, the moon was still waxing crescent, not yet half moon. My last full moon on this journey was on Iona, filling the sea with moon paths to follow … Continue reading

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Nothing to do, nowhere to go

May 27, 2012 Blog #13. (Warning, this is a long one. The large central section is about our brain’s reward, motivation system and how it works in my/our addictions and various compulsive habits. Feel free to skip to the last … Continue reading

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The Inner Observer

May 24, 2012 Blog 11. Warning, this blog is lengthy; I got carried away. But, check it out, you may find it interesting, or you can skip to the end after you have read what interests you. In Glasgow, I … Continue reading

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Seeking, waiting for the muse

May 24, 2012 Blog 12 Part of the reason, for taking the radical step of closing my practice and taking a full year’s sabbatical has been chronic neck and back pain that has defied eclectic, diligent, and multiple therapies, ergonomics, … Continue reading

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Even the broken belong?

May 23rd (I think). Blog #9 There were so many big and little losses as I closed down my life and medical/psychiatric practice preparing to depart for sabbatical. In fact that letting go was part of the purpose of this … Continue reading

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The inner journey is hard work

May 18, 2012. Blog #8 It’s been 2 weeks since I last focused on technology and blogging. When I last wrote, I had just arrived on the sacred isle of Iona. As I was checking in at the St Columba … Continue reading

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What I hear in the silence

May 5, Blog #7 I have arrived at a thin” place, here in Iona, a small island off the coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. In the late 500s, AD, saint Columba founded a monastery here which has been … Continue reading

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Crossing the unknown sea

Bog #6. May 2nd I am aboard a super ferry, the Stenaline, crossing the Irish Sea from Belfast, Ireland to Cairnryan, Scotland. This morning, I drove into Dublin and turned in my rental car. I was happily surprised that the … Continue reading

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