WRITINGS & RESOURCES

This page is evolving. It contains videos and writings which the reader might find useful and informative. The personal writings are essentially made up of my journals over the past ten years and are not attempts at professional writing. They tell the story of my journey through various scientific and spiritual traditions.

Exploring the Metacrisis: A World in Distress

A Pilgrimage Begins

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Do you sometimes feel besieged by messages of gloom and doom? Just log on to any news service and see what comes up. One crisis after another until it seems like we’re heading toward a global catastrophe of such magnitude that the world, as we know it, may cease to exist. Or at least that’s how it feels. Destroyed by our own actions and inaction. Buddhist philosopher, B. Alan Wallace believes we are living in a time of profound “Metacrisis”

In this book I’m going to have a look at some of current world dynamics and their impact on the individual. As in most of my other writings I’ll be guided by the wisdom of the primordial Buddha, Samantabhadra, and his teachings of the Vajrayana and Dzogchen traditions. I’ll view the world through this lens and ask some pithy questions about the state of our collective spiritual development. But just to give some context, I’m going to start with what the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is telling us about the state of the world. Their latest decision to move the second hand on the Doomsday Clock from 89 to 85 seconds to midnight is a wake-up call.

This undertaking was inspired by my friend and fellow spiritual traveler, Patrick Carey, who posed a question some months ago: “What can we say about the state of the world and how can the Buddhist teachings help us to navigate the future?”

The book remains in draft stage as new developments continue to emerge. To view the book click the button below.

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The Abyss Behind awareness: On the Question of What Remains

This book commences with the greatest story ever told: The Birth of the Cosmos. The story is told largely from the Advaita Vedanta perspective, but I also draw on Helena Blavatsky’s Theosophy and as always may writings are guided by the perennial wisdom of the primordial Buddha, Samantabhadra.

The dream of an externally constructed reality is just that: a dream. In this book I look into the heart of that dream, to understand where it comes from, how it is sustained, and what sits behind it. I’ll explore the levels of consciousness, awareness and ask the vital question which Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj put to Mauro Bergonzi in 1981: “When even awareness itself is let go, what remains?” The perspectives for understanding phenomena in this book are primarily drawn from the Buddhist Yogachara and Madhyamaka traditions.

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Akasha and Karma: The Unfolding of the Cosmos

This book was inspired by a chance comment by my friend and fellow traveller, Pat Carey.

Akasha is the fifth foundational element known as Aether from which everything springs and to which it will eventually return. It is the source of the universe and holds the karmic imprint of all that has gone before, all that is now, and all the potentials which might come into being in the future.

This book is about the birth of the cosmos. I explore this from various scientific and spiritual perspectives; particularly Quantum Physics, Theosophy, Dzogchen and Advaita Vedanta. Come along for the ride and join me on this remarkable journey.

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