Why should you read my blog? Good question. Why should anything I have to say be of any more relevance that things others have to say? No reason really. Hopefully, you’ll find some of the things here thought provoking and useful. Please note that I’m not selling or advertising anything here. I’m not trying to monetise this site in any way.
A little on my background.
I grew up in a strong Catholic household, went to university and ended up getting three science degrees (Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.), and drifted away from religion completely. Immediately after university, I started working flat-out as a scientist and executive searching for the next promotion and pay raise. All the standard things – family, mortgage for the house, always striving to acquire the next thing, watching more tv, seeking apparent recreations and pleasure. I was living unhealthily and my weight got up to 120 kgs. Not good.
Even though I drifted away from religion completely, I always felt a little spiritual. I always felt like there was more to life than what was immediately in front of me. However, I got completely lost in the conventional world, the “rat race”, for about three decades.
In between 2010 and 2013 a series of things happened to me which began to open me up to new things and new ways of thinking. First, an unexpected divorce made me question everything about life and then a training course on emotional intelligence opened my previously blinkered eyes. I realised that the universe was trying to get my attention and I began to study health and spirituality quite heavily, as well as learning yoga, meditation and skiing.
I started to look at everything differently, trying to find the right direction for life or, at least, a better direction. I started to eat better (still a constant struggle) and got my weight down to 85 kgs, and started to explore spirituality more deeply.
This effort to find the right direction (a better direction) has continued. I study a lot. Read a lot. Can’t say that I always absorb things as quickly as I should, but learn many things from what people have written over the past centuries. Some of this is what I’d like to share on this site.
I’ve come almost full circle now and realise that many of the religious things I despised in my earlier life did not actually deserve that. There is much very important truth hidden in the unusual trimmings of religion.
So, in this site, I’d like to challenge the “normal” ways of living that we’re encouraged to follow by our popular culture. There are better ways to live for our health, sanity and spirituality, and these things have really been known for millennia.
I feel that there’s a force in the universe that has been trying to attract me to these things, trying to get me to change direction. It’s just a pity that it has taken me so long to react. If you’re feeling the same thing, I hope you don’t take too long to react. The quicker you make progress the better.
We can explore better ways to live, both personally and as a global community, and aim to achieve our real potential. It is possible to learn how to live life in the right direction.