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How did I reach the point in my life where daily meditation and extended silent retreats feel as essential as eating and drinking?
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At the start of every year I sit down and think about the next 12 months. What’s important to me? What are my priorities? How do I achieve, grow, and …
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This is my 2015 annual review – a way of identifying and recording lessons from the last 12 months by checking out what went well, and what didn’t. I highly …
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To understand the point of anything in our lives (including this blog) we must find some way of understanding the point of everything. That’s difficult when the universe appears to have no deeper meaning, and our lives no special purpose.
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When I was about 20 and writing about my early explorations of the world and my ideas about life – earnest, ill informed, occasionally interesting but protected from any serious …
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There was a story in the Guardian this week about a physics student from Canada who lived in a tent while studying for a Masters at Manchester University. He pitched …
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WHY YOU NEED TO GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DANCE! (OR, ER, STAND, AT LEAST)

We seem to be raising a lot of idiots these days, and since the idea …
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From a remote mountaintop in Borneo to the UK general election – I confront my need to fight for change in the face of forces we can’t control
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Although it is true this little blog is pretty much unexamined by other people, I’m not about to stop writing Soulchaser simply because it has a small readership. Even if nobody …
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My Annual Plan is designed to help me stay true to my values, and move towards my goals.

The plan itself acts as a roadmap for the year ahead, helping …
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