I am guessing most philosophy students are aware of Alan watts seminars and workshops entitled ‘The Value of Psychotic Experience.’ And many people who are interested in an entirely new approach to ‘mental health’ problems are participating in these seminars and workshops. What they may not realise is that by doing this they are partaking [...]

Well this didn’t last very long. I have decided to put this blog on the back burner. I suddenly realised i wasn’t writing necessarily everything I felt I should. Looking around I can’t help but notice the many other bloggers that post their thoughts anonymously. This allows you to get a feel for what the [...]

  I bumped into Rowley earlier tonight. I was walking home after a forced separation from my apple mac in favour of a couple of beers with an old friend. The night was warm and the Doors crooned in my ears as I saw the unmistakable silhouette of his wiry figure skittering, zig-zag fashion down [...]

    You cant move today for books and self help videos based on the teachings of eastern philosophy. Zen in particular has attracted attention over the years, since 1927 in fact, when Dr. Daisetz Suzuki first published his essays in Zen Buddhism, and he had a very odd fascination with Westerners. To begin with, [...]

Trawling through old emails, thought lost, amongst the junk ads and messages from friends was the brief suggestion on what my thesis had to do. In a nut… “The purpose of your thesis is to clearly document an original contribution to knowledge.” Three weeks I have sat and thought amongst the general daily necessities. Twenty [...]

Why is it that just as the monthly cycle of the moon affects those among us with a potentially tidal mentality, Sunday nights also have a stange cylical effect on me? Not only me of course, millions seem to suffer a dose of the melancholic mind as sunday lunch turns into a rapidly ebbing end [...]

Work bloody work. I know when you work for yourself it comes in fits and starts but recently I have been non stop and I am not sure I like it. I decided to work for myself so I could work to live and not the other way round. Then you realise that if you [...]