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About me there is little to say.
One day I was born.
One day I will die,
but in between
'I Will Look To This Day'.
For those who do wish to know more, what can I say!
All of my life I have been interested in the spiritual
realms. Dreaming played a major role in this. By the age of eight, in order to
alleviate chronic pain caused by some teeth problems, I found that by sitting
very still and staring into a mirror I could drift into a state in which there
was no pain. Later in life I discovered that this was a form of deep meditation
or a ‘state of ecstasy’ . After a time, I did not need the mirror but could
induce this state at will, which took me on a lifelong study of altered states
of consciousness. I found that in these altered states I had the ability to
examine situations without judgement and learn at an accelerated rate. It was
not until my travels abroad, in my early twenties, that I discovered these
methods to be the very basis of some of the techniques in Shamanic practices;
hence the next twenty years researching and studying this whole area. Though I
did pursue a highly successful career in business during this time, a lot of it
as a ‘motivational consultant’ and as an internationally published
photojournalist in the latter, the call to serve my Mother Earth and all of her
children, two legged and other, became stronger and stronger.
A little over a decade and a half ago I divested myself of my attachment to worldly goods
and dedicated my life to honouring my ancestors and serving where I could. I
rented an old rundown cottage in the heart of the country and lived there for
the next two years, as a recluse spending most of my time meditating while
sitting on a rock in the middle of a field. I must have given much amusement to
the odd local farmer, who might see me there in all weathers, including rain and
snow.
I am not a saintly, mild mannered figure. I enjoy life, and you would be more
likely to find me playing jokes on people than on my knees with my eyes thrown
towards the heavens. I can’t help it, I love to laugh. I laugh at everything,
starting with myself.
For me, there are no ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’. Who am I to judge what is right and
wrong. I live my life by three basic guidelines.
First, I live with the knowledge that I have brought my death out of the womb
with me and that twin walks with me, and whether he calls me now or thirty years
from now it matters not. Until that time comes, I will live every moment as my
last.
Second, I care a lot about people, but I don’t give a fiddlers (don’t ask) what
they think of me.
Third, I will try to do harm to none, but outside of that I will be as I please.
I presently live in the county of Limerick, where I see clients as a ‘Life Coach
and Shamanic Practitioner’. I do this without fee and live purely by the
generosity of others. I also have a number of students, whom I am in the process
of driving utterly mad.