Action and Adventure

Let me set the scene. Pretend for the moment the following is a scene from a movie and not what really happened to me on June 22, 2022! Our hapless careening up the road on his hybrid pedal bike! (See above) Like the lawful person he is, our hero safely merges over to the left […]

Fiction Spiritual Genre

Recently I had this question posed to me, “ What is my definition of the Spiritual Fiction genre?” I had to reflect on that question for a period of time. The best I come up with is that, the spiritual fiction genre is about sharing a belief and processes of personal transformation involved in believing in a […]

PEI MARATHON

As I crossed the finish line in 2021, my third marathon. I was overwhelmed with a huge wave of emotions. Firstly, I am not going to lie, I was disappointed in my posted time. Then mere seconds later immense sense of, “Holy SH$# !! Neil, you did it! washed over me. I was so freakin happy and proud of myself. Here I was at fifty-nine years of age and I had just run 42.2 km! (Okay, there was some walking 🙂 But, “SH$% Neil, you just did your third marathon!”

Making Time For Me

Took a day out to go play and rejuvenated my soul. I went with my buddy, Eric Mortimer to Sunshine Village. Was a great day! Great skiing and it helped out that I also had fantastic company for the day. I went two weeks prior by myself. Going skiing with someone else is always better […]

Personal Philosophy – Shin Dao

In 2008 I had a life-changing epiphany. I was blessed with a rock solid core understanding that “Love” for ourselves and others was the primary ingredient in all that we do if we ever wanted to be truly happy. My observation of others and myself was that at some level our personal misery came from […]

Tina – Facebook live – the importance of eye contact

Tina Thrussell Signature

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The Power Of Joy

The Power of Joy Joy is a divine quality of our true self, which is inherently lighthearted, playful, and free. You can see the full expression of this joy in young children who haven’t learned to worry or take themselves too seriously. They play and laugh freely, finding wonder in the smallest things. They are […]