Spiritual insight and practice
Realisations (teachings, reading, enquiry, awakening, revelation, Wisdom Trove)
- Realisation of Oneness & Sacredness. It's all God, Godding.
- Realisation that God (Awareness) I am. Not the character. Not the mind.
- Life is a movie experience. Life is God's experience (dream). The movie is in the can. Sit back in Being and watch the show.
- Life is God's work of art. Polarity adds beauty.
- God is dreaming or imagining Godself to be this character called Graeme.
- Realisation of mind made nature of reality (Marion, synchronicity)
- Expanded sense of self to include everyone and everything.
- Sense of purpose behind my life: Being a space for consciousness to flow, evolving in love
Mystical & awakening experiences
- Awakening experiences: Balcony, Kirribili
- Mystical experiences of limitless love (priceless, transformative)
- Mystical experiences of wonder and beauty (nature)
- Ability to cry and open to Love.
- My purpose under tree.
Practices
- Presence, Surrender, Spaciousness
- Awareness (with fingers touching)
- Daily Being (sit, lie, park)
- Gratitude practice
- Mindful walking
- Growing ability to let go of psychic tension (hurry, striving)
- Mantra (starting with Psion)
My state of being
- Love for everyone and everything
- Wonder and love for The Infinite Mind
- Wonder, astonishment, amazement, awe
- More patient and calm, less judgemental
- Less trapped in mind
Self-love & acceptance
- Love of myself as a "character". Greater acceptance of my shadow.
- The form is perfect and dialled to where meant to be.
Awareness
- Awareness & its freedom from the mind
- Aware of being aware as my mantra, then allow all to be
Teachers (reading & listening)
- Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, , Bernardo Kastrup, Tim Freke, Deepak Chopra
- Nic, Geraldine
Connection
- Meditation friends: Jilly, Sharon, Aimee, Shushann, Lydia, Xenia, Des, Tina
- Aimee sessions
Connection
- Family
- Russell
- Eckhart friends: Jilly, Christina, Xenia, Chris, Yogi, Aimee, Sharon, Shushan, Lydia, Des
- Hiking friends: Srini, Gavin, Elna, Liz, Zante, Michelle, Lauren
- Love and gratitude expressed: Gramps, mum, Mike, Jo, Sue, Matt, Sam
- Blog tributes and gratitude letters
- Aimee relationship and help with book
Wisdom Trove
Start
- Personal development beginning at UCT
- Vision of it all in Knysna
- Quotes on PSION
- Life vision with quotes in Mindmanager
Its effect
- A treasure hunt for truth and the chance to make a dent in the universe.
- It's effect on my self-realisation and understanding of what is true and real.
- Freedom from corporate world.
- Sense of meaning, purpose, aliveness for 10 years.
- Curation process and format.
- Wisdom in my life: Guiding wisdom, Guiding quotes, Profound truths, Principles.
- Wisdom is what I take with me.
Output
- 1250 topics, 100 authors, book quotes
- Wordpress site launched: Search, content views
- Author pages linked
- Other wisdom types: Visual, poetry, question, exercises, summaries
- Topic lists
- Strategy slide deck
- Life is God's experience
- Life is God's Movie
Compass
- Purpose & Vision, Strategy, Task management, Review
- Thinking, planning, reviewing, deciding, enquiring, problem solving, reflecting
- Tools: Mindmanager → Excel → Evernote, Google docs, sheets & slides
- Dashboards
- Guiding principles, wisdom, quotes (from Wisdom Trove)
- Gratitude, progress, proud, affirmation
- Challenges, worry management, Assurance
- Regular wisdom reminder
- Integrated with Life Trove
- Humour & conversation
- Well-being tracking & graphs
- 1996 mantra in PSION, quotes in PSION, Mindmanager life vision with quotes, Kruger notes
Life Trove
- Massive motivating effect on my life: Sense of meaning & purpose (coherence), sense of life in order.
- 3000 posts
- Year highlights (Life overview)
- Life overview, spiritual journey overview
- Spiritual journal: Priceless moments, Spiritual moments, Grateful, Progress, Affirmation, Challenges
- Labels
- Random memory
- Passion projects
- Excel & Mindmanager memories (Volvo)
- Photos: Getting into photography
- Keep mum connected to my life
Photography
- Photo collection
- Lightroom Universe
- Life Trove, Wonder Tove, screensaver, wall photos
- Photo presentation to camera club, now online
- Canon R5, 100 - 500 lens
- iPhone photography
- Skills
- Bird photography
Birding
- 1100 birds in wild
- Bird photography
- My first ever sense of aliveness, real passion & purpose
Home
- DIY skills
- Beautiful home
- Pictures on walls
- Balcony and courtyard plants
- Bathroom
- Furniture
- Removal of old items
- Floors
- Photos
- 2nd housemate & partition
Travel experiences
- South Africa travel: Bas bus, Kruger & others
- 1997 travels: London, UK, Ireland, Holland, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand
- Africa overland
- Nepal
- Tour leading job: Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Egypt
- South America
- Australia
- Cambodia
- The Arctic & Antarctica
Full life
- Wisdom Trove, Life is God's movie
- Photography: Growing skills, beautiful portfolio, editing, collages
- Hiking & Meet Up
- Beautiful connection with friends
Health
- Diet: Veggies, smoothies, berries with yoghurt, oven roasted veg
- Walking and hiking
- Catnaps
- Stress management (being)
- Dex back to proper amounts
- Vegetarianism
- Being
Big moments
- Psion Quotes
- Going to London
- Tourleading job
- Volvo interview
- Cambridge apartment
- Mindmanager
- Excel memories
- Starting my blog
- Getting my Ixus i camera
- Move money into Australia index funds
- Dex
- Going to Eckhart group
- Wisdom Trove
- Join Meet Up: Gavin, Srini, hiking gang
- iPhone
- Home rennovations, leading to 2nd housemate
Renaissance periods
- 2nd year UCT (1990)
- 1997 travels
- Volvo (2003 - 2005) especially Cambridge life
- 2006 travels
- Sydney (mid 2013 - current)
Purchases
- PSION
- Ixus i camera
- Canon Powershot Camera
- 40d Camera
- 300 mm lens
- GPS,
- Kindle, iPhone
- Macbook Pro computer (x2)
- ipad pro
- Headphones
- 32 inch 4k monitor
- Canon R5 with 100 - 500 lens
Finances
- Ally bank account in South Africa
- Buy house
- Index funds in Australia
- Mum's loan, RA
- Financial review sheet, track large purchases
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