Fantastic Voyage

Here is the first post on this blog. I'm hoping to use this space as a creative semi-professional outlet for my thoughts on a range of topics. Everything from the world-out-of-balance and how we might correct it, to our own inner struggles to find a place of peace in our lives. The exciting thing is that these are greatly related to each other, as we know from many traditions of holistic health, healing and philosophy.

My training is in the sciences, but i find it just as useful to look beyond the narrow lens of empirical reductionism to see what the experiences of our lives, both externally and internally, tell us about the world of which we are all a part. Complexity surrounds us and it is very difficult to make sense of it all, particularly in this early 21st century era. Our way of life is changing dramatically on a very rapid time-scale, both from the perspective of our social and communal lives (e.g. the technology being used to create and read this blog) and from the environmental context in which all other parts of our lives are based. I use nature as my guiding force of inspiration to give me comfort and hope that there is something greater out there than we can control, and that "it is working" for the betterment of all things.

I hope to make a positive contribution with this space.