True Stories, Shared in Stillness

From the moment I arrived in Nhulunbuy, I knew I’d made the right decision. I’d never lived in the country before let alone 1,000 km from...

It was a Thursday morning I remember it well. I’d grabbed my collie Zep and headed out to the beach. Zep loves running up and down the...

It was 2018 and I was working as a State Sales Manager. This role took me all over the state especially if one of the 13 staff I looked...

It was August 2015, a full year before my awakening. I was on struggle street. Completely stuck in suffering. Every day was a battle,...

Since my first visit to Sri Siva Jyoti Mouna Sidda Swami at the end of January 2025, I made the decision to go every day for a month in February.

I meditated for an hour in the shrine hall at the Ramana Ashram. I sat silently. Not expecting, not wanting. Thoughts came and went. They...

“Surrender to Him and abide by His will whether he appears or vanishes; await His pleasure. If you ask Him to do as you please, it is not...

I had listened to all of the Ram Dass lectures from the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and I’d read his book with Paul Gorman titled How Can I...

From the moment I signed the contract to the moment I landed in Darwin it was exactly one month. I moved my stuff back into my old room...

It had been three months since that Boxing Day chat with K at my brother’s house in 2023. I’d actually found a job I was interested in...

It was Boxing Day 2022. I was at my brother’s house for a family lunch, standing in the kitchen chatting with my sister-in-law’s family....

It was early days on my journey, and I’d walked past a room with a poster on the door for a meditation and yoga class. I only passed it...

I was around 20 or 21, sitting in an office around a long table with about ten others. It was a presentation on fertilisers, plants,...

I was at work with my friend B, chatting about his trip to India in the 90s. At the time, this was back in 2016, I’d been diving deep...

Varanasi had a vibe. Heavy. Dark. Mystical. I’d just arrived, and after a rough night in a cramped hostel bunk, I knew my hostel days...

We arrived at Dehradun Airport, and I met K, my French friend at the luggage belt. We headed outside and tried to book an Uber but had no...

I was sitting in the Ramana Maharshi Ashram library, enjoying a book by Paulo Coelho, when I had the sudden feeling that I was going to...

For most of my life, I was told I was too intense. Too much passion. Too much fire. Just… too much.

It was the middle of March. I had just left Varanasi after an intense Holi experience, and I felt the pull to try something different. I...

It was late March and I was in Rishikesh, hanging out at Moktan Café, a cool little bakery in Tapovan. I was sipping a ginger lemon tea,...