I constantly meet ex-drug users who tell me that they do everything to get healthy but feel worse by the day. I ask them to outline their post-drug lifestyle and they describe a commitment to yoga, meditation, massage and a healthy diet. However when I ask them to describe their ‘healthy’ diet I am always given the same picture: fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, salads and tofu sandwiches for lunch and dhal or stir-fry vegies for dinner. I ask them to outline their protein intake and I am told they derive their protein from yoghurt, tofu and dhal. Upon asking about animal protein they admit to eating fish twice a months, primarily derived from tin tuna. When I ask about red meat they cringe and tell me that red meat is bad for you. Continue reading ‘Recreational Drugs and Red Meat’

I have just returned from speaking at the Health, Happiness and Soul expo, at the Gold Coast Convention centre, and at the Rainbow Serpent Festival, outside Beaufort in Victoria. Talk about extreme opposites. The Health, Happiness and Soul expo, advertised with huge banners featuring Buddha, lotuses and similar imagery was in a commercial expo environment - a huge hall with concrete floors, fluorescent lighting and aisles of personal trainers in matching polo shirts flogging new weight loss machines or mass produced foods. On the upside there were lots of psychics. The highlight was Jason McDonald who is a terrific psychic and entertainer, and a mesmerising performance by Sacred Earth which was so powerful it overrode the piped music and commercial atmosphere of the place and stopped people in their tracks. These mind, body, spirit festivals used to be filled with energy and life and colour and I was left wondering what had happened to the new age.

Continue reading ‘THE END OF THE NEW AGE – THE DAWN OF A NEW WORLD’

Q: How can we provide more attractive models of living for young people?

A: It is the younger generation who hold the future in their hands. We are heading for a major shift in all aspects of our lives. So I would say, don’t try and fit in with the old worldview and the old way of doing things. Don’t seek advice from people from that world as they may well try to talk you out of your visions. Hold your ground and don’t be afraid to do things differently.

The key to the new world is to build inner security not focus on trying to gain external security through safe jobs, investing in real estate and so on. True wealth lies within your organs and inner security comes from living in a way that strengthens your organs. Your health, weaknesses and fear, may well hold the key to your destiny so work with them. Believe anything is possible because it is. As Ghandi said, be the change you want to see.