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The Quantum Self

Everyone has a quantum self.

The quantum self operates in a quantum field of consciousness unbound by time or space. Everyone has a quantum self, and more will increasingly become aware of this as we progress into the Age of Aquarius. Knowledge of the astral body and the ‘seven sheaths’ of the subtle bodies are part of centuries-old knowledge. But what I call the quantum self is a living, dynamic part of waking life, immediate and accessible.

Becoming aware of it can be as spontaneous as a dream. When I flew and was training pilots, my experiences with them opened my eyes. Some students pictured me quite differently from how I saw myself – that I was a petrolhead, for example, and drove a grunty sportscar in a red one-piece outfit! The costume came up again in another student’s mind, only in black lycra. They only ever saw me at work in standard pilot’s garb; white shirt, black tie, navy trousers. Others saw me as some kind of white witch, able to manipulate the weather to create any condition tailored to the flying lesson! At the time, I didn’t drive and certainly never entertained witchcraft. Some might say it was a projection of an archetype, or past lives active in my energetic field – but none of them contained the imagery described.

These pilots intuited a dynamic within me or described an unknown aspect of myself. So I decided to explore further. Over time, I formed the idea of a quantum self – or it trickled into my consciousness. This field of consciousness will interact with our environment on many more levels than previously imagined. I already had a taste of it when I discovered while learning to fly that the aircraft could ‘obey’ my thought commands or intentions before I even touched the controls. There is no doubt others who flew with me picked up on some level my ability to operate in a quantum interface and used symbolic imagery to map their perceptions. It is not necessary to insert a chip into the brain! The brain is a quantum field already and works holographically.

Pay attention to how those who interact with you perceive you – positive, challenging perceptions. What do they tell you? It may open a world of discovery.

The future is going to be very interesting.

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All Revolutions Begin This Way

My new collection, All Revolutions Begin This Way, is published by Alien Buddha Press. The release date is the 19th of February 2023.

An opportunity not to miss

Emboldened by the submissions open window, I sent the collection to the editor of ABP. Within three
days he returned to me with a resounding ‘Yes!’ and moved like the wind. Aptly nicknamed Red, the
editor made the process a joyful and easy experience. Communications ping-ponged back and forth,
and among the emails, he had sent six book cover suggestions. After trawling through hundreds of my
photographs or artworks, I preferred one of his suggestions and settled on the image for the book cover.
It perfectly evokes the poem of the book’s title.

All Revolutions had already existed in a different version when I had sent it to a poetry competition
back in 2022, which garnered ‘highly commended’ from among the shortlisted poets. I was optimistic it
would come up trumps soon enough. After adding new poems, quite a few fresh from the creative
forge, carefully collating and rearranging the collection to strengthen the story telling, I sent it and left
it in the lap of the gods.

The synopsis

“All Revolutions Begin This Way is a journey of the imagination through past and future landscapes,
featuring the Author’s childhood home in the Waikato region of New Zealand’s North Island. Many
poems are reminiscences and spiritual experiences—a suite of poems centres on an abandoned mining
town, Waiorongomai, with sweeping explorations of history and myth. The journey becomes more
introverted and existential in mood, beginning with the title poem as a curtain raiser. Reflective and
quietly defiant, this collection is a distillation of observations and joyful affirmation of the sacredness
of individuality.”

**Rough drafts of poems which feature in All Revolutions Begin This Way**

Signed copies of the the Collection are available to purchase via my contact page.

All Revolutions is also available from Amazon.

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Poetry At Cow Milking Time

The launch of Hidden in Childhood is the inaugural anthology from Literary Revelations, a new publishing house established by poet Gabriela Milton. I became acquainted with Milton’s poetry on Spillwords. Entranced by her originality and mastery, I followed her work with interest.
When she announced the launch of Literary Revelations, I was curious and excited, especially when she
invited me to send her work. As a result, I have two poems in the Collection, amongst some
scorchingly beautiful pieces. I’m honoured to take my place among poets of stature and shining talent.

Last weekend, the 22 of January, Gabriela staged a Zoom meeting to celebrate the launch of Hidden in Childhood. Some
27 poets from around the world joined in, reading their work. It was a feast of accents and outpouring
of ideas and recollections, some joyful, some painful, altogether producing a cathartic and elevating
experience. The meeting took place at 10:00 am Central Time, which meant I had to be at my laptop for
5:00 am! Luckily – magically, even, I awoke at 4:30 am, allowing me enough time to flick on the router
and PC and get settled with a piping hot mug of coffee.

No one noticed me in my pyjamas, I hoped! 4:30 am was the time my father used to get up to milk the
cows on our small dairy farm in the heart of the Waikato – who would have thought I would continue
in his footsteps just to read my poetry?

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2023 is the Year

January 2023 augured significant changes, and I am not disappointed so far. January arrived like the gust front of a thunderstorm. My life was put-putting along for a long time like the Model T Ford my father drove when he was young. Then, suddenly, I’m driving a hypersonic car with an exciting future in view. What a perfect moment to launch my poetry website and start a blog.

When I was 17, I dreamt about a civilisation in New Zealand some 50 to 100 thousand years ago. Flying cars zipped through the air in multiple vertical lanes, all stopping dead at some high-rise floating ‘traffic lights’ before proceeding at mind-boggling speed. This dream was long before the film The Fifth Element, by some 20 years. I have never forgotten the dream and often speculate whether it was about a hidden past – and the future. I’m not alone in my musings. About a year ago, I spotted a car in Te Aroha with a beautiful futuristic painting depicted on its side. It summed up perfectly my vision of the future, and here it is with the blog.

Such a world hasn’t arrived literally, but I can feel its formation figuratively in the first stirrings, a sense of elation, movement, and increasing spiritual and intellectual freedom. Where thought goes, energy flows.

Welcome to my new Poetry Website and my blog, The Nest.

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