For me, now, life is about Being, and out of that Being, living, events and connections take place. It feels good to know there is “nothing to do and nowhere to go”, only present experience to be experienced as openly as possible. And it is “here” that this wonderful joy is noticed; realising we don’t need to create joy, or even seek fulfilment. When we stop, slow down, BE, it is already present.
So more and more this reflects itself in my life: My work now is moving away from doing therapy with people to creating a space in the form of Transformational Coaching – facilitating an inner journey to enable the outer journey to unfold; also to facilitating meditation retreats and workshops (often in an unconventional way) to uncover the underlying silence and freedom.
It is good to let go of labels: a therapist, a Buddhist, a coach, a father. All of these are temporary roles which I inhabit for a while (or longer), play with, experiment with and then allow a further unfolding to take place