They say a change is as good as a holiday. Well, we’re going through some radical change now! So what’s so good about a change? What so good about a holiday? Well, when we are no longer locked into our ordinary patterns reinforced by our daily routines, we find we feel free. We feel open. […]

I wrote this blog about truth and the inner flame just before a weekend I’ll teach on 24-26 January in London. You can see more about the event here. In our current “post truth” world of “alternative facts” you might wonder what is up with the notion of “truth”? Is this still relevant? Is it just […]

In this video I talk about how inquiry in the Diamond Approach continues a very natural developmental process to a profound new level. I consider the quality of sweet, melting love. I look at some of the developmental stages of a particular quality of our consciousness that have been well studied in psychological development, and […]

Intro – Invitation to Diamond Inquiry Get access to all lessons by signing up for the “Learn to Inquire Course“

This is the fourth weekend of the DASA Group.

This is the third weekend of the DASA Group.

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Curiosity and wonder are part of our inherent, essential nature as human beings. Explore this quality of your inner nature, and also discover some of the barriers that shut down and limit your natural curiosity.

Curiosity and wonder are part of our inherent, essential nature as human beings. Explore this quality of your inner nature, and also discover some of the barriers that shut down and limit your natural curiosity.

Most of us handle our suffering by shutting down our sensitivity. But doing so also cuts us off from the attuned kindness of an open heart. How else might we orient toward our innate human vulnerability?

If we wish for the truth but cannot bear to face it when it arises, our life remains secure but stagnant. We need courage to come close to ourselves, especially when we’re scared or there is something difficult in our experience.

As we become curious about our experience and open to all that we don’t know, we can discover a sense of commitment to what is true in our experience. We can become steadfast, not easily knocked off course.

How does thinking we already know—who we are, what is happening around us, what reality is—get in the way of our opening to deeper mystery?

These five afternoons introduce different aspects of the Diamond Approach in preparation for the new Diamond Heart UK group.