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THE PURPOSE OF DEEP PEACE BEYOND SUFFERING:

The title of the book is like a ‘seed’ phrase and contains the answer to that already. However, let me elaborate for a brief moment. Deep Peace Beyond Suffering is a synopsis of one Human Beings unique story of sudden awakening, that eventually unfolded into a life-long journey of healing and integration through dedicated study, undergoing a rite-of-passage and transformation directly through the process of so-called ’suffering’. It insight-fully ventures into the alchemy of transformation that is happening, behind the scenes, beyond human control. It reminds us of how death and rebirth can take the illusion of being in control away, in the blink of an eye.

 

Deep Peace Beyond Suffering invites the reader from the very beginning, into an existential experience of being present and attentively absorbed in the delicate presence of peace, while the mind is distracted by reading this. Yes, this, right now. Yes, that is right, I am communicating this to the ONE who is reading this. Are YOU the one reading, perceiving and aware of this? Are you aware of what is taking place, right now? Is it easy or difficult for you, to comprehend that this could be the purpose of reading this, in the first place? Your expectations may be challenged, the inner critic and judge certainly will be, if they have stepped forward. 

There is a collaborative process of transmission and reception, taking place, in this very moment and something more is occurring than just an arrangement of chapters in a book, a shaping of sentences to convey knowledge, a play of words to inspire or motivate. An existential experience is being offered and initiated as I am speaking and you are reading this … t  h  i  s … t    h    i    s    now! There is more   s   p   a   c  e   surrounding and in between the words, than what we generally notice, most of the time, and this   s  p  a  c   e   is an intrinsic part, if not the primary primordial element that is being communicated in the first place. Welcome to  D E E P   P E A C E  Beyond Suffering.

FROM SPONTANEOUS WRITING TO DEDICATED WRITING:

I initially began writing in my early 20’s, soon after my car accident, but it was in the form of ‘life messages’ through song lyrics and poetry. There was no intention to sit down and write anything, except that the energies impulsing my spirit, along with the deepening vision of my life purpose, was profoundly awakening the intelligence of the heart. Brilliant insights, enlivened by waves of joy, simply wanted to be expressed, and with no consideration of the time of day or night or of the location where I was. It was almost 20 years later that I relocated to New Zealand, opened a Meditation Centre and voila, the beginning of public speaking and teaching in the context of private group gatherings, public events and residential seminars. 

The first draft of this book, however, began in Sydney Australia, a year prior to leaving for New Zealand. The main content of the book arrived like a thunderbolt, waking me up from sleep and pretty much downloading itself, almost completely throughout the rest of the night. By the morning, with little sleep, I was on fire with inspiration and overwhelmed with awe. I had just discovered my channeling capacity for writing. OMG was the overall feeling.

A few years later, through a long winding journey of teaching in Japan, Europe, the UK and Canada, I ended up in Los Angeles for almost 3 years. In 1996, I was looking into publishing my book under the title of “The Power of N.O.W”. In the meantime, I was preparing to teach a workshop under this title, and a sequence of other workshop themes to follow, such as ‘The Stillness of Being’, ‘Anchoring into Beingness’ and ’The Power of Presence’ in Los Angeles. A year later, a certain well known figure published his first book under an almost identical title. Yes … Eckhart Tolle. 

Even though the essential teachings of both books have the same intention, the presentation of Deep Peace Beyond Suffering  and the Power of Now are incomparably different. D.P.B.S. is presented as an exceptionally unique dialogue between the voice of love endeavoring to remind the voice of the world... of what is most important in life. Again and again, the voice of the world, typically reacts back and argues, doing its best to protect its life-long invested interests. 

PLATFORM CREATION FROM 1993:

I have been dedicated to creating a platform from 1993 to now. Yet I had no idea this was happening, for many years, let alone what a platform was, other than getting onto a platform at a train station.  It wasn’t until the Hay House Writers Workshop in Sydney, 2017, that this was brought to my awareness. It is now coming up to 33 years of presenting and facilitating public teaching and healing events. From evening gatherings and meditations to consciousness awakening workshops and residential retreats. Initiating and presenting events in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Malta, UK, Canada, California and Maui-Hawaii under such titles as:

*  Mystic Circle Gathering   *  The Power of Presence   *  Stillness of Being  *  Anchoring into Beingness   
*  The Way of Trust   *  The Alchemy of Intimacy   *  The Nectar of Wholeness   *   Deep Peace Immersion 
*  Luminous Leadership   *  Tantra Kriya Yoga   *  Ishta Bhakti Yoga   *  The Awakening of Heart Intelligence
*  Sonic Satsang - Sound Healing Meditations   *  The Invitation of Love   *  The Sublimity of Peace       
*  Conscious Communication   *  Presence Immersion   *  Awareness Awakening   *  Timeless Transcendence   

So as you can see from the titles above, there is a long history and depth of experience in creating a unique brand emerging out of the creation of unique events. However, it has always been about how to get the message out, how to invite more people into presence, how to share more love, how to remind others of the innate peace within. I have always felt that even if no one was to attend the event, maybe, just maybe, somebody might have been touched and inspired, as they were reading what was being promoted through my work. So the writing has always been exceptionally important and quite often pertinent for me also.

Throughout the many years of teaching and facilitating, I had been simultaneously working with pen on paper for hours and hours or typing away on typewriters and eventually upgrading technologically to a computer. So much time being absorbed in playing with the magic and craft of words and graphic design. Translating and applying the fun and excitement of this into the creation of flyers, brochures, business cards and web site design. Always doing my best to retain the authenticity and truth of what my heart wanted to express. Learning to shape it into a format for advertising and marketing without losing its essence. What a challenge and invitation, along with the trials and tribulations while being untrained in this field. Ahhh, but alas, little did I know that this was the training. Living it as I walked the “good red road”, within the marketplace. Little did I know that this would be cultivating and awakening the speaker and writer within.

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For approximately 11 years, from the year 1999, I took a sabbatical from teaching, once I moved from Los Angeles to the Hawaiian island of Maui. During that period of time, I entered the Wedding Industry, through my former wife who was a well known wedding manager. I became a prominent celebrant performing over 900 weddings all over Maui, including the Fairmont Kea Lani, Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Hyatt Regency, Private Estates and many beach wedding ceremonies on a regular basis. Facilitating a ceremony, public speaking and “holding space” for the bride and groom, under the spotlight of camera and video, became my new 'Training'. It especially provided a rite of passage, to my surprise, through the craft of ceremonial wording and confidence building through the platform of public speaking.

WHO IS 'DEEP PEACE BEYOND SUFFERING' FOR?

 

If you have incarnated into a human body and you are presently on this earth, then you know what suffering is like.

 

You know of the varying degrees of experiencing suffering. At some time in your life you have known and felt what it is like to be without peace, that’s assuming that you have known it in some moment of your life, in the first place. You know how the intensity of emotional contraction and swelling up of suffering can bring you to the edge of “losing it”.

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But what if the real meaning of suffering is about “undergoing a journey as a rite-of-passage”?

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TO SUFFER: The word "suffering" comes from the Latin verb sufferre, meaning "to bear," "to endure," or "to allow". This is a compound of two roots: "sub-" (meaning "under" or "below") and "ferre" (meaning "to carry" or "to bear"). Thus, the etymology literally means to "carry under" or to "bear up" from under something burdensome.  

 

In other words, a rite-of-passage. Yet, humanity has defined it as being something negative, horrible, even appalling to the point of idealizing 'suffering' as a sign of some sort of failure or the experience of being a victim.

 

And we know how to suffer over our suffering, don’t we? We also know how to very smartly, lock it in to automatic pilot, by suffering over the fact that we are suffering over our suffering. Ring a bell? 

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Have we lost sight of the existential 'rite-of-passage' the experience of suffering might really be?

 

Peace is becoming more and more a vital commodity and necessity for nourishment, for protection, for sanity, for creating a stable foundation physically, psychologically, metaphysically and spiritually. So who could “Deep Peace Beyond Suffering” be for? What would be the best demographic to target? What countries, cultures, communities, families... are in need of environmental peace or homely peace, let alone inner peace?  

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