I’m Malcolm Holmes. I’m a software engineer, Buddhist and innovator.

I’m deeply interested in the impact of modern neuroscience on the understanding of traditional spiritual and religious teachings, and how scientific understanding can lead to more efficient teachings that reduce human suffering.

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Felt Sense Significance
Odoki method Felt Sense Significance

Over the last month or so particularly, working with between 15 and 20 people each week, doing inquiry work with them, I have been struck by the value of the “felt sense”.

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Inquiry as a Practice
Odoki method Inquiry as a Practice

As we develop and clarify the Odoki Method, one term that has become clearer is “inquiry” - describing a practice that an individual undertakes to discover more about themselves and bring about meaningful change.

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Getting Odoki Going
Odoki method Getting Odoki Going

In my last post, I noted how I was changing gear, and planning on focusing on the Odoki Method. In this post, I want to mention progress so far, which is kind of hard to believe.

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All Change
Life All Change

At the end of August I marked a significant life change. For a long time, I’ve been exploring the topics discussed in this blog part time, alongside working full time as a software engineer.

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Parents Meditation
Projects Parents Meditation

In 2001, I became a parent. I was already a Buddhist and a meditator. But I didn’t understand how to integrate meditation into my daily life as a parent.

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The Value of Testing
Practices The Value of Testing

In both of my previous posts (TEAM CBT and Yan Shou Gong), I’ve mentioned “testing”. Testing is also an extremely important discipline in software engineering.

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Projects

Things I've done

Odoki Method

Odoki Method

A broad method aimed at “Deep Wellbeing”, a form of wellbeing that is independent of external circumstance.

Parents Meditation

Parents Meditation

A site and online course sharing an approach to meditation that can work for parents of any age.

Yan Shou Gong UK

Yan Shou Gong UK

A site detailing activities in the UK relating to Yan Shou Gong, a form of Nei Gong, an internal martial art of chinese origin.

Grizzly

Grizzly

A command line utility for Grafana facilitating the move of the source of truth for dashboards and more out of the Grafana database and into version control.

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