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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Yan Shou Gong
Practices Yan Shou Gong

Since my teens, I have had an interest in the Martial Arts, and practiced Nanbudo for a few years back then.

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TEAM CBT
Practices TEAM CBT

Time for something of a flurry of backlogged posts. Here goes with the first… I have for some time been aware of the possibility of rapid change within humans.

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AI again
Tech AI again

In February, I wrote about AI and inquiry. I didn’t write about another conversation I had with ChatGPT: Around the same time, I asked it “What is the connection between PEM and emotions.

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Is vs Why
Odoki method Is vs Why

When we experience something unpleasant, it is common to ask ourselves why this is happening. Many forms of counselling ask this question.

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Teaching vs Consulting
Odoki method Teaching vs Consulting

This week I’ve been visiting my parents. I decided to attend a local Kung Fu class (I’ve been learning Kung Fu myself for the last couple of years).

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Friends and Family
Odoki method Friends and Family

Whilst I have been having great success with the exercises that I referenced in my previous post, there is one context in which this approach does not appear to work.

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In the deep end
Odoki method In the deep end

I have just uploaded some new content to the Odoki Method site. This content details some of the exercises I’ve been using with clients.

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AI and inquiry
Odoki method AI and inquiry

My approach to meditation has always had a flavour if inquiry about it. However, discovering Liberation Unleashed (LU) showed me a more concrete and deliberate approach to inquiry.

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Starting at the Beginning
Odoki method Starting at the Beginning

Over the last decade, I have been exposed to, and benefitted from some substantial, even life changing practices. A natural response to this is to want to share it with others, as many people in my position go on to do.

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How to Succeed when Everyone is Better than You
Inspirations How to Succeed when Everyone is Better than You

Context This article was originally written in December 2020 and shared with colleagues at Grafana Labs. It arose from the common and deep experience of Imposter Syndrome that arises when we find ourselves working with many brilliant people.

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Deep Wellbeing?
Deep wellbeing Deep Wellbeing?

What is wellbeing? Wellbeing is subjective, so kinda hard to define. At the same time we all know what it means to feel well.

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Contact Improvisation
Practices Contact Improvisation

Contact Improvisation is a dance form that was developed in 1972 by Steve Paxton. He and his associates wanted to develop a form of dance that was in physical contact, yet improvised.

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Introducing the Odoki Method
Odoki method Introducing the Odoki Method

In my last post, I shared my fundamental question: Why can some see these benefits, while others struggle, while yet others don’t even try because they don’t believe it is possible.

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Naming: Deep Wellbeing
Deep wellbeing Naming: Deep Wellbeing

So far, I have been referring to “Fundamental Wellbeing”. This has otherwise been referred to as “Awakening”, “Enlightenment” and many more terms.

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My Fundamental Question
Deep wellbeing My Fundamental Question

Reflecting on “what is this blog about”, or “what is my fundamental question”, I formulated it thus: Over the last decade particularly, I have witnessed people (myself included) learning practices and inquiries that have brought about fundamental changes to their lives: the disappearance of a judgmental inner monologue, anxiety ceasing to be a problem, death ceasing being a thing to fear, a deep sense of spaciousness and peace, and similar substantial changes.

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The Importance of Neuroscience
Deep wellbeing The Importance of Neuroscience

To start with: I’m no neuroscientist. However, even though I’ve only started reading around the topic recently, I have been startled by the degree to which there is overlap between the research of modern neuroscientists and lessons from inquiry around Fundamental Wellbeing.

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Sedona Method
Practices Sedona Method

Continuing on the theme of describing methods for approaching Fundamental Wellbeing, the second I wish to mention is the Sedona Method, by Lester Levenson in the 1950s.

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Focusing
Practices Focusing

Focusing could be described as “a natural and gentle practice of listening to your body and your inner sense of knowing”.

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How to be Happier
Deep wellbeing How to be Happier

Fundamental Wellbeing doesn’t, as such, make us happy. That, in itself, is an impossible aim. Guaranteed happiness isn’t something we can achieve.

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How we make our own pain
Deep wellbeing How we make our own pain

Let me tell a short imaginal story. An unborn child is in her mother’s womb. She is warm, she hears a regular, reassuring heart beat, hears her mother’s voice.

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