Recommended

What I have enjoyed reading, viewing, watching, and listening to, that has really resonated with me.

Aroha

I felt inspired to buy this, and I wasn’t disappointed.

Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet. By Dr Hinemoa Elder.  ISBN 9780143775225.

As I described in my Instagram post; “I found a kiwi treasure. Open a page and find a gem.  Cute format with lots of meaning.  For someone like me who struggles to concentrate longer than between two ads, just the tonic :)”

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The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity

A book I was loaned by a friend…

(ISBN 1-58322-543-9) is a 1975 book by Mark Vonnegut, son of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, about Mark’s experiences in the late 1960s and his major psychotic breakdown and recovery.

For me, this gives great insight into the mind of someone who is suffering from psychosis.  I am sure that just as I can, many who have suffered schizophrenia and bi-polar can also relate to the experiences shared in this book.
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Albertine

An album (and single) by New Zealand singer, musician, artist, and performer Brooke Fraser.

Brooke’s mother, Lynda, was my teacher in 1983, while she was pregnant with Brooke, where she had to cease teaching mid-way through the year to have Brooke. You are a treasure, and a gift Brooke, may your music reverberate through the astral and worldly realms forever and a day.

Love the lyric “And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become”. Incredible album, my anthem music for some time, and is still one I play even now.

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Magic Line

An absolute favourite of mine, by New Zealand band Stellar*, fronted by Boh Runga and a talented bunch of Kiwi muso’s 🙂

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Sphere

A movie from 1998…

Really enjoyed this movie.  After I went through my own spiritual “process”, I found the movie was “deeper” for me; as the concept of “what you wish for will come true” took on new meaning, especially where it related to the deepest subconscious mind.

IMDB – Sphere.  From a novel written by Michael Crichton.