About Storm

 

I am a dreamwalker, shapeshifter & nature spirit exploring where magic, dreams & higher consciousness meet. I work with nature energies, Tibetan Bon meditation and the didgeridoo to aid me on my shamanic journeys. I was originally a scientist but quickly discovered that this could not answer even the most basic questions about the nature of consciousness, so instead turned to metaphysics and spirituality for answers. In my thirty year quest I have studied a number of different practices including Zen, paganism and Aboriginal Australian teachings.  I have developed my own theory of consciousness and a vision of the future of mankind.  I believe there is hope for the planet and the human species and that collectively our consciousness is evolving towards a new era of peace, connection and understanding.

My Story

What Is Consciousness?

My journey started when I asked the seemingly simple question; “What is consciousness?”  This was to be the beginning of a quest  through science, spirituality, metaphysics and consciousness.  The original question can be thought of as a Zen koan or a spiritual problem.  I have been attempting to solve this koan ever since.

I started out that fateful day as a science student attending a committee meeting of the Photographic Society.  I had just entered my honours year of a Biochemistry degree and was well fired up intellectually speaking.  We had solved the problem of the program for the next year and turned to conversation.  I had recently seen the film ‘Terminator 2’ and we were speculating on whether a computer could become conscious.  It was not long before we drove ourselves into the corner of defining consciousness.  We talked for hours and hours, going around in circles.  It was very strange; we could think of ways that something could become conscious, that was not the problem.  The problem is who is conscious.  Consciousness may be described as information, energy patterns or a projection onto an inner screen.  The problem is who is actually watching the screen?  Does this person have a similar screen in their head, with someone else watching?  The question is not what is consciousness? Rather who is conscious? This can be simplified to who am I?

This question bothered me a great deal.  I was a young embryo scientist and thought that science would provide all the answers.  I remember walking home feeling very strange, I wondered “If I am just a pattern of energy and neurones firing, then all I am is thought.  What happens if I stop thinking?”  I could not sleep that night, paranoid that if I stopped thinking for one second, I would cease to exist.  Over the next few months, I started looking for a scientific explanation.  The deeper I delved into science, the deeper I saw that it was not getting anywhere near the answer.  It skirted around the issue of consciousness itself, either dismissing it as a phenomenological effect or avoiding the question entirely.  The other explanation was that I was right, there is no I, just an illusion caused by thought and cognition. I later found this to be true of the void described in Zen Buddhism.

It did not take me long to find another flaw in science.  The Universe acts like a mirror.  Mathematicians see the world in terms of numbers, they see reality in the form of equations and the Universe reflects them back.  It is the same for the religious mind, you have beliefs and the Universe reflects them.  I remember reading some books on Zen and ‘Ch’an and Zen Teaching, First Series’ (Luk, 1987) described exactly what I was thinking.  It seemed to resonate with me to the core.  I remember reading it as it cut through all my questions like a knife.  Science led me around in circles, this book just killed my questions, outright!  I was so impressed that I started to practice meditation.  I longed to be like the monks planting pine trees in the monastery grounds.  I began to know some deeper answers, my deeper self.  I have been practicing meditation ever since. 

After a few years and many wonderful visits to a Zen monastery, I started out again on my quest again, to find further clarification.  This time it was more intuitive, I was drawn towards the Mind, Body and Spirit Scene, particularly crystals and channelling.  I had grown spiritually during my journey with Zen, but I was looking for a more metaphysical model to satisfy my intellect.  Zen teaches people to ‘look within and be still.’ this approach certainly works and can lead to high spiritual attainment.  It does not however entertain the intellect and certainly not metaphysics. It regards any such thinking as the ‘monkey like mind’ and an impediment to Zen training.  I once considered becoming a Zen monk and devoting my life to meditation, but decided to instead explore metaphysical and philosophical aspects of my question.  It was around that time that I began to experiment with channelling.  My first guide was called Zenchi.  I later met a number of other spirit guides, Anchad, Susan, Clair and Steven.  The last section of this book describes the evolution of consciousness.  I have learned that we are evolving towards higher consciousness.  My guides are part of me and from their perspective there is no concept of time.  The Universe is a giant mind, how we see it depends on our expectations and level of consciousness.  The final level is the level of Universal mind itself.  This is all related to ETIs (Extra Terrestrial Intelligences), guides, archetypes, gods, myths and a myriad other things