OK. So before I try to explain what this blog is about, let me first tell you what it is NOT.

I am not affiliated to any group, sect, cult, religion, posse, boy band - whatever. It's just me. Talking. Thinking. Feeling. It's relaxed. You won't be asked for money, because I'm not selling anything. You don't have to join anything. There's nothing to join. There's no agenda. I have none. I'm interested in my existence and my soul in the same way as, I guess, you might be interested in yours.

I think mainly this means I don't promote or indulge any belief. I want to understand something of life through what I know and can feel and understand with a sense of reality, so it is about self-knowledge. Together, we aren't going to believe in anything. The world is full of conflict that is about belief. Nobody every argues about things we know. So this discussion is not about worshiping anybody or obeying some philosophy or  dogma - and it is certainly not about a pedestal for me - I'm documenting my journey and am learning myself from the ground up - it's about feeling. Its about what seems to make sense based on what we know. I want to understand myself and my connection with life; the nature of peace, the nature of my existence, and how we - as living beings in a difficult world - can connect better with our selves.

Now, as you can appreciate, this is HARD. It's difficult to discuss anything in this space without sounding like an evangelist for something or other, because as soon as you place a label on something then people want to categorise you as belonging to some gang or other, so I'll try and stay independent of any loaded terms.

The interesting puzzle I'm talking about here is the one I've faced myself. I don't believe in a God and I absolutely refuse to put my trust in some guru or other who will tell me what to think. This being the case, it is about self-discovery. This makes any 'group' of like-minded people rather odd, because each and every personal philosophy has precisely one member, knowing what he or she knows about themselves - one person, knowing himself. So I am attempting to make a group of like-minded people from those who are wise enough to refuse to be included in a group. All together, we shall reject groups, as a group. That's supposed to be a joke, but it really is the thing. I am sure there are many, many people out there who don't want to trust their inner selves to some guru or cult or group, but who do want to learn more about themselves and inner peace and learn about the ancient methods of connecting with their inner selves and finding fulfillment. So I want to help people to look inside themselves without having to trust some Elevated Other.

Why do this? Well, I am on this journey myself. I do not believe in God, but I do believe there is more to us than meets the eye - that there is a 'spiritual' component to our existence (that's one of those loaded terms I was talking about...). I have lost family relationships to cults, so am not interested in joining someone else's programme, and believing in a God is something I will do the moment there is some evidence. Until then, I want to think about solid knowledge.

So I want to find out what people mean by inner peace, contentment, fulfillment, the 'inner eye', meditation, spirituality, the soul - and I want to think about it and take it somewhere. If I can share my experience in ways that help others to journey 'safely' for themselves, then all the better.

So, as it stands, it is simple. We are going to discuss the nature of peace, existence, life - and how we can feel content and fulfilled in and of ourselves. And if I am trying to get anyone to DO anything, it's to think about what is said here to find what's right for you - in and by yourself, for yourself.

As I write this, I have no idea where it might lead, or even if anything above makes sense, but I'm enjoying doing it now, so it's working already, and all I can say is, I sincerely hope you can get something out of it.

David Baboulene