Tag Archives: Dean’s Travels
Heavenly Spa
Posted on09. Mar, 2010 by Dean Ramsden.
Then it hit me. This Japanese Spa looked and felt like the great white hospital in the Astral World. A huge and brilliant-white building, the Astral hospital is one of the places that recently-departed souls may visit if they have undergone a traumatic or sudden physical death
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Dusun
Posted on01. Apr, 2009 by Dean Ramsden.
Dean endures a penetrating Reflexology session that seriously challenges his masculine pride, while simultaneously is introduced to the local tribal culture in Sabah, Malaysia. His feet may never be the same.
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Hasten to prayer
Posted on16. Feb, 2009 by Dean Ramsden.
Dean hears the early morning Fajr Adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, in a way that brings him into meditation, a turning within to embrace soul nature. The call is fresh and new, offering opportunity.
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Oil change in Bali
Posted on31. Jan, 2009 by Dean Ramsden.
One way to clean Agnya (or Ajna) chakra is using the Ayurvedic Shiro Dara treatment. Dean tries it out while on vacation in Bali, Indonesia.
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Arabian Whispers
Posted on22. Jan, 2009 by Dean Ramsden.
Dean learns to ride in Bali, and moves on to practice on a beach ride in Sabah. By forgetting about falling off the Half-Arabian he is reminded that the ride is all about blending, and listening. And about trust.
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Social Energy Grids
Posted on02. Dec, 2008 by Dean Ramsden.
Dean Ramsden explores the energetic concept of social grids in different cultures. To connect with, learn from, or do business with a new culture require will require us to connect with, and relate to, this “grid” of social consciousness.
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Another sunset on the South China Sea
Posted on30. Nov, 2008 by Dean Ramsden.
Another sunset in Sabah, Borneo, on the South China Sea, leads me to contemplate the new day ahead. Will it be the same day as before, or will some awakening occur? May all our eyes open, just a little more, when the sun again rises.
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The Diamond Princess drops by
Posted on29. Nov, 2008 by Dean Ramsden.
The cruise ship Diamond Princess docks at Kota Kinabalu, and brings happiness to Dean’s post-ear-infection misery.
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Malaysian Market Musings
Posted on21. Jun, 2008 by Dean Ramsden.
I love open-air Asian markets. It’s fun for me to join the throng of a gentle crowd, moving slowly among the tables (or wares displayed on the ground), each radically different from the previous one, maybe a local food, or craft. As I compare my retail experiences in American shopping malls with this moment I [...]
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The end of the earth is no longer so far away
Posted on06. Jun, 2008 by Dean Ramsden.
After several days in Japan, and a few weeks hiatus from my healing practice, we are now in the eastern Malaysian State of Sabah. I used to tell my friends it was the northwest tip of Borneo (which it is) but most people associate Borneo with, well, the end of the earth. True enough, we [...]

