Dear friends
As you probably have noticed, it’s been quite some time since I contributed to this blog. A lot has happened in my life in the last few months and it’s actually taken a lot of thinking and a lot of work to get this blog going again.
I realized that last year I put so much effort into research and development, learning new science, filming videos, hiring animators for our animated videos, that in the end, my blog became much too much hard work. More than that, I felt intimidated by my own creation! Lately I found myself thinking that the good ideas I wanted to share with you weren’t “scientific” enough or brilliant enough to keep up with the pace I set for this blog last year.
Of course that was just an excuse. What was really going on is that Evette and I moved countries to Vanuatu, moved into our new house at the end of January and have been busy learning all the things that go with moving countries, having our own house, and having a little farm with animals (goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and dogs), fruit trees and all the other joys that come with having your own land on a tropical island. So much to learn and explore – and so I admit I have not really been in the “blogging zone”!
Well I’m back! 
I’ve given it a lot of thought and I’ve decided to do something quite different with the blog this year.
This is “my” blog, and so I’m going to start by sharing a bit more about me, my life and my background. In fact that will by my very next post.
I am going to be a little more philosophical this year. In the past I’ve held back from sharing my own views and beliefs becase I don’t want Reference Point Therapy to be associated with any dogma or spiritual ideology. However, I think that RPT has grown to the point where it’s much “bigger than the man” so to speak. Some people might appreciate my blog without having any interest in our personal development tools. Others might love the RPT tools and disagree totally with my personal or spiritual beliefs. Either way is fine.
I’ve started working on a great series of articles about monism v. dualism, which ties in a lot of my very favorite topics, personal development, science of evolution, creation theory, the nature of god and the soul, and the RPT theory of coherence. I see this series of articles being a long running theme for the blog rather than a single set that I publish.
Another reason changing the blog from research theory towards the personal and the philosophical is to encourage more participation from You. Every time I’ve asked people why they don’t leave comments on the blog I hear the same reply – people don’t feel like they have something to share. Well I think that by personalizing the blog this year it will be much more friendly and hopefully encourage you to participate a lot more. After all everyone has their own philosophy to share.
I’m still going to be doing research and sharing cutting edge science with you – but I wont be pressuring myself to do that in every blog post. If I learn something that could be useful to you, I’m going to share it.
In my last post (in December) I listed some of the changes you’ll see in 2011. The most important by far is the new RPT website that Val and I have been working on. It’s a huge effort and nearing completion. I just have another 50 or so articles to write – seriously it’s like writing a book. There’s so much content I want to share. It’s an exciting project and I’m sure you will love diving into the new material.
Thanks again for your participation and support. As always a reminder that the price you pay for all information on this blog is to leave a comment, so please leave some thoughts (anonymous is fine) about what you’d like to see on this blog this year.
blessings
Simon
Marianne 
WendyB 
Maysan Marouf 
Bridget Kirwan 
Nice to see your blog is still alive. Look forward to reading your thoughts about life, the universe and goats
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