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Laurence Leonard Dowling, born in 1915 in Albany Western Australia was a man of few words but with a history of life experience that is testimony to the troubled times in which he lived: the Great Depression, the Second World War and the unaddressed problems of a wartime survivor. A childhood of poverty, schooled in a life of hard knocks, he remained a stoical survivor despite life's many adversities. He fought in El Alamein as well as Tobruk and received an oak leaf for his courage. Descended from a long line of miners, he found solace for his soul prospecting for gold in the outback of Western Australia which was the only medicine he knew for his soul that had been ravaged by war. As my father, he inspired my love for the Australian bush, gifted me his love of Australian poets, the stars, the fl owers and the natural world. He was a man of action, an incisive thinker, courageous and generous and one who was well acquainted with this land, its pastoral stations, fi shing and mining industries, and heavy manufacture. He had turned his hand to it all including building sections of the remote Trans-Australian railway line across the Nullabor plain. He was a poet and a dreamer even in his darkest hours. Laurie was a true Australian patriot and pioneer of extraordinary talents which he applied in both the good and bad times. He was indeed a "e;man for all seasons."e;

Intimate passionate love has been the undying quest of human beings in western cultures and immortalised in movies, literature and the arts. The desire to be intimately related to another to whom one feels cherished, precious and unconditionally accepted and understood is at the heart of the dream. Once found we wake to the realities of intimacy with all the passion and pain of living in an intimate relationship. It becomes a furnace for the burnishing of our minds and hearts evoking both aversion and desire, longing and avoidance, warmth and coldness, intimacy and alienation.This book provides a deep and enlightening revelation on how and why relationships can sometimes be a roller coaster of emotions and it elucidates not only the biological drives that bring us together but the deepest psycho-spiritual karmas that drive the meeting. It provides signposts that herald danger and strategies for maximising the potential strength in your intimate relationship.A must read for anyone who has ever asked the question: How could such intense love and passion end this way?

An innovative and enlightening fresh look at human lifespan development focusing holistically on the human being as encompassing body- mind- spirit. This is a journey through the human lifespan bringing together the threads of our physical, cognitive, psychological and spiritual development in succinct seven year phases across the the life span. Each chapter embraces one seven year period and is packed full of hands on information to empower the reader to better understand theirs and others experiences in that particular phase of the life span. This includes a summary page of understandings that should guide our approach to persons in that particular seven year phase of the lifespan. This cutting edge approach to lifespan development concludes with a chapter on life after life which reviews the near death experiences. it also indicates the influence of particular planetary systems on different phases of the lifespan indicating that our human lives are inextricably tied into the rhythms of the macrocosim. Essential reading for counsellors, human service professionals and any members of the public seeking to understand more deeply the opportunities and challenges that face them at particular ages and phases of their life.