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Author: Steve Gooch

With a background as a noted artist printmaker and sculptor and working with some of the leading visual artists of his generation, Steve moved into international education at the turn of the millennium, having a radically transformative and expansive impact on the art hubs under his watch in Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. Passionate about his own personal and spiritual development he undertook studies and training in several spiritual disciplines and pursued interests in esoteric Buddhism, inter-religious studies, philosophy, and meditation. Steve has written three books: ‘Reiki Jin Kei Do: The Way of Compassion & Wisdom’, ‘Mindfulness Meditation & The Art of Reiki’ and ‘Manifesting Abundance with Reiki’, and is considered one of the leading authorities in this field. The perspective that he pursues through all three books is a radical departure from the mainstream interpretations of this subject. He is regularly invited for interviews and speaking engagements on the topic of Reiki and personal, spiritual development. In recent years he has been focused on developing his visual arts practice, meditation-based and spiritually focused courses, retreats, and workshops, offering them across the UK, Egypt, Cyprus, Jordan, and parts of Eastern Europe. He is now widely considered to be one of Egypt’s leading personal development coaches, working with celebrities, politicians, and media stars in the north African country. He routinely works as a coach with some of the leading fashion houses in Saudi Arabia.
A woman with hand on heart framed against serene backdrop. Jun 15, 2026

What Is The Abundant Self Programme?

By Steve Gooch knowledge centre, The Abundant Self, Uncategorized

The Abundant Self brings together awareness training, nervous system regulation, reflective practice, energy work, embodied inquiry, and practical integration. Through this process you develop a more stable relationship with yourself, recognise what’s been shaping your experience from the inside, and begin living from clarity rather than pressure. This isn’t a quick-fix abundance course. It's a structured eight-month process for returning to yourself, seeing what’s been running you, realigning with what’s true, and learning how to live from that place in real situations.

A head showing different aspects of consciousness overlapping against a serene background Jun 8, 2026

What Is Consciousness and How Does It Shape Your Experience of Reality?

By Steve Gooch Awareness/Consciousness, knowledge centre

Most people think the problem is their life. Often, the deeper problem is the consciousness through which they’re experiencing that life. That doesn’t mean your circumstances don’t matter. Work, money, health, relationships, grief, family pressure and practical responsibility all matter. None of those things are experienced in a neutral way. They’re received through your emotional state, nervous system, memories, beliefs, attention, identity and level of awareness.

Picture of a cross, Reiki stone and a bible asking if Reiki is okay for Christians Jun 1, 2026

Can Christians Practise Reiki?

By Steve Gooch knowledge centre, Reiki & Energy Practices

Many Christians feel drawn to Reiki because it appears gentle, compassionate, and healing. At the same time, many feel cautious. They may have heard that Reiki is New Age, spiritually unsafe, incompatible with Christianity, or connected with angels, spirit guides, symbols, or unseen forces. The question is understandable: Can Christians practise Reiki? The answer depends on what kind of Reiki someone is learning, how the teacher explains it, what’s been added around it, and how it sits with that person’s conscience and church tradition.

Hand drawing an eye in a sketchbook with the article title, “Can Drawing Change the Way Your Brain Processes Information?” and subtitle about attention, perception and the mind. May 25, 2026

Can Drawing Change the Way Your Brain Processes Information?

By Steve Gooch Creative Expression & Observation, knowledge centre

Most people think drawing depends on artistic talent, as though some people are simply born with it and others aren’t. But drawing is much more interesting than that. At its deepest level, drawing trains the mind to see more accurately. When you draw, you have to slow down. You have to look again. You have to notice shape, edge, distance, proportion, space, shadow and relationship. You begin to see the difference between what’s actually in front of you and what your mind assumes is there.

Man looking out of a window with the title of the article in the foreground May 18, 2026

What Is Spiritual Intelligence? Meaning, Signs, Benefits, and How to Develop It

By Steve Gooch Awareness/Consciousness, knowledge centre

Spiritual intelligence is what allows you to stop reacting blindly to life and start understanding what’s really happening beneath the surface. It helps you see the fear behind a decision, the belief behind a pattern, the wound behind a reaction, and the deeper choice that’s available. Without it, people can be intelligent, successful, emotionally aware, and still feel stuck in the same loops. They repeat the same arguments, chase the same approval, make the same fear based decisions, and keep building a life around conditioning instead of clarity.

Featured pic for Why most personal development practices fail May 11, 2026

Why Most Personal Development Programmes Fail

By Steve Gooch knowledge centre, The Abundant Self

There’s no shortage of personal development programmes. Courses, coaching, books, workshops, and online trainings all promise some form of change, and most people who want to improve their lives have engaged with at least one of them, often several. That engagement is usually driven by a realisation that change is needed. Time is invested, money is committed, and attention is given with a genuine intention to change something meaningful. There are many goals. It might involve improving finances, building confidence, stabilising emotions, or gaining a clearer sense of direction. In many cases, something does shift, sometimes quite dramatically. People experience a change in how they think, how they feel, and how they respond, and life improves.

What are the Reiki symbols showing all four traditional symbols May 4, 2026

What Are the Reiki Symbols?

By Steve Gooch knowledge centre, Reiki & Energy Practices

Reiki symbols are one of the most misunderstood parts of the system. They’re often presented as mysterious objects with inherent power, or expanded into collections of forms that claim to do everything from healing to protection to manifestation. That isn’t how Reiki works, and it isn’t what the symbols are for. To understand what Reiki symbols actually are, they have to be placed within the structure of the training they belong to. Once they’re separated from that structure, they’re very quickly misinterpreted. They become objects of projection rather than elements within a disciplined method. The issue isn’t that the symbols are difficult to understand. The issue is that they’re usually explained outside of the context that gives them meaning.

An artist drawing a portrait Apr 27, 2026

Why Artists See the World Differently

By Steve Gooch Creative Expression & Observation, knowledge centre

When people look at a skilled artist’s work, the assumption is that they are naturally gifted, that they have access to something others don't. That assumption feels justified because the difference in output can be extreme. However, it's also fundamentally wrong. Artists are not seeing a different world. They are seeing the same world with less interference. The difference isn't ability in the hand. It's organisation of perception. It's important to note that the gap between artist and non-artist isn't fixed. It's trainable.

What is the history of buddho title card showing traditional Japanese scene and some research papers for historical work Apr 20, 2026

What Is the History of the Buddho System?

By Steve Gooch Awareness/Consciousness, knowledge centre

Recognised Buddhist scholarship does not currently verify the full historical origins of the Buddho system. We can trace its modern transmission with more certainty through the Reiki Jin Kei Do lineage, particularly through Seiji Takamori and Dr. Ranga Premaratna. Within Reiki Jin Kei Do, practitioners understand Buddho as a deeper meditative and energetic system connected to Avalokiteshvara, Mt. Kurama, and the spiritual roots of Reiki. These teachings belong to the lineage itself and hold meaning within that context, but independently verified historical records do not support them.

Image of the Buddha with someone doing Tai Chi nearby Apr 13, 2026

What Is the Buddho System and How Is It Practiced?

By Steve Gooch Awareness/Consciousness, knowledge centre

Buddho is a structured system of practice that works directly with awareness, perception, and the nature of experience itself. Rather than focusing on changing what is experienced, it develops the ability to recognise how experience is formed in the first place. While it includes meditation, energy work, and healing methods, its primary function is to stabilise attention and bring clarity to the processes through which perception arises. For those already exploring awareness as a field of experience, Buddho provides a structured way to engage with it directly through practice.

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