Well as promised I have had a short interview with Wiz Wingrower not an in depth one as I wanted but he is a private person and any bits he will offer i will take up. This is a transcript of it.

Nigel ; Hi Wiz thank you so much for agreeing to this interview I really appreciate that you are a very private person and that I am very privileged to be able to talk to you in a public arena.

Wiz : Hi Nigel great to hear your voice, it seems a long time since January.

Nigel : Yes I’ve been wanting to contact  you but I respect your wish for seclusion.

Wiz : Yes I have been so lucky to be able to lock myself completely away.

Nigel : So for those people listening who do not know you Wiz is it Ok for me to ask a few questions to allow the listeners to understand who you are and why you have been living in a cave since January?

Wiz : I doubt if anyone is interested in me.

Nigel : Well a few people I know are intrigued by you Wiz. Can I just clarify what is your real name?

Wiz : My full name is Wiz Richard Wingrower but I am not Rich and I’ve usually been described as soft as opposed to hard. So mostly I am known as Wiz Wingrower.

Nigel: So did anyone call you Wiz ard ?

Wiz : Yes at Uni I was known as Wizard but my parents call me Wiz because my father was known as a bit of a wiz kid!

Nigel : I have always been amused that your surname is so appropriate for your academic style. You are a brilliant teacher as I well know but you teach your students to grow their own wings and also their own wins.

Wiz : Yes I have never approved of Guru’s, I feel it is better to teach students to rely upon their own resources rather than follow a leader.

Nigel: So Wiz Can I just clarify why are you using a disguised voice.

Wiz : I have my reasons.

Nigel : I think I understand, is that why you have been cave dwelling?

Wiz ; No I been in total seclusion to deepen my awareness, silence is the best method I know.

Nigel : Why did you choose Papua New Guinea to become a cave dweller Wiz?

Wiz : Because I needed to find somewhere that I could be completely undisturbed for as long as I needed. This Country is 98% owned by Clans and villagers. Fear of spirits keeps all but the fool hardy from exploring the caves forests and mountain tops so it was my perfect place to find my true self. 

Nigel : Have you encountered any spirits?

Wiz : You know i no longer touch alcohol!

Nigel : Ok I know when you are being evasive, humour is your shield Wiz.

You taught me so much about psychology I will always be in your debt, have you been continuing your academic study Wiz?

Wiz : No I’ve been emptying my mind, knowledge can be overwhelming.

Nigel : And Has it worked?

Wiz : Well I think I have a better understanding of the infinite.

Nigel : I know when we used to talk you described yourself as intellectually lonely have you been lonely in your cave?

Wiz : No I have managed to feel the oneness that I have been seeking, It has almost felt as if I’ve been watching over you all and been part of your lives despite having no contact.

Nigel: I know if we get talking this is going to get too deep so can I back off a little Wiz and keep it simple today?

Wiz : Simple is where I am at now! i used to be too clever for my own good.

Nigel : I know that by intellectual loneliness you were referring to the scarcity of people who wanted to talk about the many aspects of life that you are so interested in,  has that changed?

Wiz : Yes I no longer feel the need to talk and much prefer to listen

Nigel: But you have so many valuable teachings is that not letting your students down bit?

Wiz : No I am here to learn again, the circle is complete.

Nigel : I was kind of hoping to get you to do a blog now and again for me now that you are back into circulation.

Wiz : I will help you, where I can, but I do not seek publicity as you know.

Nigel : Where are you at this moment.

Wiz : I’m in the mountains near No fia

Nigel :Where is that exactly Wiz

Wiz : I taught you well, but surely you do not expect me to answer that one?

Nigel: This is just a taster interview to see if anyone out there is interested in your message of peace and joy, I realize this is the first conversation with any human since you found your cave just overago  11 months so I’ll close now but there is so much I want to learn about your new found awareness Wiz.

Wiz : Yes my cave beckons. Remain true to yourself my friend, we will talk again soon.

Nigel :Ok :   before you go can I just clarify that it is ok to put this phone call out as a blog?

Wiz ; Yes enjoy the all that is! Find the part of yourself that is within and be at one with it. See you when I next look at you…. 

I can’t believe it I just got up to go to the loo and there is a text from Wiz, it is 3.00 am in the morning, I hope he is not  losing his mind! I remember my days as a Police Officer well before it was normal for everyone to be out and about in the early hours, we used to check out anyone that was walking about and at 3.oo am they were usually drunk but at 5.00 am the wandererers were usually crackers.

I know Wiz does not drink but is he going crackers? He’s been in self imposed solitary confinement in a cave for nigh on a year now, can that send a man mad?

His text was to say “if the rabbit won’t speak to you, ask someone else to talk to it for you”

 Hmh it gets more confusing.

I could not resist but to reply and asked Wiz if he was still happy for me to do an interview with him. He replied that he remembers being a man of his word but he has lost his voice.

I joked I am happy for him to whisper and I would call my blog Whispers from Wiz.

He replied that I was always too clever for my own good. I said how will we communicate and he replied ask the crows. Confused I asked what crows and he replied look out of your window. I just did and the hairs on the back of my head are still standing, there are two huge black ugly crows perched on the roof of the house opposite.

I was hoping to be able to present an interview with Wiz Wingrower as this blog. Unfortunately he has just told me that he is not about to leave his cave as I anticipated. He intends to see the year out there and re-evaluate in the new year. This left me with a dilemma. Do I wait until he returns to this world or do I press for an interview from him in situe in his cave via the internet? Apparently through his connections with our armed forces he does have the means to send and receive sound and pictures.

But there lies another problem that I failed to foresee. During his year of solitude  in his cave somewhere in New Guinea Wiz has decided to erase his history. He says he will grant me an interview provided that I respect his wish to have no history. It kind of reminded me of a book I once read by Carlos Castanada, but then much of what Wiz says reminds me of books that I have read. Many of them he recommended to me.

I asked why erase your history? He replied that it is our personal histories that people judge us by,  he chooses to be less judged.

I pressed a little further and Wiz explained that because he has a phd and has lectured in psychology, people treated him differently in this world than the people he has met who do not know of his past. He said he has no use for importance any more.

I smiled at this as I remembered when as a professor he was asked to deliver key note speeches to politicians he would arrive by bus with a few tattered notes in an netto plastic shopping bag. I could not help but think he did his best even in those days to not appear important.

I asked what is wrong with importance and he said catch a rabbit and ask it. Then he terminated our call. So sorry folks I am at a bit of a loss right now. Watch this space.

It’s been easier than I anticipated to detox this October. The results speak for themselves. Day 1 blood pressure 139/94 pulse 57 weight 13s11.5 body fat 27% felt blobby.

Today after 24 days of detox with very few cheats. Blood pressure 110/75 pulse 50 weight 13s2.5 bodyfat 22.5. No medication taken just dedication. I think that has the beginings of a new slogan "Dedication and meditation not medication"..................

The only cheats in 24 days have been 7 quality streets as prizes, 4 roast potatoes and a tomato. Despite having been a regular drinker for all my adult life I have been amazed at how easy it has been this year to give up alcohol. Other years I needed to cheat and sneak the odd pint, not this year not a drop!

 Have only used weights to tone and done some walking. Although it is fundamentally a 21 day detox I intend to see the month out. Weekends are harder and this October is the only time in 800 years that October has contained 5 weekends so that is tougher than usual. Feel great.

I can’t believe it! It’s almost October again or as I call it DETOXober. For the last five years I have used the month of October to detox my body. The first time I tried it I found it quite uncomfortable. Some would say that was because I had 50 odd years worth of toxins to get rid of.

 I went into the full detox diet which included no sugar, chocolate, fruit, bread, potatoes, alcohol, cakes, any foods containing gluten, butter, milk, tea other than green or white. I kept it up for the full month and lost ten pounds in weight. My blood pressure returned to that of a 20 years old and my pulse went down really low.

The first week was tough, headaches and pains were unpleasant to say the least. Cravings for booze and chocs were high. Then by week two I started to feel good. After the month I felt so good that I cannot understand how and why I allow myself to go back to my old ways. But I did and have done every year for five years. Each year I detox for October lose 5-10 pounds and then return to normal life.

This year I want to try something different, a life detox. Not only will October mean a dietry detox but also I will detox the 5 most important areas of my life. Relationships, Health, Home, Work,  Money.

I am in the process of setting up a mind map that will help me to take control of the BIG DETOX. Just some ideas in each area are such as :-

Relationships, Remove any areas that plague my relationships by tackling them with good communication.

Health, Stick to the diet and complete a balanced exercise plan which will be recorded in a comprehensive training diary.

Home, Clear my attic using my Chu Cha Che system (Chuck,Charity Cherish)

Work, Commence a huge detox of my computer using the above system

Money, Completely overhaul my accounting systems and remove areas of spending that do not serve me well.

It would be good to have some support and I thought about forming a small group of like minded people who can use the internet to keep each other on track. If you are interested contact me on nigel@c-options.co.uk.

One of the greatest compliments people I meet often pay me is that they feel a state of peace in my presence. Peace is the in my opinion the ultimate goal in life. You can be a millionaire but without peace of mind their is always something missing.

I have meditated daily for a number of years now and perhaps that has paid dividends. So how can we attain peace by other means? Well in NLP there is a method that is called anchoring which can be used by many people in different ways, but for now lets just apply it to gaining peace at times when our minds are troubled.
 
If you learn and follow the following exercise regularly you will be amazed at the feeling of being at peace that you can attain.

Find a quiet spot to sit where you will not be disturbed. Sit and breath in whilst saying to yourself "I know I am breathing in and as you breathe out say to yourself " I know I am breathing out." Repeat it four or five times. This will help you to achieve the state of coherance that is optimal for achieving peace.

1.     Think of a time when you felt really, really calm -completely at peace and in control.