Flying From My Mind

It's Been On My Mind

'Flying from My Mind'

The memoirs of a hang glider pilot and pioneer and his first-hand account of designing the revolutionary Shadow microlight aircraft. This fascinating story begins in 1973 when David Cook built a glider in an attempt to win the Selsey Birdman Rally—an annual event where all types of creations are launched from the end of Bognor Pier. Between 1975 and 1977 he won every National and International hang gliding competition entered, and then in 1977 he designed and built a power unit for his glider. In 1978 it became the first and lowest-powered microlight to cross the English Channel. Cook's successes in this venture led to sponsorship from Duckhams Oils and there followed a period of demonstration flights at major air shows. In 1982 he designed a microlight called Shadow and in 1983 it took the FAI world speed and distance records for the class. In 1992 he took the aircraft to 23,600 ft to claim the world altitude record for the class, beaten later by himself in a newly designed Streak to 27,150 ft. David started a company to build the Shadow in 1984 and has demonstrated its remarkable flying abilities around the world, during which time he had many amusing and some exciting experiences. In 1987 the Shadow won the British Design Award.

Kundalini Science

There is a moment on the inner path when seeking itself begins to feel unnecessary. Not because understanding is complete, but because life has quietly taken over where effort can no longer help. Kundalini Science – A Spiritual Psychology is a complete six-book series that explores this movement with clarity, restraint, and lived insight. It does not attempt to impress, promise awakening, or present spiritual techniques. Instead, it observes how Kundalini unfolds naturally within human consciousness and how the mind, identity, and daily life reorganize around that unfolding. Kundalini is often surrounded by mystery, exaggeration, or fear. Some describe it as a supernatural power, others as a dangerous disturbance. This series moves beyond both extremes. It looks at Kundalini as an experiential and psychological process that can be understood without myth, drama, or belief. What matters here is not what Kundalini is supposed to be, but how it is actually lived. Written over several years, these six books follow the natural arc of the journey. They begin with the awakening of inner energy and continue through confusion, fascination with states, psychological shifts, and gradual correction. As the series progresses, attention moves away from experiences and toward integration. Language becomes simpler. The need to explain everything slowly dissolves. These writings originated as short reflections written close to experience rather than after it was intellectualized. Each book preserves that immediacy. Read together, they form a continuous narrative that mirrors the way this path often unfolds for sincere practitioners, not in a straight line, but through observation, adjustment, and maturity. This is not a guidebook or a manual. There are no instructions to follow and no milestones to chase. The series offers orientation rather than direction. It helps readers recognize what is happening when inner change begins and understand why certain phases feel confusing, intense, or unexpectedly quiet. By the final volume, the focus naturally shifts beyond Kundalini itself. What remains is not another experience to attain, but a simpler way of living with greater clarity, balance, and ease. The journey does not conclude with answers, but with space. This complete six-book series is written for readers who are already encountering inner transformation and are seeking understanding rather than stimulation. It speaks to those who value grounded insight over spiritual display, integration over fascination, and lived clarity over concepts. Kundalini Science – A Spiritual Psychology does not claim to explain everything. It explains enough to steady the path, dissolve confusion, and allow life itself to become the teacher.