WHISPERS FROM THE TEMPLE

Whispers From The Temple is a living space of reflection, remembrance, and emotional-spiritual exploration.

Here you’ll find writings, sonic transmissions, and contemplative pieces emerging through grief, becoming, uncertainty, inner transformation, sound, spirituality, and the deeper realities of being human.

Some pieces arrive as reflections. Some as transmissions. Some as quiet attempts to language what is often difficult to explain.

Each offering is an invitation to slow down, soften, and reconnect with what feels most true beneath the noise.

The Nervous System Cannot Heal Through Pressure

by: Kaha Ruru Published on: 15/09/2026

A reflection on why the nervous system cannot heal through pressure, and how lived experiences of safety can gently expand our capacity for rest, connection, joy and life.

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The Pain of Self-Abandonment

by: Kaha Ruru Published on: 17/08/2026

A reflection on the quiet ways we learn to leave ourselves to preserve connection, and how recognising self-abandonment can become an invitation to rebuild self-trust and gently return to ourselves.

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When Performing Belief Becomes Disconnection

by: Kaha Ruru Published on: 21/07/2026

A reflection on how healing can quietly become another place where we judge ourselves, and what changes when we stop trying to get ourselves right and begin returning to relationship with ourselves.

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Before There Are Words

by: Kaha Ruru Published on: 08/07/2026

What does it feel like when something is changing, but you cannot yet find the words for it? A reflection on transition, uncertainty, and the experience of standing between identities.

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I acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation.
I acknowledge the Wadawurrung people, the traditional custodians of the lands where I live, learn and work, past present and emerging.