About Gavin Hoole:
A Seeker Becomes a Finder

Hi, my name is Gavin Hoole. I'm pleased you've dropped by to check out my Unlock Your Happiness website. I do hope you find something at this site that will resonate with you.

Just so you know where I'm 'coming from' with all this happiness stuff, here's an overview of how I came to set up this website. (This is the shorter version of my About Me page. If you want to read more about my background, click on
About Gavin Hoole - Longer Version.

Seeking the truth

For many years of my life I was what one might call a 'seeker', wanting to understand the mysteries of life and my own status and role in this vast universe.

The first inner experience of something subtle and uplifting that I can remember was when I was about four years old.

It's time to transcend thinking

Later on in life I came to know inside me that what I needed and what I wanted was to find a way to 'transcend' the mental processes and experience my own essence - pure awareness, silent consciousness. Truth cannot be had through thinking and discussion. To know, one must experience, I felt.

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
~ T. S. Eliot

I get to transcend

On 22 February 1975 I had that conscious experience of transcendence, under the guidance of a trained teacher of the world's most researched technique of meditation.

From that time on I felt I had found the end of my search for the beginning, as I described it then. I felt I was no longer a 'seeker', but rather a 'finder' - a finder of the first rung on the conscious ladder to more happiness and fulfilment in life.

On the domestic front

I was married for three decades and have three children who are now all adults.

After a career through the corporate world, and later doing some business management consulting, I am now semi-retired. I live in Cape Town doing what I enjoy -- experiencing and exploring consciousness, and being as happy as I can.

I include two sessions of Conscious Mental Rest in my daily routine to help dissolve deep stress and generally enhance my quality of life.

If you're interested in reading about three of my profound experiences, starting when I was about 4 years old, click here).

My publishing work

In recent years, since leaving the corporate world in the nineties, I have busied myself with writing and authoring various books to help beginners master certain knowledge and skills in practical life.

My personal website (also new and still being developed) has more info on that aspect of my life, if you're interested.

I hope this resumé gives you some insights into the voice behind the words on this website.

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Best wishes,

Gavin