Dearest Dad, your love encircled and protected us. We know that you will always be with us in our lives, our children’s lives and beyond. You were a true philosopher and blessed with good humour and a positive sense of calm.You loved your family and friends with steadfastness, honour and integrity. We will miss you but even now we sense you are with us. With love to everyone who knew Dad. Nina, Mark, Tom and Rowan

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Om. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

Gayatri Mantra Om bhurbhuvah svah; Tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi; Dhyio yo nah pracodayat. Om: The sacred word, word of creation, first word, word of god; (Equivalent of Holy Ghost in trinity) usually used at the beginning of a hymn; Bhur: The physical plane of existence (which is of the nature of 5 elements) Bhuvah: The astral plane of existence (which is of the nature of subtle elements) Svah: The causal plane or celestial plane (plane where the existence is as subtle as ideas or notions, from which creation happens). Tat: That, God, (Equivalent of son, in the Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost) Savitúr : Source of all, creation, supreme reality, Divine illumination (of goddess Savitri or Shakti) Váreṇyaṃ: the foremost, fit to be worshiped, deserving oblations Bhárgo: Great spiritual effulgence, Radiant one, one who illumines all Devásya: Godly, divine reality, of divinity, Virtuous and joyous Dhīmahi: We meditate on you; Dhee=intellect; Thus Dhimahi means we focus our intellect on you Dhíyo: Intellect, intelligence, reasoning and discriminating faculty which is a tool for attaining higher wisdom Yo: Who, One is who being prayed, You (supreme one) Nah: Our (intellect) Pracodáyāt: Stimulate, Propel towards the higher reality