Self

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For Colleen’s poetry challenge.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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15 Responses to Self

  1. boundlessblessingsblog's avatar boundlessblessingsblog says:
    May 18, 2017 at 17:13

    Awesome lines so well composed

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  2. Erik's avatar Erik says:
    May 18, 2017 at 17:53

    You said a lot in just a few lines here, Sue. I’d love to hear a poetry group or class discussing what they “see” in it. (And it’d be fun if you could sit behind a two-way mirror and hear all of those responses!)

    One thought it evoked in me is that we really never know another person fully. In some ways, no matter how we may meditate, no matter how much work we do with self awareness, I don’t know that we can ever even fully know ourselves. So much of our perception of the world, others and self is necessarily through a broken lens of experience, expectation and a host of other “blur-inducers.”

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      May 23, 2017 at 09:33

      It would be an interesting experience “to see oursels as ithers see us” as Burns put it. I agree that we can never be entirely sure that what we think we know of ourselves is true. Maybe it is the trying that matters.

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  3. A Misanthropic Bear's avatar Running Elk says:
    May 18, 2017 at 20:46

    In the name of all that’s holy… Synchronicity? LOL
    *wanders off shaking disbelieving head… ❤ xx

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  4. Colleen Chesebro's avatar Colleen Chesebro says:
    May 18, 2017 at 21:01

    Excellent words, Sue. I loved it! ❤ The image is amazing! We had snow this morning with more projected for tomorrow. 😦

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  5. Sarah Brentyn's avatar Sarah Brentyn says:
    May 19, 2017 at 05:58

    I love this, Sue. ❤

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  6. patriciaruthsusan's avatar patriciaruthsusan says:
    May 19, 2017 at 10:07

    Beautiful, Sue. 🙂 — Suzanne

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