Category Archives: The Silent Eye

The Entered Dragon (3) : beauty and the beast ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two The dream continues… We are frozen, the dragon and I. He cannot be seen, as he is mirroring my every move, behind me. My fingers explore the tip of the spear, the only movement left… I … Continue reading →

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Open wide

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

To love and be loved… something that sits at the heart of every child. It is only as we grow that the accumulated disappointments, the rejections large and small, teach us to shield our hearts against being hurt again. We … Continue reading →

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Under the sun…

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Thirteen thousand miles… How is that even possible???” We were talking about distances, my son and I, and having established that the Great Wall of China seems impossible, we then discussed the relative distance of the moon from the earth, … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (2) : dancing with shadows ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This time the dream is different. I know the dragon is there, but can’t see it. But I can see the heavy spear on the ground in front of me… I bend to pick it up. Something moves behind me, … Continue reading →

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The fabric of being

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We all know them, that handful of people who cling to a reactionary refusal to own a mobile phone… or turn it on when they do… or bother to check it. Or they don’t really like computers or social media. … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Like waking within a dream – or, at least, the point where the lucidity begins… I turn my head in the small theatre, expecting others to be smiling, if not laughing. But no-one is, because no one else is here… … Continue reading →

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Work in progress

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle. Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone. Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not … Continue reading →

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Healing

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” That has to be one of the most popular quotes from the work of the thirteenth-century Persian poet, Rumi. You see it all over the internet these days and yet, … Continue reading →

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Considering Heaven and Earth… ~ Stuart France

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* First a formless mass of light, then the firmament of stars, then sun and moon, then sea and land, then reptiles, and birds, then beasts, and man, and then, contemplation… * If the ‘candlestick vision’ which opens the Book … Continue reading →

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The mysterious Picts… and beyond ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Three questions are asked about the mysterious Picts of the Easter Ross coast of north-east Scotland: Where did they come from? What was the meaning of their wonderful art – miraculously preserved in stone for us to explore, today; and … Continue reading →

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