Category Archives: The Silent Eye

Second childhood…

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

With the unconscious wisdom of youth, my son decided that he would give me a games console. It is not, perhaps, the obvious gift for a woman about to enter her seventh decade, but then, he assures me that as … Continue reading →

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Principles of Fire (5) A Tribe of One ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They who set out to discover the twin meanings of the word ‘self’ must walk a certain path. The route to the deeper, real self lies only in the journey through the everyday self. Without this study – and its … Continue reading →

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Following the feeling…

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Have you ever done something completely illogical, just because it ‘felt right’? Chances are that you have, and that it turned out that listening to that inner, elusive prompt was the best decision you could have made. In bypassing the … Continue reading →

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Cutting deep…

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I watched with a curious fascination as the wicked scalpel was drawn across the skin, blood following in its wake. Somehow both detached and yet deeply, intimately engaged. It was an oddly disturbing feeling. It was, after all, my own … Continue reading →

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The Old Man in the Tower

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

There was and is a tower, a tall, dark tower. One day, a fugitive – ragged but not lost – came to this tower. The tower stood beside a wild sea, which constantly washed its face with spray. Day after … Continue reading →

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In your own words…

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

There is a long tradition in esoteric circles of keeping a journal. It is a tradition to which Companions of the Silent Eye adhere, making a record of the thoughts, questions and realisations that arise from their own meditations and … Continue reading →

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Comfort zone…

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I felt a tad fragile and the thought of sitting in front of a bright computer screen had no appeal at all. I could have done the ironing, I suppose, but there was no hurry. I could have cuddled the … Continue reading →

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Principles of Fire (4) Essence and Reunion ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two of this topic In previous posts, we have seen that how we view and interact with the world is conditioned by how our egoic self has developed; from oneness with Mother in the womb, through birth … Continue reading →

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Great Expectations..?

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It had been a month since I had last been in the north and, as I took to the road once again, there was the familiar frisson of excitement that always runs through me as the journey begins. This time, … Continue reading →

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The little fish who swam

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

There has been a sick fish in my son’s pond for months now. At one point, there were two of them, floating belly up, side by side, and sporting ugly ulcers. They were so ill that we had even been … Continue reading →

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