Tag Archives: consciousness

Being present

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was weird. I had set up the blog for while I was away with every post I would usually publish. During my absence, I still managed to visit the blogs I would usually read and answered all the comments. … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (3) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Sue Vincent

For this series of posts to make sense – and be spiritually useful in our lives – it must challenge the way we see and therefore ascribe meaning to situations. That challenge must also apply to what we are, as … Continue reading →

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Flight of fancy

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Just a few miles away from my home is the little market town of Thame. It is an interesting place with some beautiful old architecture. I have seen a fair bit of it this year as I have had to … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

In Part One, we looked at how Arthur M. Young, a brilliant engineer and inventor, was fascinated by the ‘act of knowing’, and determined that there were four stages to this central part of our consciousness. This can be … Continue reading →

Getting there…

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

January…and the clocking is ticking down to spring. Work that has been going on all year now changes gear. It began in earnest last year, with a research trip to the British Museum to see the art and artefacts of … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Deep: Death of the self…?

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…When Anu heard this, he called for the Bull of Heaven, And handed its nose rope to the Princess Ishtar. Ishtar led the Bull of Heaven down to earth. * When the Bull of Heaven snorts on the earth, … Continue reading →

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Becoming Nothing ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

‘Become Nothing’ He didn’t use those exact words but that was the meaning of what he wrote. The words were suddenly there in the moment in my consciousness… and I knew they were right. I had been reading a piece … Continue reading →

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Though they may not know it… Stuart France

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* The One animates Spirit with Light. Spirit animates Soul with Love. * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

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Our Song of Truth…

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* We circle the Long Stone, feet planted gently but firmly on the earth… Arms and hands hang loosely by our sides… We close our eyes… We breathe deeply… We perform our breathing exercise… And then again breathe deeply, listening … Continue reading →

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I and the Telescope ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Do we have automatic filters of perception that screen out the magical? How many miraculous events in the natural world occur before our eyes each day yet are not noticed by our everyday awareness? We often feel this to be … Continue reading →