Tag Archives: consciousness

Living dead

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“I might as well be dead.” As the opening gambit to a conversation between mother and son, it was, I admit, guaranteed to get my attention. He didn’t sound particularly cheerless. In fact, if anything, he sounded quite excited by … Continue reading →

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What price life?

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The fish seem to have noticed that it is spring. The little male gourami needs floating plants in which to build a bubble nest before his mate will take his advances seriously. As they have, quite inconsiderately, eaten all the … Continue reading →

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A touch of tenderness

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

My son gleefully squeezed harder at the knotted muscle in my shoulder, with a ‘Now I’ve got you’ as I groaned in agony. We have established and agreed that he has a slightly sadistic tendency where I am concerned. It … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (3) – #Silenti

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In parts one and two of this set of three posts, we have examined how the development of the individual, the ‘self’, is a different process from the development of our young bodies, and relies upon our departure from ‘oneness’ … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (2) – #Silenti

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘As I begin to understand how ‘I’ am made I begin to see that infinity can largely be equated with what is formless and not with some mathematically and useless hugeness’ I wrote that down some time ago. From one … Continue reading →

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Under the weather

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is spring and here, that can mean anything. For many it means being ‘under the weather’ with colds, viruses and the other miseries that attend the change of season. Yesterday was as warm as a summer’s day… the day … Continue reading →

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Plagiarism and validation

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Noun: plagiarism:  the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Sometimes when I’m about to write about a particular idea, I will look at quotes on the subject. Not to use either … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (1) – #Silenti by Steve Tanham

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We can speak of mysticism, of magic, of meditation, of psychodynamics and many other labels, but all these refer to the attempt by the human consciousness to become aware of a deeper level of existence than our normal day-world. In … Continue reading →

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Freedom via Relationship -#Silenti

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The pre-born, living within Mother, but increasingly alive, knows only the dual world of She-and-me. The new-born, finding itself in an undefinable aloneness yet reassured by a Mother now separated, clings to her now-externalised warmth and nourishment. But a dramatic … Continue reading →

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Fragments of perception

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Fragments of night rise from the road, scattering flecks of dawn on ebony wings. I watch the sun gild a horizon veiled in mist and see the earth blush at its touch. The morning song of birds drowns the sound … Continue reading →

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