Tag Archives: fear

Vexed by the Tribe ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I am vexed… It’s a word you don’t hear much, now. Old English, I believe. It describes an agitated state of mind – and possibly body – when something nagging can’t be solved. What I’m vexed about is the entrenchment … Continue reading →

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Surfaces #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Living with monsters Unknown terrors lie in wait Beneath the surface * Judged by appearance Fleeing misunderstanding Missing uniqueness * Beneath the surface What is feared may live in fear Seldom black and white *

Posted in Photography | Tagged appearances, fear, haiku, judgement | 10 Comments

Primal Screen~Steve Tanham

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Somewhere in the frontal cortex of our brains there’s a very special junction – a place where we leaned to do something truly different with our minds… Let’s call it the Primal Screen… Our spines can be considered the highway … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Belief and Faith, consciousness, esoteric psychology, evolutionary biology, fear, Gurdjieff, landscape, life and death, Life Science, love, Mechanics of thought, mindfulness, modern mystery school, Photography, prejudice, reality, spiritual turning around, Understanding and Knowledge | Leave a comment

Destination ~ Willow Willers #writephoto

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

For visually challenged writers, the image shows a path between an avenue of trees. Shadows from hidden sunlight fall across the path, but mist obscures the way forward… Destination. When morning took hold it was bright but very misty. Calador … Continue reading →

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Only a Horse and a Sword ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We become habitual in our thinking. It’s a good idea (and fun) to play little games with our mind to help us look at things differently. One of these is to look at things in a ‘zero-sum’ way: that is, … Continue reading →

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The Creature on the Beach Beyond Thought ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It lay there, head in the sky, gazing at the radiance. Its tail was still in the ocean of thought, the gentle waves urging it back where it belonged… The gaps in the waves had always been there; they were … Continue reading →

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News of a Wedding ~ Adele #writephoto

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Although my gaze was fixed upon the water as it rushed forth as if it were late for an appointment, my heart was otherwise engaged in a very distressing matter–a matter which has placed my very constitution for happiness in … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged alone, attention, business, company, conversations, cook, danger, dinner, employer, engaged, equal, fear, feelings, fortnight, happiness, heart, housekeeper, impending, landscape, maid, manor, matter, news, nuptials, read, servant, silence, sketched, solitude, Span, subject, suffered, town, walks, water, wedding, whispers | 2 Comments

Rites of Passage: Seeing beyond fear ~ A weekend with the Silent Eye

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Sue Vincent

As the June workshop in Scotland draws to a close, why not consider joining us in September for a weekend in the ancient landscape of stones, circles and strange places? Rites of Passage: Seeing beyond fear A weekend with the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged consciousness, Derbyshire, fear, initiation, landscape, living land workshop, meditation, Moors, overcoming fear, personality, psychology, sacred sites, spirituality, walking, weekend workshop, workshop | 6 Comments

Choices #writephoto

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Eyes Hiding Strange faces Ever watchful Look out from shadows Distrusting all they see Fearing the caress of dawn That awakens them from slumber Far safer to embrace illusion Than to be revealed by the light of truth Remaining but … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged choices, double etheree, fear, illusion, judgement, perception, projection, scars, self image | 20 Comments

The ultimate robbery?

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was going to be one of those conversations… “… So what do you think happens then?” “Nothing… non-existence.” “So what is there to fear in that?” “Well, I’ll stop existing!” he said, as if that should explain it. “But … Continue reading →