Tag Archives: mindfulness

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 →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged awaken to being, being awake, consciousness, Life, living with attention, mindfulness, modern mystery school, spirituality, sunrise | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Life, The Silent Eye, Uncategorized | Tagged accepting judgements, consciousness, finding yourself, ideas, mindfulness, modern mystery school, personality, plagiarism, reality, validation | 20 Comments

Interpretations

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“ … the standard translation of one of the chief scriptures of China refers to the venerable Lao Tse as “the Old Boy”. This sounds comical to European ears, yet it is not so far removed from the words of … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged finding meaning, looking beyond the surface, mindfulness, prejudice, spirituality, symbolism, translations, Understanding and Knowledge | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged consciousness, living in the now, mindfulness, perception of reality, personality, reality, trust | 13 Comments

A bird in the bush?

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The dog has just eaten her dinner for the first time in days. I have not been worried. There is a pattern to her behaviour that I perfectly understand…though precisely how she arrived at her conclusions escapes me. We had … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged 4th Way, consciousness, Life, mechanical living, mindfulness, reaction, spirituality, unconscious conditioning | 10 Comments

‘The Druidic Lake’… Stuart France

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* One by one… * * We divested ourselves… * * Of our outgrown tendencies, which went into the lake. * Continue reading here

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The Pebbled Shore… Stuart France

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Image and text from the ‘Ash and Seed’ weekend… * As our ‘briefing’ on Friday evening had elicited the information that several of our Companions were ardent pebble collectors… * * We thought we would get ahead of the game … Continue reading →

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Walk on…

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* Through dead dwellings of the living… * * * Continue reading here

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Why not?

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Have you ever taken one of the innumerable personality tests that are out there these days? I took a fair number of them as part of some research when we were setting up the School. Results vary so much from … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged consciousness, fear, lack of self confidence, mindfulness, personal growth, reality, self image, spiritual turning around | 2 Comments

Pause for Thought

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Sue Vincent

For a good many years, my days have begun very early and ended very late. For most of that time, I have been working, whether it has been on the nine-to-five treadmill (which very seldom was just nine-to-five), doing housework … Continue reading →