Tag Archives: personality

The Big Picture (1) : life and the image ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We don’t live ‘in the world’… an outrageous thing to say, and yet it’s true. Well, if we don’t live in the world, where do we live? We don’t live in the world; we live in a picture of the … Continue reading →

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The walking dead…

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had been engaged in one of those long existential debates, discussing life, death and the possibilities of what might come before and after. The debate had gone on for some time, discussion had gone deep and we had covered … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (3) : beauty and the beast ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two The dream continues… We are frozen, the dragon and I. He cannot be seen, as he is mirroring my every move, behind me. My fingers explore the tip of the spear, the only movement left… I … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (2) : dancing with shadows ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This time the dream is different. I know the dragon is there, but can’t see it. But I can see the heavy spear on the ground in front of me… I bend to pick it up. Something moves behind me, … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Self ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of the most wonderful elements of being Human is the sense of self; yet there is great confusion as to what the ‘self’ really is… even whether it exists at all. Something harvests the experiences of each day yet … Continue reading →

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Isolation or soul-elation? ~ Caroline Ormrod

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Caroline Ormrod is one of the Companions of the Silent Eye working through the first year of the three-year journey towards the real nature of the individual Soul. I am delighted to be her supervisor for this process. Her brief … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Breathes Out? ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We seem to be wrestling with the recognition that an age is coming to an end, and that strange forms are filling the world with casual madness, behaving as though nothing hangs over, us; no piper calling for the line … Continue reading →

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Land of the Heart ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Sue Vincent

This is a self-help exercise I developed recently. I call it ‘Land of the Heart’ It’s an exercise that involves the surrender of the small self that feels so much pain and anguish, especially at a time of national division, … Continue reading →

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Growing emotional…

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It is the end of a long day; one of those days when many small things have seemed to go wrong and a few bigger things cast dark shadows on your horizon. You are tired…not the pleasant kind of snuggle-up-in-bed-with-a-book … 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 →