Soul, Psyche and Symbol--a Dialogue
Q Here summer is coming and the beach is getting crowded at weekends. Humming birds are humming, and the gardens are exploding with...
The Heron and the Pond
A good Koan, as in the collection of gnomic phrases popularized by Zen, is an inexhaustible fountain of symbolic resonances. The mind...
Direction, Paths and the Journey On..
Intensive meditation retreats offer a chance to collect together energy, the energy needed to let the mind settle and therefore take...
Life in the Foothills
Q. At end of all retreats everyone shares the highlights/meaning of their experience. It's always been interesting to me that 80-90% of...
Meeting with the Sentinel
Metaphorical and sacred symbolism is only of use if it can be related to direct experience. When I finished writing Time and the Sentinel...
On the Other Side and The Humpty Myth
I've been interested to explore the following abstract question with participants, using the insight questioning method of Symbolic...
Krishnamurti and the River
Q. Thought you might enjoy this. One of my favorite poems from J. Krishnamurti. (excerpt from mp3) The river was everything, ….. The...
Meditation- Throwing a Line in the Water
I recently conducted a meditation retreat in the States with meditators from different meditation backgrounds. It was an intimate,...
The Field of Music
Q, Music can always take me out of myself, out of my worries. Just for a time I am nowhere. How can it do this? A. When you listen to...
Reflections on Will
Q. It’s probably the ultimate question, but where does Will come from? Can some-thing come from no-thing? From where in me does my will...
Establishing meditation
Q. When I started meditation I realised that I had so many expectations from everyone and from life in general, but it’s pointless and...
Remembering the Abstract
Q. As someone who has had experience of working in those groups, it seems to me that most people who utilise Gurdjieff’s theory seem to...
The Ledge of Know-ledge
Q. Since you suggested reading up on Gurdjieff, I've been working on it now for the better part of 2 days. But I think something has...
Being Present
Q. You implied that real understanding or Knowledge “means engaging with number, the ultimate abstract symbol, but not as a...
Images of Humanity
Q. What you say about my spontaneous imagery resonates. The expressions I witness seem random and without coherence, and I wonder what...