The view from Sirius……I was exploring the origins of this idea today (it’s actually a French phrase “point de vue de sirius”), and found that someone had helpfully linked it to this clip from the great Dead Poets’ Society (haven’t seen that film in YEARS!) I like it. In French, this idea relates to the [...]
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View from Sirius
Posted in from the living room, from the reading room, life, movies, personal growth, philosophy on April 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Positive emotions
Posted in from the living room, health, life, personal growth, psychology on February 12, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been collecting positive emotions recently. The Heartmath technique involves re-creating the heart felt, positive feelings you experienced in your life. So what are these heart felt, positive emotions? I’ve read a number of authors who write about positive emotions – from the perspectives of positive psychology, Heartmath itself, neurobiologists, mindfulness practitioners and so on. [...]
What lies beneath?
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, personal growth, photography, psychology, tagged discovery of the unconscious, psyches on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The buildings opposite me fell down in the storms recently. At the weekend, I looked out of my window at the site which is now being cleared and saw this…..looks like the top of a tree breaking through the puddle and the ice! Just the way my mind works, I guess, but I’ve been [...]
Water visualisation
Posted in from the living room, personal growth, tagged be the flow on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sit down somewhere quiet and get comfortable for a few moments. Relax your body, and become aware of your breathing. After two or three breaths, close your eyes, and remember, or imagine, seeing a blue sky up above you. As far as you can see in any direction there’s a great expanse of blue. Floating [...]
The merging of the three rivers
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
These three flows – energy, time and consciousness – are like three rivers which run through us, around us, and from which we, temporarily, emerge. What happens when these three rivers flow together? All the physical phenomena of our existence can be considered as energy focussed in time. The great flows of energy throughout the [...]
Be the flow – of consciousness
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on December 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Consciousness – the awareness of existence. We can alter our consciousness by changing both the level of our awareness, and the boundaries of our existence. Does that sound strange? Let’s consider each dimension in turn. Firstly, what are the levels of awareness? Deep sleep, dreaming sleep, drowsy waking, awake, high alert and awareness of awareness. [...]
Be the flow – of TIME
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
BE THE FLOW Take a pencil and draw a straight line. The beginning of the line represents the day you were born. You know that date. The end of the line represents the day you will die. Nobody knows that date. Now put a cross somewhere along the line representing today. Everything between the day [...]
Be The Flow – Energy
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on December 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
BE THE FLOW Measure your personal energy. Let’s begin by devising a method for measuring your personal energy. This is any energy which only you can detect. Only you can say what your physical energy is like, whether or not you are feeling vigorous and vibrant, or washed out and exhausted. Only you can say [...]
Three rivers of flow
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BE THE FLOW THREE RIVERS OF FLOW What flows like a river? Which flows make us who we are? Which rivers flow together to create the river of Life? Let’s consider the following three. Energy; Time; and Consciousness Energy All substance is energy. All solid objects, whether animate, or inanimate, appear very different from the [...]
Awareness of flow
Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, personal growth, photography, tagged be the flow on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BE THE FLOW A lot goes on within our brains without our knowledge that it is happening. In fact, most of what goes on within our brains occurs without us being aware of it. Consider for a moment your breathing, or your heart rate. Neither of these essential rhythms are under conscious control but the [...]
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