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Category: Mindfulness

October 9, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, English Lake District, landscapes, Mindfulness, Photographic techniques, Photography

When colour drains…

by Steve Tanham

There are a few weeks of the year, in the early stages of autumn, when the combination of soft light, pale sun and changing foliage creates quite magical landscapes here in South Lakeland. This is particularly true of the small, quiet lanes on the southern outskirts of Kendal, home to the celebrated ‘basket of eggs’ landscape that marks the final stages of the glacial … Read More When colour drains…

October 6, 2022 + #Silenti, Child of Light, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, meditation, Metanoia, Mindfulness, Photography, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Mind: mover of the Soul (1)

by Steve Tanham

Science has its definitions of what the mind is, yet, for most of us, we don’t even consider the question; driven by the fact that what would do the ‘considering’ is the mind itself. It’s like one of those logical traps, like why it’s a bad idea to saw off the branch of the overgrown apple tree that you’re sitting on… Can the mind … Read More Mind: mover of the Soul (1)

September 29, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, Higher Mind, Initiation, Love, Metanoia, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, Psychology

Eye, aye and I…

by Steve Tanham

One of the many paradoxes of modern mysticism is that there is no good word to describe the ‘sense of self’ that we all have, but which does not appear to be shareable as meaning. It is as though the real meaning of ‘me’ always slips away when we try to define it. We point to ourselves and say, “Well, it’s just me!” And … Read More Eye, aye and I…

September 27, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Lake District, landscapes, Mindfulness, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose

Lines on Stone

by Steve Tanham

It’s amusing to watch your own progress with a pastime, hobby, or even a skill. I was new to creative photography a few years ago, and set about it with the usual Gemini enthusiasm. It doesn’t take long before you’ve taken hundreds of shots, some of them credible renderings of beautiful things – like our local River Kent, or buildings, or even skies – … Read More Lines on Stone

September 1, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mindfulness, Powers of the Mind

Defining Relationships (4) the mirror of life

by Steve Tanham

In parts one , two, and three, we looked at the relationships we build with the world and each other. We saw that we don’t really know anyone else, fully; rather, we have an image of how they are, how they react, what are their likes and dislikes. In other words, we have a historical figure that bears the name of our ‘other’. We … Read More Defining Relationships (4) the mirror of life

August 18, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mindfulness, Powers of the Mind

Defining Relationships (3) turning within…

by Steve Tanham

In parts one and two, we looked at the relationships we build with the world and each other. We see that how we ‘relate’ to the world is coloured by many factors in our early development. Is there a single technique that will help correctly align us in relationship with the world — with the Universe of our world? Can we really call on … Read More Defining Relationships (3) turning within…

August 11, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mindfulness, Powers of the Mind

Defining Relationships (2) look again!

by Steve Tanham

In Part One we looked at the anatomy of relationships, in a general sense. We considered how the birth separation from our mother sets off a chain of reactions that strengthen us – as individuals in the world – but isolate us in a bubble of self, from which we form more distant relationships, perhaps only really opening ourselves to our world and others … Read More Defining Relationships (2) look again!

April 21, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, enneagram, esoteric psychology, Higher Mind, meditation, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, Photography

Shaping the unshapeable

by Steve Tanham

We had a lively discussion the other night; ten of us linked at 8:00 pm, English time, across the planet… On these occasions, it’s hard not to be moved by the sheer wonder of technology in making the impossible possible. The ten of us – the number varies from month to month – are part of what we call SE-Explorations; ‘SE’ for Silent Eye, … Read More Shaping the unshapeable

April 14, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Gurdjieff, Mindfulness

Aligning with Gods

by Steve Tanham

When we encounter the word ‘Gods’, we think of entities related to ancient views of the world; of ages before science threw the ‘definitive light’ of repeatable and numeric method onto our subjective experience of the world. In other words, we think of an outdated symbol system; one that describes natural events, and which seemingly lost its relevance to modern man a long time … Read More Aligning with Gods

March 31, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Initiation, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools

Reaching Realisation

by Steve Tanham

The purpose of language is to convey meaning. We cannot convey meaning directly because it exists in an invisible mental realm unique to the individual. We all live in slightly different worlds, based on our own experience. As a tribe, society or country, we each agree to subscribe to the inherent values present in that shared group. We use language to pass meaning to … Read More Reaching Realisation

January 6, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Politics and Power, Silent Eye School, Technology

Can’t Help Ourselves?

by Steve Tanham

Over the past three years, I’ve been closely following the ever-accelerating development of robots. In an age where the use of military drones for ‘state-backed’ assassinations is not unusual, and artificial intelligence is pervasively present in household devices, it pays to be aware of the various ways in which technology and the humanities are interacting. It is also instructive to see how darkly we … Read More Can’t Help Ourselves?

October 5, 2021 + #Poetry, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, Photographic techniques, Photography, Silent Eye School

If I could comprehend the sky

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2021 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog