by Steve Tanham
We could liken ourselves to a tall rocket, layered into functions. At the top would be the most sophisticated ‘computer’ the world has ever seen – the human brain. Below that would be the human-sized machinery tailored to assist the human passengers to navigate and control their tasks in space. Beneath these would be the vast machinery that balanced thrust and agility in this … Read More Where the rocket fuel is… (1)
by Steve Tanham
Stark, naked, the long cold night of winter Draws my will to live in shapes Whose beauty lies in number, Unseen to hands that touch My rough and dusty bark… ———- The limit of life is my companion As pale sun begins to feed Across the stellar miles And seeks – within the rough And blackened frame – The tiny hiss of sap. ———- … Read More Long naked division
by Steve Tanham
‘When I said “mark the spot“, Jenkins, I had something else in mind!’ ‘Stewardess, would you kindly bring us two more coffees … and a cloth!’ ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher.
by Steve Tanham
It’s February; cold and wet, now… But in a few month’s time, It will be glorious May, and the landscape around the celebrated village of Grasmere, in the heart of the Lake District, will be transformed into one of the beautiful locations in Britain. Grasmere is to be our base for the Silent Eye’s Spring weekend of 2024, 10-12 May. Grasmere’s most famous resident … Read More Trailing clouds of glory
by Steve Tanham
(📩70 words, winter poetry, a one-minute read) ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, which offers a journey of the soul guided by lessons, inner guidance and outer companionship. There are two blog streams: http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk (mystically-oriented writing) and http://www.suningemini.blog (general … Read More Raze
by Steve Tanham
(📩100 words, a one-minute read) The sky lit bright with promise The dark earth sodden and soft The tree – the form returning life will use to shape itself. Like, yet unlike, Each season different yet the same With a billion variants we do not see… ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a … Read More Structures of Unfolding
by Steve Tanham
(📩700 words, a ten-minute read, final part) (Note: due to a technical error, Part Two of The Touch of Experience did not publish on Sun in Gemini, though it did on The Silent Eye. There is a link at the end of this post if the reader would like to read the full set of three, in sequence. Apologies) In Part Two, the ‘Apple’ … Read More The touch of experience (3)
by Steve Tanham
(-📩 500 words, mainly photos. A five minute browse) It was so late there was literally no-one else around. An unsettled dog with an upset tummy had led me out into the unlit streets of Sedgwick: our small village, which lies about 25 miles from Lake Windermere. With nothing else to do except walk the poor collie until she was tired or cured, I … Read More The village by night-mode
by Steve Tanham
📩 humorous photos, fright. 17 words. One minute read) Winter shadows are great fun. The strong sun, coming in at a low angle, creates images of high contrast. Many of these carry a degree of humorous ‘threat’: the kind one can imagine on the cover of a dark novel. The ‘intruder’ appeared when I was framing the shot of Tess, sitting on a bench. … Read More Malign Shadows!
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by Steve Tanham
(📩 300 words, a five-minute read) Roundhay Park in north Leeds. I had stepped in at short notice to drive over the Pennines to help ‘toddler- sit’ our grandson. He was under the weather; possibly teething, and had been sent home from nursery. Dad – my son – was abroad on business and unable to return at short notice. A well wrapped-up walk with … Read More A round of Roundhay
by Steve Tanham
And, far overhead, top right, in fact, Marjory ordered a gin and tonic… ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, an online school of the Soul that provides monthly lessons, assignments and personal mentoring. There are two blog streams: http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk (mystically-oriented … Read More #WillfulZen
by Steve Tanham
(📩 740 words, a ten-minute read) To enter a process of mystical training is often considered an intellectual experience, with limited connection to everyday experience. In practice, the opposite is true. The everyday experience is the heart of the matter. There is no finer example of this than the admonition, given early, to ‘experience, fully, what is happening to you, now.’ At first hearing, … Read More The touch of experience (1)
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