Summary This entry is designed as a template for all those meeting in groups for whatever reason or theme, business, interest or spiritual questing. Featured - the environment, the role of the facilitor(s) - the creation of space - informality vs. formality - the most productive size of a group - setting the framework - rules - homework - how the cohort needs to prepare - plus the little...
This is a mandala created by Françoise my partner who loves doing such things as a therapy but probably because for its own sake. The purpose of a mandala is to help transform ordinary minds into enlightened ones. This discipline is associated with Hindu and Buddhist cultures and are believed to represent different aspects of the universe and are used as Instruments of meditation and symbols of...
If we carried all our knowledge in our conscious mind, the burden would be too great and we would become unstable. The majority of what we know is in our subconscious mind or let us say our internal filing system. The problem is that due to lack of high quality conversations, people scarcely note our existence never mind take an interest in what we think. We are hard wired to communicate with...
The Comfort of a fire This morning I went off to Wetherspoon's here in Midsomer Norton to have my usual sunshine breakfast and to my delight they had a real life fire though it was not that cold . There is something welcoming about an open fire; I'm sure it goes back to the time when we lived in caves and a fire was a method for cooking, keeping warm obviously and keeping wild animals away. To...
The most profound peace of mind is when you are in an environment where your body's foibles and imperfections are left behind, in other words in the state that we would call heaven. There is a homophone to peace and that is 'piece'. When we say we're going to 'give someone a piece of our mind' you mean we are going to say in no uncertain terms what we think of them. It's funny that we talk about...
As some of you know I have until recently been a member of an evangelical congregation by the name of the Vineyard Church. Internal politics shattered the framework of the local group structure and as a result people have been forced to look elsewhere for somewhere to worship. A member of the congregation offered support "If I may be bold, I would like to help you Identify what you lack....
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