Teaching Tyrants — An Uncomfortable Gift By Tanis Helliwell The Fantasy It’s not uncommon for us to feel that, if we could only go on a spiritual retreat to get away from our problems, we’d find peace. We might envision meditating in an idyllic environment by an ocean or stream. Perhaps, in our fantasy, we are surrounded by other…
The Gift of the Labyrinth by Sally Burnley Labyrinths with their very recognizable designs represent a universal single path of entering, walking a circuitous path, ending the journey in the center, receiving, and then walking out. Archeological discoveries believe that Labyrinths have been in existence for at least 4,000 years. The Labyrinth on the floor of the Chartres Cathedral…
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By Tanis Helliwell “If the “Know Thyself” of the oracle were an easy thing, it would not be held to be a divine injunction.” — Plutarch February is here quicker this year and I’m not ready for it. One part of me is in awe of the cherry tree blooming outside my window heralding spring and life at this dark…
Science Demonstrates Ways to Improve Your Thinking By Tanis Helliwell “I maintain a holy curiosity.” Albert Einstein Glial Cells in the Brain Current research suggests that most of us use only 3% of our brain. So what can we do to increase this? Continuous learning is the key to expanding our intelligence. This is how it works. There are…
By Tanis Helliwell Peace Resulting from Good Works and Noble Character There are two kinds of peace. The first is peace that results from good works and from living a life in harmony with the Earth and with one’s fellow beings. Country friends came to stay for four days recently bringing this gift of peace. For almost thirty years…
By Tanis Helliwell A prayer we can say every day as we do our work… “God these are your hands. Now don’t you go and embarrass yourself.” Three paths to consciousness: One—the path of the contemplative There are basically three ways to live a spiritual life. One is to retire from the world into the cloisters and caves and…
Meditation and Spiritual Retreats By Tanis Helliwell “Activity and reflection should ideally complement and support each other. Action by itself is blind, reflection impotent”. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Meditation Through meditation you increase your ability to access the spiritual realm both of the soul and of the Creator. This process is cumulative and leads to a quantum change in understanding and…
Living in the Present Moment By Tanis Helliwell No Time? I continually hear people complain that there is too much to do and not enough time to do it. Also, people have said to me more often recently that time seems to have sped up and they no longer have as much time as they used to. Time does…
By Tanis Helliwell “When one door of opportunity closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” –Helen Keller Seeking the Light at the End of the Tunnel Everywhere I go people speak of the stress they are experiencing. This stress has intensified…
By Tanis Helliwell Some years ago I was on retreat for a month and I thought it would be helpful to share the process I underwent, even though the process today would not be the same. The First Two Weeks of Being On commencing my retreat a month ago my personality wanted to lie around, eat chocolate and sleep…
On Being a Mystic in the Modern World by Tanis Helliwell “We are what we think All that we are arises in our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” –Dhammapada WHAT IS A MYSTIC? A mystic is someone who experiences directly the spiritual truths and other realities that underlie the foundation of everyday life. Most of…
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