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TUESDAY 24 NOV: Closer to Brussels
More visits to friends and more close up information about the lock-down situation in Brussels plus discussions.
Read more…MONDAY 23 NOV: Visiting Zen Friends
Today we are visiting Eleusis member Michel and his wife Francoise, our lovely friends. - a happy reunion. Arriving after a long drive we enjoyed spending time talking with our friends which, of course, included talking about the three days of "lockd
SUNDAY 22 NOV 2015: Preparing for Winter
This weekend we have been busy making bookcases and reorganising rooms and also packing things up in preparation for winter. Here deep in the country, as soon as the weather turns cold, mice decide to move indoors and start looking for warm things wi
SATURDAY 21 NOV 2015: A WINDY DAY
We have had very wet windy weather here the last couple of days. A time for indoor activities.
Read more…GUILT FEELINGS
QUESTION: What is the right attitude to have toward guilt feelings?
SHORT ANSWER: It is unproductive and wasteful of life to attack oneself for being what one is.
LONG ANSWER:
An Assault Upon Ourselves
First we must distinguish between guilt feelin
Read more…SATURDAY 14 NOV 2015: Adios a la Culpa
Today we are in Bilbao leading a course called Adios a la Culpa which means "Goodbye to Guilt" but which carries (in Spanish) an undertone of giving the guilt to God since goodbye in Spanish is adios which is "to God". We are staying in an old monast
Read more…THE GODDESSES
This diagram shows the principal goddesses revered here. The vertical axis represents personal inner transformation toward love, faith and resilience, and the horizontal axis represents outer transformation and creation of a healthy, rich, sustainabl
Read more…EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER & SPACE: Elemental Poems
This is a discussion group for poems alluding to the elements.
Read more…HAIKU
This is a place for posting haiku.
A haiku is a 17 syllable poem, generally consisting of three lines with 5-7-5 syllables respectively. Normally the final line gives a twist or "turn" to the meaning or makes a reference to the season of the year. Tr
Read more…ON RESPECTING THE WAY OF THE GODS: A PLACE FOR "METAPHYSICAL POEMS"
This discussion is a place for adding and talking about "Metaphysical Poems", a genre widely understood as including any poem that alludes to metaphysics, gods and goddesses, the human existential situation or philosophy that takes one beyond the ord
Read more…POEMS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE
This is a place for poems about human nature. They can be long or short, formal or free verse, or whatever illuminates the persona and shadow of being alive here.
Read more…NATURE'S NATURE
This is a space for poems about Nature and the natural world. The picture shows spring buds on trees at La Ville au Roi. Eleusis is definitely a good place in which to worship nature and feel oneself come alive in communion with the natural world...
ZT as ETT
One could characterise Zen Therapy as Existential Tactical Therapy. Existential because it is much concerned with meaning and purpose in life, with spiritual dimensions in collision with reality factors, and Tactical because it employs challenge, dis
Read more…Ceremony & Worship
The Greeks did their ceremonies outdoors. They had temples many of which remain impressive landmarks, but these did not function like churches in present day religions. They were places for housing the images of the god and sometimes for other purpos
Read more…Aphrodite
You may be interested in the following fascinating information about links between the veneration of Aphrodite and of the Virgin Mary in Cyprus from Cyprus Events Net
The series of paintings and icons under the title Pantanassa came about as a resul
Read more…Assisted Auto-analysis
This weekend we have just completed a workshop in Belgium at Zenshin-In on the theme "Anger, Blame, Guilt and Sorrow". This provided an excellent medium for personal growth work and to this end we thought in terms of assisted auto-analysis.
What do w
Read more…The Hours
The Greeks had goddesses of the divisions of the day. These were the Horai, or Hours.
Auge = first light
Anatole = dawn
Musica = music & study
Gymnastica = gym hour
Nymphe = bathing
Messembria = noon
Sponde = libations hour
Elete = prayer
Cypris = ea
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