CONNECTION Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the tides and gravity…we shall harness the energies of love. Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) Over the years my spiritual practices have become more and more finely tuned to a connection with a Divine Presence which I experience quite tangibly as the most exquisite energy of love. I would like to share with… Read more
OUR NEW STORY
OUR NEW STORY By Gillian Ross “The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in.” Harold C. Goddard All cultures of all times have one way or another reflected on the mystery of their existence. These reflections have crystallised in the stories that are handed… Read more
My Story
MY STORY CHILDHOOD Born in England in 1940, I am very much a child of the Western mind, growing up in its intellectual tradition and painfully sharing its late 20th century crisis of meaning. I was blessed with a secure and loving, if somewhat over protected, childhood. We “dwelt among the untrodden ways” of English Fen country. Miles upon miles… Read more
Big History
Brian Swimme’s “short version” of Big History: “It’s really simple. here’s the whole story in one line. This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebushes, giraffes, and humans.” Food for thought!! At this time in history, when consciousness finds itself in a race against catastrophe, it is imperative that… Read more
Residential Weekends on Evolutionary Spirituality
“Evolutionary Spirituality is evolution inspired, world embracing, and future-oriented. It is a creative, anticipatory spiritual path in which salvation, however we define that word, is to be found not in connection to the ancestral spirits of yesteryear, in promises of a heavenly beyond, in achieving a transcendent state of inner peace, or even in letting go into a timeless present, but in fully… Read more
Consciousness v Catastrophe
“There is now a single issue before us: survival. Not merely physical survival, but survival in a world of fulfillment, survival in a living world, where the violets bloom in the springtime, where the stars shine down in all their mystery, survival in a world of meaning.” —Thomas Berry In November 1992, a few months after the Earth Summit in Rio, a document… Read more
The Consciousness Revolution
Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full potential. The impulse to evolve is thus inherent in the very nature of life. Maharishi MaheshYogi For more than thirty years now I have been exploring religious traditions and different techniques of meditation and have found the mystical heart of all… Read more
Benefits of Yoga Nidra
Most of the relaxation sessions on Gillian’s CDs are based on the ancient Indian practice known as yoga nidra or psychic sleep. The many benefits of the deep relaxation practice known as yoga nidra deepen as you learn to let go more and more and move deeply into yourself. This is best achieved by regular daily practice with an audio recording, preferably at… Read more
Yoga Nidra and Subtle Bodies
Most of the relaxation sessions on Gillian’s CDs are based on the ancient Indian practice known as yoga nidra or psychic sleep. The soul is not in the body but the body is in the soul. Meister Eckhardt The healing power of the deep relaxation practice known as yoga nidra is best understood using the Eastern model of subtle energies and subtle bodies… Read more
Befriend your Breath
We all enjoy a party from time to time but imagine one from which there is no escape! For many, modern living has become like a nonstop party. In our waking hours there is no relief from the sensory onslaught of relentless noise and chatter coming from either our own minds, or from the world around us. The stress response that served our… Read more