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Saluting the Sun – intro

Although you don’t have to practice yoga as part of the study of the Ecology of the Soul, each chapter of  the book includes a detailed explanation of one of the seven asanas or positions of Surya Namaskar, the ‘Salute … Continue reading

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Seeing the beauty #2

“Giving your complete attention,” I said in Seeing the beauty #1. Observe. Let’s mine that idea a little, because its influence and impact spread out into all areas of the process of balancing the Ecology of the Soul. Observation is … Continue reading

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Seeing the beauty #1

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius  Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka  The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor … Continue reading

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Spiritual / Physical / Conscient

Spiritual/physical; matter is energy and You are energy. Yoga allows you to experience the flow of energy in your body; it opens your physical ‘channels’ up to that universal force. Chinese medicine and a host of other Eastern schools of … Continue reading

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Past, presence, balance

‘If your mind carries a heavy burden of past,’ says Eckhart Tolle, ‘you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.’ … Continue reading

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Video 2: Balance – A Magic Minute

Hello, Aidan Walker signing in with another Power Seed for your ‘Magic Minute’ of meditation… for you to plant in the consciousness of your Soul… the soil of your consciousness, to create a beautiful garden. This one is called ‘Balance’. … Continue reading

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Silence in the throat

Vishuddha, the fifth chakra, is located in the throat. It governs self-expression, independence, fluency of thought, hearing and speaking – communication, in other words. Which is why in the Ecology of the Soul, the power of communication rests here. Meditation … Continue reading

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Sitting on a ring of fire

In the late 18th / early 19th centuries – the time of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe – there was a phrase used by English gentlemen to describe another’s qualities of solidity, reliability, dependability, common sense, determination, stamina and – above … Continue reading

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Video 1: Peace, Power and a Balanced Ecology of the Soul

Peace, Power & Balance – The Ecology of the Soul First in a collection of short videos. Subsequent ones will be shorter! Enjoy. Here’s the script: The Ecology of the Soul – the Balance of Peace and Power Hi I’m Aidan … Continue reading

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The Wisdom of Home

This is a theme that pops up in the book right at the beginning. Always useful to look at the origins of words and how their meanings truly resonate. Eco, or in the Greek (where are the Greek characters?)οἶκος, means … Continue reading

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The Blackboard Blog #6: Is desire undesirable?

More than one image this morning, the Blackboard being a space where there is more than one idea to follow. Hope you don’t mind the sort of random household feel, deep spiritual Power Seeds (yeah, right) mixed in with notes … Continue reading

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Peace of mind – a piece of my mind

This is a ‘today I have been thinking about…’ post. Much of the thinking around the Ecology of the Soul comes from deconstructing words, really digging into language, figuring out why we say the things we do and how they reflect … Continue reading

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Soul conscious, body conscious

The Ecology of the Soul is about consciousness, which, as we all know – or would, if we stopped to think about it for one moment – operates at different levels. Mostly when we say we are aware of our own consciousness … Continue reading

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The Blackboard Blog #5: Build a fire inside, solve your own energy crisis

Moving  away from those nasty vices, we continue on the theme of Energy. We make the connection between energy efficiency in the accepted eco sense (buildings that don’t waste energy, cars that use less energy to achieve the same performance, … Continue reading

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The Blackboard Blog #2

The point about The Enemy is how to combat it / him / her, which is chiefly a matter of remembering who and what you are, and who and what you are not. The Enemy chapter on the contents page … Continue reading

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The Blackboard Blog #1

The Blackboard in the Kitchen has a special ‘testbed’ relationship to The Ecology of the Soul. It’s where I chalk up ideas as they occur, usually late at night, so I can look at them again in the morning and … Continue reading

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