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Foundation – What is Reflection

What is Reflection – and why does the West need it’s own tradition?

An activity that too often doesn’t own up to its name. Aligned with a horizontal True North of ourselves — a cylinder uninspected under the bonnet in the engine that drives us forward. The case for giving Reflection its capital R.

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Science Intro

The furthest reaches of the mysteries surrounding some of the deep questions of life may be beyond our ken to answer at present but science is peeling back some of the outlying shrouds.
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In a Session of Reflection

Why should ‘one size fit all’? What are you thinking when you reflect? Can your own thoughts be prescribed for you by anyone else? Are they the same as thoughts that anyone else may have in a similar context or are they more personal to you? This is a subjective voyage. One individual’s ideas during one sitting are here. Do you think in the same way?
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