Book Corner Steve Taylor – DisConnected: The roots of human cruelty and how connection can heal the world In this interview, Steve Taylor introduces some of the key ideas and inspirations in his new book, which he describes as having built up over many years. When he sat down to write “DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World”, it poured out in just six weeks. FH: Let’s […] Francesca Hector May 8, 2023May 9, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Initiative Eco-Community Embodied Permaculture: Being-centric ecological systems design and leadership People come to permaculture to facilitate positive change in their own lives, their communities and their landscapes, as permaculture offers a systems design methodology based on natural principles and patterns. They are often deeply attracted to the solutions-oriented focus of permaculture and its emphasis on practical action as much as the ethical ecological systems view […] Dan McTiernan and Johanna McTiernan April 28, 2023May 8, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Conscious Community Initiative Introducing the Conscious Community Initiative projects 2023-25 Alef Trust’s Conscious Community Initiative (CCI) is grateful to have received continued funding to support four new holistic change facilitation projects for 2023-25, led by members of the Alef community. This round of the CCI placed a stronger emphasis on generating research through the implementation of projects that aim to make a difference in the […] Francesca Hector April 20, 2023May 9, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Book Corner Screen Dance as Rite of Passage Screen Dance as Rite of Passage (c) Dr Lila Moore The Dancing Veil I was laying on the treatment bed waiting for the acupuncture needles to take effect on my distressed body and mind. The acupuncturist, a highly praised though modest practitioner of alternative medicine, and I, were in the unknown. He could not […] Lila Moore April 1, 2023April 6, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Nurturing the Fields of Change Unquestioned Assumptions And Holistic Change The following reflection was inspired by the first session of Nurturing the Fields of Change. When I reflect on change, the first and most obvious question I ask myself is, “Why do we need to change?” What has led to this mess we are in and, even better, what is going on that keeps this […] Luka Bonisch March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Book Corner Creative Crossing Thresholds: Stories & art from beyond ordinary consciousness Creative states of consciousness seem to exist on a continuum spanning everyday unconscious cognitive processing and flashes of inspiration, to experiences that stretch beyond space and time and have the potential to open a dialogue with a spiritual source. I have had a long-standing fascination with the link between creativity, imagination, and expansive states of […] Lorraine Tolmie March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Personal stories Gaia Consciousness: A personal spiritual experience I have been interested in spiritual seeking most of my life and by 1971, in my mid-twenties, I was already running my own meditation group for six to eight individuals, meeting for a couple of hours an evening every fortnight to explore our inner world. We sometimes chose specific themes, like compassion, for our focus […] David Furlong February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Being of Service Appeal for Turkish earthquake relief operation The impact of the recent earthquakes in Turkey is huge. Images and statistics on the news tell of great devastation and terrible suffering. We are moved to do what we can to help and are making a donation on behalf of Alef Trust. One of our alumni, Ecem Eks has family in Turkey and […] Ecem Eks February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Art Research ‘This Is The Land’: A liminal journey through performance art My PhD is an embodied and interdisciplinary research that investigates the concept of the ‘eerie’ in Contemporary Performance through a methodology of inhabiting abandoned spaces, where the eerie presence of an unknown agency is felt. As Fisher (2016) says, “the eerie clings to certain physical spaces or landscapes” (p.61). I have come to realise that […] Mary Steadman February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Corner The True Nature Of Our Reality: A Transpersonal awakening – making sense of it all. At the age of seven I was looking out my bedroom window at the sky. I felt drawn to the expansiveness and then it was as if I merged with it to became part of it. It was beautiful for a moment but then my brain tried to make sense of what I was experiencing […] Ronan Rooney January 20, 2023January 25, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
