A New Beginning - Steve Taylor's Newsletter

Published: Sat, 01/16/21

Steve Taylor's January Newsletter

Dear

I hope you are well. Happy new year! The last year has been a very challenging one, and the beginning of this year continues to be challenging. But I am optimistic. One thing I have constantly found in my own life, and in my own research into spiritual awakening, is that challenge brings growth and transformation. Challenges bring out our hidden strengths and potentials, making us realise that we are stronger and deeper than we ever suspected. They bring us into contact with our most essential selves. So when the lockdowns are over and the coronavirus no longer threatens, we fill find that we can live more fully and authentically than before. We will find that we have undergone spiritual deepening and expansion, with a new sense of appreciation and a new sense of purpose.

Free Webinar on 22nd January -

'How Oneness Leads to Goodness'

On 22nd Jan (7 pm UK time or 2 pm EST) I’m giving a free talk/workshop - including a meditation - on 'How Oneness Leads to Goodness: The Spiritual Source of Compassion and Altruism.' It's partly based on my book Spiritual Science, and I will also read a couple of pieces from my The Clear Light. It's organised through the Scientific and Medical Network in the UK and the Institute of Noetic Sciences in the US. You can sign up for it here

(if you can’t make the actual event, a recording will be sent to you)

Extraordinary Awakenings

I've had some suggested covers from my publisher for my upcoming book Extraordinary Awakenings. I'm really pleased with the book - it's one of my most significant contributions to the world! So it has to have an 'extraordinary' cover. Which one would you choose? Let me know if you have any strong feelings about them. I personally prefer the first one, but I’m always fond of natural images. The book will be published last this year, in August.

Return to Harmony

A lot of people have asked me about an audio book of The Clear Light. There isn’t one available at the moment, but I do plan to record one over the next few months. An alternative is my 6 hour audio course, Return to Harmony, which includes me reading some of the poems from The Clear Light, as well as many meditations and exercises. It is avalible here

New Article on Oneness and Group Identity

I’ve written a new article about the essential oneness of the human race, the illusion of national identity and the dangers of nationalism. Like the world itself, our most serious problems have no borders. "All nationalistic enterprises are based on anxiety and insecurity, so inevitably create discord and division. And since nationalism contravenes the essential reality of human nature and human origins, such enterprises always turn out to be temporary. It’s impossible to override the fundamental interconnectedness of human beings."

You can read the article here

Signed Books Available

Before the lockdown happened, I had quite a few talks arranged about my books, since I had ordered some copies of my books to sell at the events. So now I have large piles of books in my garage! If you would like to have a signed copy of any of the books below, let me know. I’m happy to sell them at the low price of £5 (or 5 Euros or $7 each) plus postage and pack-aging. Send me an email if you would like one.

The Clear Light

Spiritual Science
The Leap

Making Time

Out of the Darkness

Waking From Sleep

Back to Sanity
The Fall (2nd Edition)
Le Saut Quantique (French edition of The Leap)
El Salto (Spanish edition of The Leap)

New Poem

Let me leave you with a new poem. It’s really a meditation, which you can use whenever your mind becomes too busy and restless.

Your Body is Always Here

The thought-mind never comes to rest.
It’s always shifting, from the future to the past,
like a wild, swirling river
whose currents keep changing direction.

But beneath your restless thought-mind
lies your body, firm and fixed,
like the hard floor of a riverbed.

While the mind flits from daydream to daydream,
the body is always here.
When the mind is clouded with abstractions
the body is always real.

So when your streams of thought are flowing wildly
anchor yourself in your body.
Give your attention to your limbs and muscles
instead of your memories.
Locate yourself in your skin and bones
instead of your anxieties.
Listen to your heartbeat and your breath
instead of your chattering thoughts.

Feel the radiant energy of your inner body
instead of the frenetic energy of your thoughts.
Feel the weight of your body beneath you
and the space its occupies in the world.

And soon your turbulent mind will lose momentum
slow down and come to rest
like a pool of water settling after a storm.

The boundaries of your mind will soften
and the energy of your inner body
will flow into your mental space
like fresh air through an open door.
Then your mind and body will rest together,
grounded firmly in the world

All best wishes and blessings, Steve