What is Beauty? One day at a retreat - I was quite young at the time - I was in a group, and we were asked to fall deeply still and find a restful place within. Then, when we opened our eyes, we saw a projected image of a beautiful peach-coloured rose, bathed in sunlight, [...]
Vincit qui se vincit He conquers, who conquers himself Latin saying A young woman with a beautiful voice, a truly great talent, has worked hard at her training. But she is terrified of performing in public. Despite this she agrees to perform. She overcomes her nerves and gives a bravura performance. The audience is transported [...]
Sarah: I’m really interested in this emotional education, tell us some more about that. Gilbert: Emotional education is really about love. But love is not the only part of the story. You need discipline as well. There needs to be a balance of both love and discipline. There is an analogy of a potter. The potter [...]
Sanskrit has twelve words that mean ‘confidence’, in all its permutations from bravery to conviction to self-assurance. When I looked more deeply into the subtle meanings of these twelve words I realized they could be grouped under four main headings – Focusing, Uniting, Simplifying, Energising. I then formulated them into the F.U.S.E. Program. This [...]
All languages convey meaning, but Sanskrit opens the door to much deeper levels. These deeper levels of meaning can be divided into four: the Literal level; the Lesson level; the Symbolic level; and the Personal Spiritual level. To get a feel for these levels let’s take a concept that gets a lot of airplay these [...]
Dr. Pat: “I’ve been thinking about what you’re going to talk about today – about the master key to Conscious Confidence…it brings tears to my eyes, because your message coming forward is going to help countless, millions of people, and there’s a level of fulfillment from that, that’s hard to explain.” Sarah: “Really what I’m doing [...]
The master key for Conscious Confidence is very simple. It’s stillness and attention. In stillness and single pointed attention, you are connecting to the real foundations within yourself. Let’s be simple and clear, the master key of stillness and attention is really how to live. If you can master being inwardly still and giving your attention [...]
What we need to understand is that we need some knowledge to help us with stillness and giving attention. We need to understand our instrument of the mind. The wisdom traditions present clear knowledge of this fine instrument of mind and heart that we all have. We need to understand the elements of this fine instrument [...]
Dr. Pat: “Sarah has crafted so beautifully what conscious confidence is; what it means to the world. She hasn’t simply provided a conversation about what our potentiality is, but also created the tools that we need in order to live in today’s world. We’ve been talking about a master key, talking about what it is that [...]
Wake Up There is always something that will inspire, direct, and guide. There's never a time where you can just dismiss timeless wisdom saying: “That's not relevant anymore.” If you can do that, then it isn't timeless wisdom. But you know, there's something about the way the world is so drawn to a state of peace, to natural [...]
