<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Meaning by Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meaning by Design]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/blank</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:01:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Legacy of Glyn ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“ And the King said to his people: Keep to the edge of the melting ice and follow the setting sun”. For me, these words evoke something of the lineage and power of the man we knew as Glyn. He said them in the very early days of gathering a body of people (always relatively few in numbers) with whom to develop a re-formulation of ancient teaching The words convey a feeling both prophetic and apocalyptic, looking backward to a previous age and forward to the circle of the future. Continuing...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/the-legacy-of-glyn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69383d50122b31d338b42c0e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:31:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correspondence in Grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am deeply sorry to have to tell you that our beloved Toby passed away last Thursday. We think it was a seizure such as he has had...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/correspondences-in-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d0cde2baf597c5d39bfb42</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 15:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c91e1_af089a720cbe4d808b085e4b1afc34c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_240,h_320,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell to our Son]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toby left us suddenly at the end of August. It was unexpected, to him as well as to us, but the peaceful manner was a blessing. He...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/farewell-to-our-son</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6552982fc634e8ab5f449de9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:54:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas New Year 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sending you love from a cold climate. And like TS Eliot's Magi....

“A cold coming we had of it,
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Did you say death was the collapse of a field and birth a collapse of a field in...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2020/06/30/field</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6724</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consciousness and Spirit: what’s the difference?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q:  I’d be interested in any further thoughts you have about the questions which came up in our conversation, eg What distinguishes...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2020/03/10/consciousness-and-spirit-what-s-the-difference</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6725</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:56:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power and working with the Solar Plexus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. You said you had something of a collywobble after the last meditation when your solar plexus got over-activated. I am just emerging...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2020/03/09/working-with-the-solar-plexus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b672a</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frequency of the Tradition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. I always remember the presence in the room the time you took me to G's house after his death, when we meditated in his front room....]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2020/03/10/the-frequency-of-the-tradition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6723</guid><category><![CDATA[Meditation Skills]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections on Dogen's steelyard]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came across a striking analogy by the great Zen master Dogen,  speaking of balance and equilibrium, and the importance of difference,...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2019/11/19/reflections-on-dogens-steelyard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b672b</guid><category><![CDATA[The Power of Symbols]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:56:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From World to World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. After reading your last article I have to ponder the fact that there is something in this kind of work and in your writing and...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2019/06/23/from-world-to-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6728</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2019 10:52:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subjectivity vs Objectivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q.   It’s hard to see loved ones so troubled, and feeling unable to help their mental and emotional suffering, however much love you give...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2019/04/10/subjectivity-vs-objectivity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6726</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kabbalah, Psychedelics and Zen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. It seems to me that a lot of the symbols from my meditation can be placed on the Kabbalistic tree...? And now I understand how you say...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2019/01/23/kabbalah-psychedelics-and-zen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b672c</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:23:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internalizing the Kabbalistic Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q.  I can see that the strands of things I have picked up through the years are articulated by Kabbalah, and it might provide some frame...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/09/10/internalising-the-kabbalistic-tree</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda9601bcb38000175b6729</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and the Wheel- a Dialogue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. I stumbled on this quote by Rilke just after I had written the mail to you, and somehow I thought it said what I couldn't... “I live...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/05/28/god-and-the-wheel-a-dialogue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173cacb0</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 12:44:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul, Psyche and Symbol--a Dialogue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q Here summer is coming and the beach is getting crowded at weekends. Humming birds are humming, and the gardens are exploding with...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/05/28/soul-psyche-and-symbol-a-dialogue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173cacae</guid><category><![CDATA[The Power of Symbols]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Direction, Paths and the Journey On..]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intensive meditation retreats offer a chance to collect together energy, the energy needed to let the mind settle and therefore take...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/05/27/direction-paths-and-the-journey-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173cacaf</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in the Foothills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q. At end of all retreats everyone shares the highlights/meaning of their experience. It's always been interesting to me that 80-90% of...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/04/14/life-in-the-foothills</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173caca8</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting with the Sentinel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Metaphorical and sacred symbolism is only of use if it can be related to direct experience. When I finished writing Time and the Sentinel...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/02/21/meeting-with-the-sentinel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173caca9</guid><category><![CDATA[The Power of Symbols]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:29:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Other Side and The Humpty Myth]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been interested to explore the following abstract question with participants, using the insight questioning method of Symbolic...]]></description><link>https://meaningbydesign.wixsite.com/symbol-and-spirit/single-post/2018/02/10/on-the-other-side-and-the-humpty-myth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fda96015855d200173cacad</guid><category><![CDATA[Knowing and Seeing]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 22:59:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>