Between the Frames

Imagine a place you love and allow it to become vivid in your mind. Then imagine that everything stops except you. A bird hangs motionless in the air, a wave pauses mid-crest, a person freezes halfway through a step. Now allow reality to begin moving again, but only one tiny movement at a time, as though you are watching a film frame by frame.

Once you can feel reality this way, begin changing things between the frames. Change the weather, the people, yourself, the possibilities, or the direction events are taking. The practice is not about forcing a particular outcome, but about loosening the sense that reality is fixed. Hold firmly to the feeling of what you prefer and lightly to the details, allowing life to organise itself in ways you may not yet have imagined.

—Consciousness Continuing COMING 2027

We’ll Be Fine: A Conversation about Reality

Recently, a friend spoke to me about his fears for the future of AI — control, greed, power, and the possibility of technology being used badly. In the past, I might have tried to persuade him that if enough people focused on a better outcome, the world could move in that direction. Instead, I simply put my hand on his arm and said, “Don’t worry. We’ll all be fine.”

That response came from a different understanding of reality: not as one fixed track that everyone must collectively steer, but as many possible realities with which we are continually aligning. Attention is directional. What we repeatedly focus on influences the kind of world we experience and the choices we make within it. This does not remove the need for practical action, compassion, or responsibility. It means that fear is not the only lens available to us. We can choose to orient ourselves towards the reality we most wish to inhabit.

—Consciousness Continuing COMING 2027