Linda Hollier

Spiralling upwards

Walking through the streets of Vienna some years ago, a friend of mine reminded me to “always look upwards” as the different storeys of the buildings there often have different styles of architecture.... I have maintained this practice when visiting new places, and yesterday... Read More

Awakening

 ... 10.01.10... A new day dawns -... amidst the mysteries of technology.... Notice :... The digital tree... branching through the world... hears the gurgling stream... speak a language never heard before -...   a chorus of interconnectedness... communicating in symbols, links... Read More

Time and Technology: The Fourth Dimension

2010 is soon upon us, another year in the Gregorian calendar – our way of making sense of “passing time”.... But what is time and how is our perception of it changing with the influence of the technology flooding our experiences?... The realization that the nature of... Read More

Anagrams for "Integral"

Words never fail to amaze me.   They hold many secrets and also many truths.  ...  ... Even in the field of language, a change in perspective can alter the word at hand.   Jumble up the letters, look at them in a different order and new words (and possibly new worlds)... Read More

Another door opens

Another bardo has arisen – an intermediate state, a time of transition as one phase of my life ends and another is about to begin.... At the beginning of next year my husband and I will be moving to Dubai for a few years.... Born in South Africa, I have lived in Germany for almost... Read More

No Ceiling

After a presentation which spoke to me on many levels, I was particularly touched by the call presented at the end.... The call for an interior practice.... The call to honour every we space I am part of and ask myself how I can be more present for you in this we....... Read More

Engaging the Mainstream

If our everyday endeavours to share integral concepts with others are to be more successful, we will need to discover and develop “teaching tools” which will make these ideas attractive and appealing to the mainstream and at the same time encourage stage growth.... I came... Read More

Failure to Engage the Mainstream

Elective Segregation: Failure to Engage the Mainstream. One of the gifts of our mobile technological culture is the ability to be and communicate with like-minded people. It is also one of the contemporary cultural traps. The danger is that in being able to find like-minded people, we... Read More