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Being at Peace

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How do we become peaceful?

Does being at peace mean that our being is peaceful?
Or does it depend on our circumstances?

Nicholas has been the minister at the Aspen Chapel since 2014, having come to Colorado from England.
He is the Author of 2 books:
 “Developing Consciousness – A Roadmap of the Journey to Enlightenment” published by ‘O Books’ in 2011, and “Living the Life-Force” published by Ozark Mountain Publishing in 2019.
 
Nicholas has been committed to a path of personal transformation for 40 years; exploring the relationship between consciousness and spirituality through all the great wisdom traditions.
 
Although he is ordained as an Anglican Priest, he uses the Tao Te Ching, The Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, The Dhammapada, and The Koran among many other sacred texts to help him on his path.
 
His passion is to enable people to find their own paths to understanding the great mysteries of life and to that end he gives talks in the Chapel every Sunday and new episodes will be available here weekly.
Episodes (About 20 minutes long).

1. Being at Peace
Following on from Cynthia Boureault's visit, we look further at that quote on chaos from Thomas Keating and also what it means to 'Be at Peace'. Is 'Being" a noun or a verb?

2. Being at Peace
Following Cynthia Bougeault's visit we look at the breakdown of the 'rational' stage of consciousness around the world. What are the implications? What can take it's place. With introductory meditation. Talk begins at 4min 40secs.


3. On Truth
How can you define truth? With 'alternative facts' and the pressure of culture wars is there any place for something like 'eternal truth', or are we now just dealing in various shades of grey,

Being at Peace
4. Rest In Peace
Why do we say of people who have died - Rest In Peace? What about now? How do we rest in peace in a life that is fraught with problems? Is there an answer to this?

Stages of Peace

5. Stages of Peace
What are the stages that lead to inner Peace? How can we measure our path to those stages? We look at how meditation can act as a mirror to life and show us how to arrive at a more peaceful place in our everyday life.

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6. Peace in our Time?
The idea of ‘Peace in our Time’ has become synonymous with the failure to achieve it. The image of Neville Chamberlain waving a piece of paper signed by Adolph Hitler has gone down in history as both a humiliation and a warning against appeasement. And yet surely ‘Peace in our time’ is our goal. Our goal is to be able to look back on war in the same way that we now look back on slavery. With an understanding that it was wrong, that there are still instances of it today. But for most of us the arguments for or against it have been confined to the dustbin of history. That is how we should be looking at war. And yet here we are today with over 30 armed conflicts between nations going on around the world. And people thinking that it is OK to send missiles and bombs halfway around the world to settle scores. There has to be a better way. And what can we do to stop it?

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We are Nicholas and Heather Vesey. 
We lead the services here at the Aspen Chapel most Sundays.
Have a look around our site. There are plenty of fee courses to watch from our 'Wisdom from the Top of the World' page. Click here to go to it

If you are planning on a visit, here is some information as to what to expect:

When: We meet every Sunday at 9.30am for about an hour. If you cannot make it in person, you can live stream the event by clicking here.

Where: We are the chapel by the roundabout as you come into aspen. Specifically here.

What: We (Heather and Nicholas) come from a Christian Episcopal background, however our community draws from all the world’s wisdom traditions with the aim of learning together to live our lives more skillfully.

Every week we will focus on a topic within a theme.

GuernicaAt the moment we are looking at what the topic of 'Being at Peace'
How do we experience being at peace, and what is the connection to the nature of our 'being'.
When our 'being' is at peace, are we at peace?


We will have a musician who will set the mood for the event. That might be guitar, piano, or any other instrument. They will generally play 4 pieces throughout the service.

There will also be prayer and meditation, generally led by Heather, and Nicholas will give a talk on the topic for the day.

Finally, there is an opportunity for discussion and feedback as we pass the microphone around for everyone to join in.

Kids? We also offer childcare with younger children being looked after and given creative ways to look at a topic for the day.

Coffee and Yummies. After the service there is a food and drink reception for everyone to get to know each other a bit more.

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