Meditation and Reflection for the weekend

The rest of the weekend I am at Waterperry House  which is quite near and  is almost a twin of Nuneham Courtney which I visited yesterday, the house is not only similar in its position on the River Thames near Oxford and with the same elegant architecture but it is also a retreat and study centre.  It is  a large country house, set in 83 acres of its own grounds surrounded by farmland which belongs to the  School of Economic Science. and just a few miles east of Oxford.  I am lucky to spend three weekends  and a couple of full weeks a year here.  This is where I was introduced to meditation, to studying the truths contained in Judaeo-Christian and Eastern Scriptures, to Shakespeare and more recently to Plato and Plotinus.   The great thing is being with people who are also interested in seeing beyond the finite shapes and expressions of the world, seeing if what all the scriptures say, that there is a single total unmoving Being in which all the lives take place, is true. 
Meditation gradually moves the understanding towards a sense of this fullness of Being, I couldn't say how or why but it does almost take you by the hand and let you dissolve the emotions and impediments which block the vision normally.  Even a little of its practice can give a taste of this and I can highly recommend it.
Being here is also very good fun and the food is delicious, see below for satisfied customers!