Unlimited possibilities for images with a range of examples, including God and gods, wild images, images based on people, the sense of being called, image with no figure, embodying an image, felt sense and image of spirit of place; putting aside questions about the reality status of images; Eucharistic imagination; fully and partially imaginal images; Iain McGilchrist on left brain right brain, and the world not being given before it’s experienced; Rob Burbea’s list of elements or characteristics and the characteristics: two-ness, unfathomable quality, participation, loving and being loved; different orientations of imaginal and insight practices.

Reading a short text by Franz Kafka ('Before the Law') – what can we learn from that gatekeeper? 3 ways to counter the feeding power of aversion or hostility to thoughts: gentle questioning, turning towards, making space. Stickiness: thinking & identity.

When handled contemplatively, the energy of goodwill feeds, repairs and strengthens the heart. It can govern our speech and convert our mental attitudes from those of the competitive world. It can also be taken in to clear the residues that these worldly habits have established; anxiety, performance drive and self-criticism.

Ways of looking as a foundation; terms in imaginal practice; figures and presences; callings; example of very simple image; autonomy; cautions for working with images; types of image; spirits in the Pali Canon; dismissive attitudes; assumptions based on knowing what is measurable; views on the reality status of imaginal and the material world; relationship to an image or a presence; wide spectrum of images; Henry Corbin and a sense of the divine in an image; risks.