Author Archives: Hayward

I had been going through a personally trying time. In observing the “I” in action, it was noted that much of my reaction was to whether to whether or not events were going as I desired. In response to this … Continue reading →

Joseph Cambell said something like: Rather than seek the meaning of life we ought seek the experience of being fully alive. Toward this end an incredible lightness of being can be attributed to breath. I have found this  to be … Continue reading →

Joseph Cambell said something like: Rather than seek the meaning of life we ought seek the experience of being fully alive. Toward this end an incredible lightness of being can be attributed to breath. I have found this  to be … Continue reading →

When exploring “self” on Sunday, Jack mentions three different uses of “I” when speaking of the following: the I that acts, the I that possesses (mine) and the the I to whom events occur (me). To this we might add … Continue reading →

In wester psychology “ego ” is  seen as adaptive; the ability to integrate and organize experience into a shared and conventional reality. People with weak egos do not function very well. Frequently they are frightened or aggressive, isolated and unable … Continue reading →

I was merely positing that the openness that occurs prior to a reaction is present in the reaction. That this openness is knowingness. And that all experience are forms of knowingness. Hayward

Tarthang Tulku writes about an “alert poised quality, a kind of expectancy or readiness” before the self responds. In last Sundays  phone conference, Jack calls this a “readiness to respond”. Since the TSK vision is not limited to a linear … Continue reading →