Category Archives: uncatagorized

Jack’s notes for this week included a very paradoxical claim: “the self itself is a story told by the self.”  My own self protests: surely everything has a cause outside of itself.”  And the example given, a few sentences later, … Continue reading →

Peter suggests that the translation of “intentional knowledge” as “absichtiges Wissen” seems wrong, and I agree. Of the alternatives he proposes, “zielgerichtet” seems best; that would translate back into English as “goal-oriented.” Absichtig is more like “on purpose,” and can … Continue reading →

Doing the brief practice in yesterday’s conference call, I enjoyed the feeling of allowing the body to breathe in its own time and space, without undue interference from the controlling self.  So I thought: this is a taste of awareness, … Continue reading →

Looking at the posts this week, I notice a thread in most of them, a focus on one moment shifting into the next, drops of rain merging, puppies asking, “what’s next?” Karin, too, in her post (written in German) asks … Continue reading →

Jack has been helpful over the past few weeks in guiding us in deconstructing the validity of the conventional constructs. I was therefore able to consider more fully the exercises implied. I found that self and the world it inhabits … Continue reading →

During the phone call today, we were asked to strip away the sense that experience was “my experience,” if possible.  Perhaps I was more successful at that than I had realized, because when I tried to share my experience, I … Continue reading →

Es ist wirklich schwierig, das Selbst in Aktion zu beobachten (“wie den Himmel ansehen”). Schnell bin ich wieder im Inhalt der nächsten Erfahrung, in einer neuen Story gefangen. Aber es macht mich “wacher”, wenn ich auf den Atem achte – … Continue reading →