Shifting focus from “owning” a situation to being a “given part” of a situation. Knocked my socks off–a work situation (my main playground) that has been tense for me for years relaxed into “team.” Team is a big deal for me. My experience with LOK 5 stimulated the idea that sometimes “team” happens organically, but when it doesn’t that doesn’t mean that “team” can’t be nurtured into being. Going beyond that notion, LOK 5 supports my hunch that despite my drive to form and to be part of “team,” I have something to do with “team” AND with “non-team.” New knowledge.
Gaynor commented on the “flow” that he’s experienced with disowning tension. I read his post after writing mine and I’d say that “flow” describes what I sensed. As usual, I’m intrigued with how much of the time I’m not in the “flow” despite trying so hard to be! I’d go on to say that I don’t *trust* flow to keep me afloat in a work environment. Trust is a concept I’ve been playing with lately. I’m not as familiar with TSK as many of you and wonder if “trust” comes up directly in any of the readings or exercises.
Lesley
Perhaps we can do a search on the term “trust” to see if anything relevant comes up
More about playing with trust: I’m just dancing around it, trying to give it space show itself before I jump on it in my usual hurry up mode. Trying to breathe with it. More if more occurs. Will try the expanding/condensing exercise. Thx!
Hi Lesley,
Trust does not come up directly, that I can recall; however, it is always open as a topic for inquiry (for instance, to expand or condense the feeling of not-trusting).
That said, as your experience (I’d love to hear more about it) shows, trust comes into play in Ex. 5. The reason the self holds itself outside of experience as its owner may have a lot to do with not trusting experience to develop in the way one would wish. You could also turn this around, though, and say it has to do with not trusting your self (yourself).