Michael is an old friend and TSK student, returning after quite some absence (in a formal sense, at least). Nice to have you with us.
I’m glad you point out the course itself can be an occasion for time-stress. As many of you know, last year we did a very ambitious program that set out to cover all 35 units of the Study Program in When It Rains in 35 weeks. Soon we cut it in half (just like in TSK Ex. 23, “Going without Going.”) But it still felt very rushed. This year I am trying a much more leisurely approach, with not much reading each week and not many exercises. And still it seems pressured. I think it’s in part because of the lives most of us lead, which make time a precious “commodity.”
Diving beneath the surface of time (Michael’s image, but you find it in the TSK books also) is a helpful image. For those of you who would like to explore how it might be possible to do this, maybe skip TSK Ex. 26, coming up for this week, and go on to LOK Ex. 14 (Moments between Moments). Finding these moments between moments is something like “diving into time.”
Jack