LOK was the first DP book I bought–the title, organization, diagrams, poems, short segments all intrigued me–the multidimensional ways of presenting the inquiries. In reading Ex 5 this morning, I’m mystified about the difference between being “owner†of a situation and being a “given†part of the situation. Any help appreciated.
Looking for clues, I went back to the poem at the start of the chapter: Within subject, within object, before meaning, beneath intention, center to center, point to point, hidden rhythm, secret interplay of knowledge. This calls me to wonder if Ex 5 involves exploring perspective from a separate self in a situation to one a more global perspective. Metaphorically, perhaps, if I was a strand of DNA within a cell, as a “self†perhaps I’d view the entire cellular tension as the DNA strand but not so much as “given†part of the cell.  LOK ex 5 allows me to be the DNA strand but not standing alone within the cell. I can think of lots of work situations that could be interesting to play with here. Hmmm, not sure how clear this is. Words are somewhat troublesome for me with TSK!
Somewhat relatedly, yesterday morning I started playing with TSK Ex 24: Marrying Sound and Breath. Since this is also temporarily oriented, I’d like to continue with it this week. Perhaps insights will arise for LOK Ex 5.
Thanks and good wishes,
Lesley
P.S. This post also appears under general comments–I’m still learning how to post (and how to read the instructions for posting, i.e., unclick general comments and click TSK online proram. :-)
Hi Lesley,
As a semi-omnipotent editor, I removed your post from general comments. I had to reassign my own post as well: we all have our own learning curves.
Self as owner vs. self as part of the experience: well, it has to do with distance. Am I keeping myself separate from experience, or am I part of the experience? It can seem like an impossible shift to make, since we are so committed to experience as ‘mine.’ But then it just happens, now and then, and (as with so many of the exercises) has its own special flavor.