When TSK exercises invite me to look for something, I often find that I can’t find it–and this then seems like the realization that the exercise was aimed at showing me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Doing this LOK exercise nudged me toward the following thought.\u00c2\u00a0 We use the concept of moments in at least two ways: 1\/ to analyse time from outside (minutes, moments, years, past, future); and 2\/ to describe the dividing line between past and future, as in “present moment”.\u00c2\u00a0 But does the present moment really feel like something with edges, separated out from it’s\u00c2\u00a0similar neighbors?\u00c2\u00a0 Sitting by a flowing stream, we can count the leaves floating by on the surface, but the leaves are not the water.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Time may be both\u00c2\u00a0stream and leaves, but counting objects flowing past does not capture the flowing nature of time itself.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps “Present Motion” is a better phase than “Present Moment” to describe this feeling.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been experimenting with a different way of doing Kum Nye: instead of counting my breaths (as a way of measuring how long I stay in a position) I pay attention to the breath as In\/Out\/In\/Out.\u00c2\u00a0 This seems to help me to feel more present to the vibration of breathing, and less to the index of time (and thus not as motivated\u00c2\u00a0to get past any position which feels unwlecome.\u00c2\u00a0 –Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When TSK exercises invite me to look for something, I often find that I can’t find it–and this then seems like the realization that the exercise was aimed at showing me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Doing this LOK exercise nudged me toward the following … Continue reading