{"id":1376,"date":"2010-01-19T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2012-12-08T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T19:26:18","slug":"the-gravity-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"The gravity of the past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have focused so far on the idea that the past is a story we tell, or a description we give, and that when we do this, we are denying our own freedom to <em>be<\/em>differently.<\/p>\n<p>Here I want to make a different point, based on my experience with the exercise I suggested of simply being aware of the past dimension in everyday experience. Doing this, I discovered a certain gravity in my sense of who I am that seemed positive, at least in its consequences. This is not the past as telling, but the past as being. When I acknowledge and accept my identity, it helps me be more fully present. I &#8220;bring myself&#8221; to the situation. And with that more complete presence, I am also more aware, and have more resources to enter the next experience fully.<br \/>\n&#8211;Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have focused so far on the idea that the past is a story we tell, or a description we give, and that when we do this, we are denying our own freedom to bedifferently. Here I want to make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1376\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_general","category-tsk-online-09-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}