{"id":2403,"date":"2012-04-24T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2012-12-06T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T00:34:34","slug":"tsk-ex-12-when-one-thought-fades-and-another-arises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"TSK Ex. 12, \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6when one thought fades and another arises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Changing<\/p><\/div>\n

TSK Ex. 12, asks that we observe our thoughts for the moment when one thought fades and another arises, in order to discern that subtle transition, which involves the momentary availability of space that has the quality of openness free of the usual discursive and discriminating thinking.<\/p>\n

And in the conference call there was a discussion as to what constituted a thought, and was appearance a thought? And Jack inquired, if you have a direct sense experience, and there is no discursive thinking going on, aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the senses structuring the sensual input in some way in preparation for thought. (Something like that :-) So while working with Exercise 12 I’ve been watching for this.<\/p>\n

It occurred to me I could broadly call all mental activity thought, but that doesn’t help me differentiate between different kinds of mental activity. It just seems more fruitful to distinguish what goes on at different levels. For instance, my controlling self that positions and claims ownership by naming and labeling, etc., is the one that tells stories and constructs meaning, but at a deeper level there is a process going on where flash impressions are happening, they’re ricocheting of co-referring field contents, too fast to grasp for me to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcre-cognize\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em> them. That is a ‘structuring’<\/em> that is not the same ‘thinking<\/em>‘ that the more surface oriented ‘controlling self<\/em>‘ is operating at, and therefore, would not be described as “the usual discursive and discriminating thinking<\/em>“. Perhaps I should look at these ‘co-referring field contents<\/em>‘ without an owner, as pre-thought structures, or just sense data, but regardless of what I name or label them, I can get glimpses of their activity as they formulate when I ‘relax<\/em>‘ into the space of thoughts. When I relax into that openness there is more space, there is a lot more going on too, I’m aware of all of my senses, not just my previous narrow focus. Aliveness enters, feelings of fullness emerge. I’m also aware of my ‘self<\/em>‘, but those usual activities are not my primary concern. In fact, I may not have a primary concern for there is just observing and being aware going on. <\/p>\n

I described this a little in my post and comments: “Be aware what captures your attention as being part of a field communiqu\u00c3\u00a9.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2011\/10\/28\/be-aware-what-captures-your-attention-as-being-part-of-a-field-communique\/<\/a>
\nDavid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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