{"id":268,"date":"2007-01-23T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2007-01-23T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2007\/01\/23\/starting-in-on-unit-9\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T19:37:18","slug":"starting-in-on-unit-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Starting in on Unit 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am always surprised when I return to DTS Ex. 4 to see how rich it is; how many parts. You could base a whole retreat on this exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction to the exercise says, &#8221; <font size=\"3\" color=\"#221e1f\">Settle awareness at the very point where reality is conducted into being. It is easy to slide away again, so look for ways to keep the mind on this focal point.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"#221e1f\">So, what are some ways to &#8220;keep the mind on the point?&#8221; I think one clue is to reject nothing. If you are really settled in to the point where reality &#8220;emerges,&#8221; then whatever emerges is the practice. There is no sliding away possible.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"#221e1f\">What does it mean to slide away? It seems to mean getting involved in the reality that has been conducted into being (in accord with models, etc.), instead of staying with the conducting of whatever comes next.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"#221e1f\">Jack <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always surprised when I return to DTS Ex. 4 to see how rich it is; how many parts. You could base a whole retreat on this exercise. The introduction to the exercise says, &#8221; Settle awareness at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=268\">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":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_general","category-tsk-online-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","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=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}