{"id":277,"date":"2007-01-29T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T04:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2007\/01\/29\/277\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T19:37:18","slug":"277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"“Mind is like a soap bubble; handle with care”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I appreciate Arthur’s systematic approach: he sets out to answer every question in part 1 of DTS Ex. 4. He notices that when he focuses on the flowing sensation in his shoulder, trying to stay in the moment before words come, that even the word “relaxation” gets in the way of the experience.<\/p>\n

There would be another approach here: one that is characteristic for TSK. When the flowing in the shoulder gets taken over by the concept “relaxation,” can you conduct that<\/em> experience of conceptualization?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This applies to the next part of the exercise also. You write that you had to force yourself to return to the focus, that perhaps “mind does not want to let itself be captured.” Making forceful effort is interesting in itself, but it takes you in a different direction, or at least to a new experience. In other words, “I am focusing on this<\/em> experience, not another experience,” is also a concept.<\/p>\n

It’s good that you find yourself “respecting” mind, even in its stubborness. Someone “doing something to<\/em> someone” is not likely to give much clarity. Proceeding with delicacy, as you suggest, is a form of this respect.<\/p>\n

Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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