{"id":5157,"date":"2013-12-12T13:38:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2014-01-06T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T17:11:28","slug":"assignment-week-6-reflect-on-pervasive-patterns-of-the-thinking-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5157","title":{"rendered":"Assignment Week 6: Reflect on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pervasive patterns of the thinking mind.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assignment: Reflect (or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmeditate on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pervasive patterns of the thinking mind.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Is this reflection itself a pattern of thinking? How can you tell the difference?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A while back I posted my practice notes on the exercise, “Let sense experience unfold, but then dissociate from it<\/em>“, in which I was observing self-activities, even attempting to catch the self in the act. It occurs to me it closely relates to the assignment for this week. The question of ‘reflecting<\/em>‘ seems to point to the very act of thinking, and ‘considering<\/em>‘ memories.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the question, “How can you tell the difference?<\/em>” The difference between what, thinking and not thinking? It seems to me considering objects of the mind and the process of naming, categorizing and judging them could represent acts of thinking, but the arising of appearance might be different. Arising is one phenomena, but as what<\/em> seems to be a conducting process. Perhaps observing arising without conducting it, leads to knowing the intimacy of the capacity to know.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to my post from 2009.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let sense experience unfold, but then dissociate from it\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p>\n

Let sense experience unfold, but then dissociate from it<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n