Just thought I would write a word of encouragement to those of you we haven’t been hearing from. The discussion online has been very good; I love to see what people are doing with the practices and learning from the readings. But don’t let it intimidate you!<\/p>\n
One thing you may notice is that people’s experience is very different. And that includes you. The way TSK works is this: you do the practice or do the reading, and you don’t worry about what you understand or whether you are getting the results you think you should get. Being confused, for instance, is fine. Or not knowing where to start. After all, if you don’t know, you “don’t know” in a specific way, and that way of not-knowing is a starting point for learning something new.<\/p>\n
It’s like learning to ride a bicycle. You do it, and at first you can’t keep your balance, but then after a while you can. And all those times of losing your balance are what ultimately let you learn to keep your balance (which you actually do by learning to lose your balance in a controlled way).<\/p>\n
The only problem with that analogy is that there is no ‘right’ way to do TSK; no point where you can say, “Now I know how to keep my balance.” You just stop being afraid of losing your balance, and you realize that losing your balance is in a sense the whole point.<\/p>\n
Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just thought I would write a word of encouragement to those of you we haven’t been hearing from. The discussion online has been very good; I love to see what people are doing with the practices and learning from the … Continue reading