What keep us from engaging the dynamic of time?<\/p>\n
The reading points toward the sense of self, but there is other obstacle worthy of note: concentration. If there is not focus it is difficult to pay attention to anything, to make contact with everything around. I had trouble\u00c2\u00a0in the past related to this issue, but now, after practicing and training the mind I feel myself more mindful and aware than I was in the past.<\/p>\n
So, more focused, I can bring more space to my experience and realize time unfolding differently.<\/p>\n
TSK book points that time, space and knowledge are together in our experience, so in my understanding, even when we are investigating time; space and knowledge are also present. It is just a matter of including them during the inquiry, during the search for deeper knowledge.<\/p>\n
Walking in the street on the other day I could see the difference between being self-centered and being space-centered. When I left home, I was in a hurry, barely aware of my body, only thinking what I had to do, separated and apart of everything else. And all of a sudden I remembered the inquiry about engaging the dynamic of time. Aware of what was happening could feel my solid body tearing the space, like a king marching against a fearful crowd, without caring about what was left behind.<\/p>\n
Focused and aware I could bring another quality for what was happening by using an effective practice I\u00c2\u00b4ve done before. Instead of ripening the space like the self would do, I brought space inside my body and walked as if the space was moving with me, like a wave in a lake, delicately caressing the space around me. More aware of the space inside and outside, I could perceive more light, more details: the openness of space embracing all appearances and the aliveness of time expressed in moves, colors, beats, rhythms and joy.<\/p>\n
Not appropriated by the self and anchored in space, the witness can bring more suavity and openness to the experience, generating a symphony of interactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What keep us from engaging the dynamic of time? The reading points toward the sense of self, but there is other obstacle worthy of note: concentration. If there is not focus it is difficult to pay attention to anything, to … Continue reading