{"id":5876,"date":"2014-05-26T10:22:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T17:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2014-05-26T10:22:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T17:22:58","slug":"if-not-me-then-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5876","title":{"rendered":"If Not Me\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthen Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(Session 5, Assignment for Week 5).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0I can see the limitations of the self.\u00c2\u00a0 This morning the fallibility of the particular self who lives in this body is much with me.\u00c2\u00a0 As a parent and husband, I feel my limitations.\u00c2\u00a0 Through my eyes and my wife\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes, I can feel how lost our grown sons are. I look around and see other families where the parents are directive and able to teach skills that make this society (probably any society) easier to grow up in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I was in my 40\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when reading <em>Skilful Means<\/em> (and later <em>Time Space Knowledge)<\/em> helped guide me onto a path that has made my life more engaged and fulfilling ever since.\u00c2\u00a0 But that is hardly an option for my sons (23 and 19).\u00c2\u00a0 I hate to think that they have to wait another 20 years, as I did, before discovering a place in this world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I wonder if these TSK studies only work for people who have seen the limitations of ordinary ways of dealing with life and have developed a basis for believing that an alternative vision may be possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 At least this morning, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling that this vision of how time, space and knowledge are more central than the tethered self&#8211;who is cut off from this greater realm&#8211;will only appeal to someone who is already striving to become more open and present.\u00c2\u00a0 But it is not as clear\u00e2\u20ac\u201dat least this weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhow much it can help me to develop the skills to guide others who are floundering.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Session 5, Assignment for Week 5). \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0I can see the limitations of the self.\u00c2\u00a0 This morning the fallibility of the particular self who lives in this body is much with me.\u00c2\u00a0 As a parent and husband, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=5876\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","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\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}