{"id":6967,"date":"2015-03-28T12:17:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2015-04-11T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T00:30:02","slug":"where-am-i-what-am-i-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=6967","title":{"rendered":"Where am I, what am I doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We might say that zero can allow for sixteen directions, points that we could mark out on its circumference and note as potential directions for movement.\u00c2\u00a0 It is as though we had found sixteen different \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/em> \u00c2\u00a0SDTS 24<\/p>\n

Jack referred to SDTS 17-24 as an aid to further exploration of how the graphic images of \u00e2\u20ac\u015316\u00e2\u20ac\u009d might be understood.<\/p>\n

After outlining the way that an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be turned on its side to provide a baseline connecting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (which then requires its own connections), the text drops that image and proceeds to the more familiar X-Y axis as a way for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to define positions and inter-relationships.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the text moves on to a description of how 16 points can also be directly arrayed around a central \u00e2\u20ac\u0153zero\u00e2\u20ac\u009d point (as in the quote above).<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as if the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d baseline did its job in depicting how the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is obliged to reach out in search of a world; then sixteen points spreading out from an XY intersection (organized as four endpoints anchored by their own four endpoints) provided the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with a tapestry of connecting threads in which it could be present.<\/p>\n

Then the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (which has been anchored and linked in several ways with several \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) is envisioned as occupying a central zero point that radiates outward in 16 directions.<\/p>\n

Perhaps these represent three stages: 1\/ at birth we reach out blindly in a single direction (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d); 2\/ as we grow, we orient ourselves within a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153world\u00e2\u20ac\u009d whose environments of interest are understood to have their own centres of engagement; and 3\/ in our daily lives we simply feel ourselves at the centre of a host of competing obligations, responsibilities and interests, each calling out to us like carpet sellers in a market (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Persian, hand-woven, natural dies–take home to wife, honoured Sir!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n

Such sixteen competing opportunities (all scrupulously enumerated on my daily To Do List), are sometimes intimidating (requiring that I tackle technical challenges) sometimes frightening (when I am helplessly worried about a family member\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s well-being); and sometimes they allow me to engage the flying moment in a spirit of enjoyment.\u00c2\u00a0 All require time and space to appear and knowledge to answer the call.<\/p>\n

Is it possible to allow time and knowledge the space to unfurl–instead of the tension and stress that sees undone things demanding attention?\u00c2\u00a0 How refreshing it would be to allow knowledge to enter the field before me so that I can follow along: a willing student appreciating an opportunity to learn.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to push aside obstacles, beat the clock to the punch, or discover hidden methods before I can set out on today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps time will bring the knowledge I need if I just unfurl the sail\u00e2\u20ac\u201dso that a breeze out past the end of the jetty can presently fill the sails.<\/p>\n

Or as Franz Kafka puts it: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is a point when the current sweeps you away.\u00c2\u00a0 That is the point that must be reached.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We might say that zero can allow for sixteen directions, points that we could mark out on its circumference and note as potential directions for movement.\u00c2\u00a0 It is as though we had found sixteen different \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. \u00c2\u00a0SDTS … Continue reading →<\/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":[136,74,70,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-self","category-space","category-zeroless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967","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=6967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}