\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDarkness that reduces light to substance\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 makes sense for me, in my daily experience, when I think of moments when, in the act of living them I tend to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcclose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 their potential openness in ready, particular and personal \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmeanings\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and actions which seem to be the only possible \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcanswer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to the situation I am living. And it seems to me that I do that way because I am normally \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcin a hurry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to make sense of things and respond to things and people (very much in a future-oriented way). I don’t give it time for the answer to come by itself, I put myself ahead of the answer which naturally belongs to the situation.<\/p>\n
Instead, when I let experience unfold by itself (very much in the way Kum Nye exercises unfolds by themselves), it is not \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcme\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 responding, it is something unfolding. When experience unfolds by itself, and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 am just attending to it, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is not reduced to substance, but it is just revealing itself in open possibilities and appearances. Instead, when \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 respond, I give just \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 possibility and this one possibility tends to reduce light to substance.<\/p>\n
Jack, you wrote this week: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOur self-centered patterns are themselves an expression of light, and as the reading suggests, the barriers we encounter can themselves become the subject of inquiry.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Following my line of expression, could I say that my self-centered pattern is light reduced to substance and my inquiry into it opens other possibilities, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmelting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 substance back into light?<\/p>\n
Marcia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDarkness that reduces light to substance\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 makes sense for me, in my daily experience, when I think of moments when, in the act of living them I tend to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcclose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 their potential openness in ready, particular and personal \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmeanings\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and … Continue reading