{"id":7930,"date":"2016-11-08T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2020-10-12T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:38:00","slug":"middle-of-the-ripple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7930","title":{"rendered":"Middle of the Ripple\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MIDDLE OF THE RIPPLE\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nThe practice is to just be in the middle of the ripple. Rinpoche writes: <\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the practice of starting in the center. First there is development\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Eventually, something is labeled: an object\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 As soon as there is an identified object, the subject responds or reacts. For instance, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like that chair, because it hurts my back when I sit in it.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Or, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI have no friends so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m upset, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sad and lonely.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

Notice the story doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter that much. The story lets you explain to yourself why you are feeling the way you do, but that is a layer that is added on. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE FEELING, THE REACTION, THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S AT THE CENTER\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I am not separate from the center, because I am having that experience\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I feel and see and notice within the experience\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and my identity is not separate from being in that field\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Just sit there\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the more you sink into it, the more it opens up\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and after a while\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6it begins to move. It ripples outward, through the whole field. You are still in the center, but now the center is expanding\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6when you stay in the center of the feeling\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the movement of the ripple loosens\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6like the ripples on the surface of a lake that gradually subside. You are in <\/strong>the center and of <\/strong>the center, and that means it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all a little different than it was before.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDimensions of Mind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Tarthang Tulku, p.181-3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being in the middle of the ripple reminds me, among other things, of TSK exercise 26, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Transcendence of Pointings<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which in a way deals with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcread-outs<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that ordinary belief structures can be challenged, they can actually be seen as a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcreferring process<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 that ultimately does not really refer to anything beyond the read-out itself. The exercise can lead to a level of experience that transcends meanings. In this exercise you explore knowing both mentally and physically. I find \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfeeling<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the senses serves to anchor the moving mind in the moment\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and immediacy is the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpoint<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a pointless point\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a ripple\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a link to my previous practice notes:
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MIDDLE OF THE RIPPLE\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The practice is to just be in the middle of the ripple. Rinpoche writes: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the practice of starting in the center. First there is development\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Eventually, something is labeled: an object\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 As soon as there is an … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,43,195,107],"tags":[43,195,104,253],"class_list":["post-7930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01-general-tsk-discussions","category-being","category-intimacy","category-process","tag-being","tag-intimacy","tag-presence","tag-ripples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930","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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}