{"id":888,"date":"2008-11-29T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T18:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/2008\/11\/29\/week-8-trace-the-tendency-of-mind-to-move-toward-solidity%e2%80%a6\/"},"modified":"2013-01-31T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T19:14:26","slug":"week-8-trace-the-tendency-of-mind-to-move-toward-solidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 — Trace the tendency of mind to move toward solidity\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noticed when my brother challenged me on a political opinion I immediately began to separate from him.\u00c2\u00a0 I felt there was a position I needed to defend, the position was part of my conceptual identity.\u00c2\u00a0There was a sense ‘I’<\/u><\/em> was under attack.\u00c2\u00a0 And that he was taking up a position of superiority over me.\u00c2\u00a0There were underlying feelings of resentment, that seemed to underpin my position, and I felt anger bubbling around below the surface.\u00c2\u00a0There was a growing gap between us, as I felt frustration with his closed mindedness, as I also failed to notice the solidity and weight of my own presumptions and acceptance of pre-established beliefs.\u00c2\u00a0I noticed how I was building a constellation of interdependent and self-supporting substance<\/em> to my continuing establishing of my position and self-identity through time and space.<\/p>\n

When I noticed this, there was a relaxing of the tension I held between my position, and the built-up assumptions around the position that I was identifying as my brother.\u00c2\u00a0In this realization once again there was an open playfulness and fluidity about our interactions.<\/p>\n

David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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