This is a little late to be asking this — and, truth be told, I was waiting for more activity from others before putting up yet another post — but I wanted to ask a few general questions about working with Exercise 9.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0The first is, how have you been working with Part B of Ex 9?\u00c2\u00a0 I found it harder to “open up” or get into this part than the others.\u00c2\u00a0 I think the notion of “opening sense experience” seemed a little abstract to me.\u00c2\u00a0 I tried to play with this in several ways — noticing “borders” in my soundscape, for instance, or noticing a sense of being the “receiver” of some sensory experience, and trying to relax these distinctions.\u00c2\u00a0 But I never went very “deep” in this part, and usually moved on fairly quickly to C.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone have any pointers?<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0The second is, I am curious to hear how people have practiced part C.\u00c2\u00a0 I described my first week’s attempts in a previous post.\u00c2\u00a0 This week, I let go of the creative visualization exercise (transforming each thought into an actual character) and instead just let thoughts “be” characters, in more of a metaphorical way, seeing different feeling tones, tensions, intentionalities, etc, as the “costume” of the thought.\u00c2\u00a0 Not transforming<\/em> the thought, but just relating to it (the thought and its aura and context)\u00c2\u00a0through the “metaphor” of character\/costume\/play.\u00c2\u00a0 This exercise also tended to bring thought to a slower pace, and I had a sense of space opening “between” thought, but I also didn’t go “deep” this week and felt I mostly went through the motions.\u00c2\u00a0 For some reason, I just didn’t have the energy for sustained inquiry.<\/p>\n Maybe next week.\u00c2\u00a0 :-)<\/p>\n All the best,<\/p>\n Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a little late to be asking this — and, truth be told, I was waiting for more activity from others before putting up yet another post — but I wanted to ask a few general questions about working … Continue reading