I’ve appreciated the posts this week. They show something of the ways you (we grapple) with our not-knowing and finds ways to penetrate it.<\/p>\n
Karin is right to point to the “little openings in the background” that we may not ordinarily notice. In fact, this is one of the main ways in which our study of the TSK vision manifests: not so much in the sudden insights, though they help, as in the subtle transformations in daily experience.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Michael speaks of another possibility for accessing knowledge. It is often said that you have to “hit bottom” before you can give up on old patterns, and that is what Michael describes here.<\/p>\n
Putting these two observations together, it may be that we should be more attuned to the little ways in which we “hit bottom” all the time, the moments when we feel dissatisfied, or when we start looking around for distraction. One that I have been looking at (partly in connection with a class on Skillful Means that I’m teaching) is the times of day when my energy flags. What do I do then, and how do I deal with the tendency to give up on my own awareness? The point here is to accept our negativity, our dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n
Hayward and Christopher have good things to say about approaches to engaging aliveness. For Hayward, it’s a method; for Christopher it’s unexpected awakenings. His comment about “lighting up knowing from within” is related to the themes we’ll be exploring in our conference call.<\/p>\n
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I’ve appreciated the posts this week. They show something of the ways you (we grapple) with our not-knowing and finds ways to penetrate it. Karin is right to point to the “little openings in the background” that we may not … Continue reading