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Pushing past feelings
I wanted to ask your opinions on some matter Is there always an aspect of "pushing past" feelings or drives when it comes to questioning, questioning self activities, or pushing past mental barriers? I notice when I start to question past my normal barriers, there's almost always an aspect of hesitation, even if simultaneously there is excitement or exhilaration or some such What are your thoughts?
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Hi Devin, It might be good to get clear on your question (e.g. Who am I?) and stay there. Thoughts and feelings, stories, distractions etc. will certainly come up. Don't worry about it. Stay on track like a laser beam. Get conscious or die tryin', that's my 50 cents :P RD
Love as a principle
Peter talks about aligning with principles - such as honesty, mastery, etc. - instead of living from one's own "small self" (my framing), driven by fears and desires. It feels to me that love is also a principle. What I mean by love is doing something purely for the benefit of others, without any expectation of a reward. I am not really sure I can frame it as a principle, I suspect my understanding is still too vague. But there is something. I'll keep you posted :)
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Good one Jakub, thanks. Love as a principle in the context of where we live: Maybe, getting another person as just that. That shape (biological entity), their stories/life, their strategies, their agendas, their uniqueness. The principle of joining is coming up. Joining the feeling charge of another's presence, join the thought of another. Unconditional joining as an operating principle may not be love anymore as we know it. Love is certainly attractive as a feeling state 😊 In the ENB workshop Peter & Brendan facilitate 'turning into' which seems relevant to human interaction vs 'it itself' which I find more applicable to non-human objects. Cheers, RD
Body feeling
Could someone explain to me what peter means by feeling the whole body please? Does he mean to be aware of all finger tips and toes etc at the same time or is that getting fixated with the body image? I sometimes experience the body as a kind of sensory orb as when I close my eyes I can't really feel were the skin ends and the world begins. Am I in the right direction here or way off track?
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Hi Sandra, Did you receive 'Body Being: Feeling Without Seeing, by Ethan Martin' from the Cheng Hsin newsletter? Great video to address your question with exercises etc. 👍 Email [email protected]
What is the nature of civilization?
Listening to the latest Ralston Podcast which prompted some contemplations: What is the nature of civilization? Somethings coming up about a collective morphing-persistence based on a linchpin of the invention language and agreements. I'll share something and dialogue if anything comes up in the coming days.... Cheers, RD
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Holding this like a dyad which I find useful in this work: 5-minute Civilization contemplation: As if something wasn't then it was. Almost as if an inherited 'other' that we share. I didn't experience a round planet when I was 5 years old until I learned about it at school. I had to learn language, to know. Learned to believe. I learned everything. I learned all about ancient civilizations and culture...dinosaurs... I was always pointing... when I could speak... ask questions, pointed... What's this... What's that... I imitated. I confused and fused much of the new knowledge and world I was creating. Shared agreements. Capability over. Ability to manipulate. Walk, talk, move, get good grades, make friends, fall over. Develop an identity. Again, as if inheriting 'other'. Thank you.
Investigating Emotions: Comfort
Thanks, Viktor, for the video and exercises! I'll let you know if anything comes up 👍 "Notice the constant drive to be comfortable. Do not ignore it, judge it, or make it wrong. Just see it as part of your experience. Watch how it shows up in your body, your choices, your relationships, your work, and your inner life. ​ Then ask yourself: "How would my experience change if I did not care about comfort at all? How would my pursuit of truth change?" ​ You do not have to become uncomfortable. Just see what becomes available when comfort is no longer the issue." Notice - if you only pursue comfort, what would happen? What happens in your career if you only pursue comfort? What happens in your relationships if you only pursue comfort? What happens in your life if you only pursue comfort?"
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@Sandra Edwards I'm getting more and more the consequences of pursuing comfort is gradual disempowerment......first complacency.... then boredom.... then suffering.... then general dissatisfaction ......then existential emptiness and despair.... Like the analogy of a frog in slowly boiling water, comfortable until it's too late and becomes cooked. On a related note, I've been listening to the Founders Podcast (thanks Brendan Lea & Nick Gallarza) and noticing pretty much all the creators actively embraced prolonged Discomfort. Very interesting. A comfort in discomfort...
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Now, what would it be like to transcend comfort and discomfort? More work.... "How would my experience change if I did not care about comfort at all? How would my pursuit of truth change?" "You do not have to become uncomfortable. Just see what becomes available when comfort is no longer the issue."
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