Unending Flow of Time...class 3; wk 6...

Posted on May 9th, 2009 by

For the past several weeks we have been looking into the Dynamics of Time, inquiring into why time seems to ‘press’ down upon us, confining us and smothering us with the ‘already lived’ aspects of a past that is void of ‘aliveness’ and creativity...we have also been looking for ways to ‘experience’ this ‘aliveness’ where the ‘future could be said to come into being’, without the limitations of a past already lived...how is this ‘other’ way of being activated? How can we restore the aliveness of time within our experience? And what is going on when we cannot maintain it?

Quotes from our reading...

"To rediscover the immediate feel of this connection, we can go directly to the point of arising itself: the point in each experience where the future could be said to come into being."

"Within experience we can look for what feels connected to movement and aliveness."

practice notes...

Life is filled with wonder...when I am connecting to the aliveness of the future, I experience the joy of being on the edge of wonder and excitement where everything is possible...there is a ‘feeling’ of being connected to the energy and aliveness of the present without any attachments to the solidity of the past, or an already determined future...experience is flowing; like a dance; filled with energy and the joy of being alive...

When I am not experiencing this, it is only b/c I have focused on some aspect of whatever is going on or has already happened or has yet to have happened, and I am ‘thinking’ about it ‘wanting’ it to be this way or that way...or trying to control it and make it into what I ‘want’ it to be or ‘think’ it should be...instead of just allowing it to be and enjoying it for what it is...when I allow the past to shape what is presenting, then what is presenting is not allowed to dance free...I actually confine it and prevent it from being what it might otherwise be by interpreting it through the eyes and judgments of the past, immediate or otherwise...while I am doing all of this, I loose my connection with the Dynamic of Time...the aliveness of the present on the edge of the future infinitive...disappears, or is veiled by my clouded thinking...creativity is lost; the joy of Being is lost; peace is lost; bliss is lost...in short, I manufacture my own misery...and block myself off from the Spirit of Life.

Joy of Being can also be affected by the choices that I make...everyday I make thousands of choices...I chose to go here instead of there...I choose to be around these people instead of those people...now you might say, ‘I have to go here instead of there’, or ‘I have to be around those people’...but do I really? And even if I find myself in a ‘smothering’ situation, do I not have the ability to ‘do something different’? Can I not at that moment go within my own awareness for clarity? Can I not go within my very Being and touch joy? Is it not up to me to dance within the energy of Time and stay connected to the aliveness of life? Is it not a choice? There may very well be many things I cannot change, but what about the things I can change? Shouldn’t I be paying attention to those things?

I am making healthy choices today...I choose to eat healthy and exercise and participate in my own life...I choose to surround myself with people that love me and encourage me and support me in healthy ways...I choose not to allow anyone to use and abuse me, nor will I give them the power to hurt me...I choose to be responsible for my own beliefs, my own feelings, and my own behavior, and allow others to be responsible for theirs as well...I choose happiness over the alternative, joy in the midst of sorrow, emotional sobriety over insanity, and I am determined to choose positive things and healthy people in my life, giving me an over-all sense of well-being...I also choose to dance on the edge of Time where anything and everything is possible...and freedom is alive...Universe unfolding...where I can dance my way into the Joy of Being...truly alive...creating life anew in every instant that presents itself as the unending flow of Time...

much love and joy to all, always, star...

PRACTICE NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fall 2008 - Unit One: Inquiry, Space

October 6 - December 5, 2008

Davidu
1.  Layers of Mind with TSK
2. Exploring Layers of Mind with TSK
3.  Space of Memories of Layers and Contexts
4.  Expanding with TSK
5.  Expanding - Revealing the Field
6.  Condensing Experience with TSK
7. Week 7, Generating Space
8.  Tracing the Tendency toward Solidity