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Not Knowing
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5d •
Contemplating
I find it really hard to contemplate, sometimes I manage it well but I need to be really focused. When I try I find my mind wandering into every day issues yet i don’t seem to have a problem meditating.
0 likes • 8h
In the discipline of yoga there are the yoga sutras, the second states that yoga is the control of thoughts of the mind. A person who was more experienced than me translated to; yoga is the cessation of thoughts. Cessation and control have different meaning. When l practice something let's say contemplating it requires discipline, at some point l need to let go of the " steering wheel" and experience my work and see if what I am doing is effective. For me control means struggle or efforting. What if at some point contemplating becomes a cessation of effort and l am being the contemplation
25d •
Contemplations on movement and time.
In the context of movement (change), time does not actually exist. Upon the invention of time (language-numbers) we now have an agreement dividing the series of movements into the 'context of time'. We invent histories and extrapolations (i.e. 'future'), all which don't exist but are derived from the context of movement. We essentially live in the context of time inventing a series of now's, instead of actual Now. Can 'time-travel' actually take place? Probably not, since travel (getting from A to B) occurs objectively (physical) and is prior to the concept of time, not the other way around. We can only really 'travel' or go somewhere in physical world allowed for by the body (biological) interacting with its environment. If time does not exist, and serves only as a useful invention, then age may not exist. Just a series of biological changes. More contemplating... Thank you.
2 likes • 23d
Something that Peter once said that has stayed with me and has given me insight to a direct experience, " In time there is Now - In Now there is no time". Have fun with that
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A possibility could be that time is a dimension, and rather than think of it as a past or future thing, it is a barrier. Like what someone in a 2 dimensional world, would think of what a 3rd dimension might be. I have another Peterism for you. I was injured at a Cheng Hsin T'ui Shou workshop, l was disappointed l couldn't participate. Peter advised me to get the technique by watching the students do the technique. l told Peter l didn't know how to do that, his response was; " It's like an Ant counting" , needless to say l was totally perplexed and asked him to elaborate. He only said" to an Ant counting doesn't exist". I " know " time exist, at least in my dimension. What could it be in another?
Jul 28 •
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?
1 like • 23d
One could get scientific about feeling just for kicks. There is a six sense in our bodies actually. It is our body awareness sense. It exists in our " reptilian" brain as Peter would say. Most of the time when l move its done unconsciously, like walking, I don't have to think about it. It is possible to access this part of my brain just by paying attention to a small part of a movement of walking. It is a choice l can make or not. I can still walk without paying attention. This sense is always there like hearing or touching.
Jun 12 •
What comes after Whereof One Cannot Speak?
Just finished listening to this on Audible, I also have the book. Unsurprisingly it’s difficult to find words to describe it. It felt like Peter was reading my mind as he wrote, knowing what mischief my mind and self were likely to be up to as I listened and calling them out. When I finally got to the end I fell quiet and felt peaceful, if a bit beaten up. How do you follow that? I asked myself - I still have one - working in progress. The answer was loud and clear - ‘The Book of Not Knowing’ start all over again. Looking forward to listening to it for the umpteenth time with new ears and a better grasp. What a privilege to have Peter’s work in our lives. Thank you.
0 likes • 26d
I find it difficult to read more than a few pages, ( maybe a chapter), of any of Peters numerous books. I have one of Peter's first books, "The Principals Of Effortless Power", that l am continually referring to. By difficult l mean there are layers of information packed into what and how he writes. It sems to me each time l read or reread something that Peter has written a different experience or interpretation comes up for me. It has been helpful for me to have attended workshops given by Peter, it has given me some context to refer to or a shift that l made, and by reading his books it helps me continue on my path of waking up
27d •
Is Gratitude a principle? Consequences of Gratitude
I notice that when I feel down, I may begin listing parts of my experience that I genuinely appreciate. As a result, I feel lighter. Would you say Gratitude is a principle? What does it do in your experience?
3 likes • 26d
Gratitude for me is a gift with no strings attached. The other day l misplaced my wallet, ( it fell out of my pocket getting out of my car), l didn't realize it was gone until l was teaching my Tai Chi class, l felt it would be found again, but l wasn't sure. When l got to my car, it there on the floor of the car. It was more than relief, l felt grateful and said thank you to no one in particular. ln the past l would have felt that l didn't deserve it, that l was somehow unworthy, it was my fault, l should be more careful. My experiencing being grateful is unfolding as l clear away my past beliefs and my expectations about how gratitude works. lt's kinda like a surprise, l guess l could say it comes from not knowing.
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@patrick-dinger-7560
Tai Chi instructor, long time Peter Ralston student, many workshops, committed to being present
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