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So, I'm hesitant.If there is anything in the world I'm interested in personally, it is whether a group/session can be focused and cohesive without being 'driven'. I remember a dear friend telling me once that when he stayed with a group of monks, that there was a sense thatwith time that the group practices... and in this I took to mean almost a way of blending of selves and dropping of ego within relationship, itself reflected everyone's personal devotion and practice. I'm at a rather sensitive time in my life and am not really interested in being driven or driving, butmore in learning to be better mannered and gentle somehow, to walk along sharing heart notes, and to be at the service of what some call 'the magic in the middle'.
On the topic of metaphor, not much to add to Bruce's wonderful examples. Our I-Ching discussion of the difference between koans and metaphor, I found to be very helpful. If we know all metaphors fall short, then there isn't a need to be too picky I think. Rather there is something else that is pointed to....
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So, I'm hesitant.If there is anything in the world I'm interested in personally, it is whether a group/session can be focused and cohesive without being 'driven'. I remember a dear friend telling me once that when he stayed with a group of monks, there was a sense with time that the group practices... and in this I took to mean almost a blending of selves and dropping of ego within relationship, itself reflected everyone's personal devotion and practice. I'm at a rather sensitive time in my life and am not really interested in being driven or driving, more in learning to be better mannered and gentle somehow, to walk along sharing heart notes, and to be at the service of what some call 'the magic in the middle'.
On the topic of metaphor, not much to add to Bruce's wonderful examples. Our I-Ching discussion of the difference between koans and metaphor, I found to be very helpful. If we know all metaphors fall short, then there isn't a need to be too picky I think. Rather there is something else that is pointed to.
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So, I'm hesitant.If there is anything in the world I'm interested in personally, it is whether a group/session can be focused and cohesive without being 'driven'. I remember a dear friend telling me once that when he stayed with a group of monks, that there was a sense that that the group practices... and in this I took to mean almost a way of blending of selves and dropping of ego within relationship, itself reflected everyone's personal devotion and practice. I'm at a rather sensitive time in my life and am not really interested in being driven or driving, but in learning to be at the service of what some call 'the magic in the middle'.
On the topic of metaphor, not much to add to Bruce's wonderful examples. Our I-Ching discussion of the difference between koans and metaphor, I found to be very helpful. If we know all metaphors fall short, then there isn't a need to be too picky I think. Rather there is something else that is pointed to...
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