What's Going On
What is actually going on in our minds? We know less than we think we do. In the sections below we will look at how we unconsciously and habitually move away from discomfort, whether it serves us to do so or not.
In this, we are aided by the frameworks, habitual behaviour patterns, thought patterns, belief systems and strategies we have developed over a lifetime. These are some of the threads we will ‘pull’ to look at why it’s so uncommon and so difficult for us to actually be in the moment.
It can’t be emphasized enough that we are identifying these threads in order to see them, not in order to change or fix anything. We are aiming to develop an intimacy with this very moment, with all that it contains.
“Most spaces we find ourselves in require us, without our even realizing it, to narrow ourselves down and reduce our persons in order to ‘fit in’. We sense the subtle expectations of our environment and we turn down the flame of our awareness, often until it is barely flickering at all. We are always intuiting others’ expectations of who we should be and what we should see and not see – and we adapt – not just how we act, but more importantly, what we permit ourselves to experience.”
Reginald Ray, “Kobun Chino’s Trailer”, Shambhala Sun November 2002
Moving Away from Discomfort
A Life of Solving Problems
The River of Buried Grief
Frameworks and Belief Systems
Patterns and Strategies
Building, Maintaining and Defending the Self
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