Well, it\u2019s been a while, and I apologize for my too-long absence from posting. It has been a very interesting summer, including most recently an incredible workshop experience in the Seattle area. A truly amazing group assembled there with care and openness and something lovely occurred. Indescribable by me, but maybe others present might comment. It was a learning experience for me as well. I am realizing afresh how ready we are to begin living a truly different life. I could not have imagined the loving willingness that shows up when there\u2019s a chance to tell one another the truth about what\u2019s going on inside us. <\/p>\n
We held as a subtext to \u201cThe Possible Life\u201d that nothing has to change, (and that changes everything – my dear Holly\u2019s addendum). What an amazing dance to watch as we held hands with that challenge and whirled about until we found ourselves in step with it. We also danced with \u2018it\u2019s easier than you think\u2019, a favorite of mine since it brings such glee along with it.<\/p>\n
Here is the in-the-moment mechanism of \u201cThe Possible Life\u201d: Living attentively in the moment with whatever there is, including movements of the \u201cme\u201d. No resistance, no judgment, no trying. Sounds like a daunting task, but it\u2019s really just exactly what we truly want. What happens then? What\u2019s the response to life? Not \u2018my response\u2019, but THE response. There is one and it is an intelligent motion that can lead a person\u2019s life and is wholly different in experience and consequence from the unsupported reactions of thought. The very first effect is to disarm the \u201cme\u201d which is exposed for what it is, a false sense of identity. We realize that we are actually a learning, responsive curiosity. <\/p>\n
This is The Possible Life. Its leading edge is ever and only in the present. It turns out to be an intelligent, responsive aliveness that loves life, dare not resist it, but flows easily along, participating in it. The alternative on our earth has been living in time from my ideas, ideals, reactions, knowledge, etc. with all the angst and drama that creates. Now we know we can be free of that life. <\/p>\n
There’s a great deal more that can be said about this, but I’ll await comments and questions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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