Category: The Sense of ‘I’

What do we consider to be ourself? What is this sense of ‘I’?

by Elisa Eidner
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Beyond ‘I’

How do we go beyond ourselves to awaken, beyond ‘I’? What Happened to ‘I’? I am sitting in a cafe.  My fingers gently engage the cup.  I pick it up and take a sip.  In this instant, I am.  I feel the energy of my being inhabiting my internal spaces, visible and invisible.  I recognize the taste of my own […]

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by Girard Haven
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Levels of Work – Steps in Separation

These, then, are five ways to work with a ‘negative’ situation: (1) to change the situation; (2) to change the machine’s reaction to the situation; (3) to separate from the situation; (4) to separate from oneself; and (5) to turn the focus of one’s attention toward something higher. They do not replace each other but rather build on one another.

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by David Tuttle
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‘I’ and not ‘I’

Who is this ‘I’ one calls oneself? My teacher recently said to us, “Remember, anything that says ‘I’ is not you.” When first reading about the division into ‘I’ and ‘David’, I did not understand it exactly. Fortunately, it was clear what we were to avoid. When we begin the work, the tendency is to […]

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