Beyond surface what of death
Beyond surface what of death lasts? What are its boons? Think perhaps in the direction of poignancy….
:- Doug.
Archive for May 1st, 2016
When she stood up and looked upon the starry night
When the human stood up and looked upon the starry night it was the birth of reflection yes, and also of wonder. These may be aspects one of the other, or divergent developments, enriching each other.
:- Doug.
What other things do we do together?
Listen to your heart, listen to your breathing. Notice the other’s breathing. Notice your movements together. Do we each fold our arms? Do we respond to the other’s nods, gestures? Does the same gesture follow one particular movement? When one person gets up at the end of the meeting, others do too. What other things do we do together, consciously or half-consciously? What can we notice?
:- Doug.
When without words
How do we converse when without words: maybe with rhythm, rhythms of which we are not aware, but might find ways to notice.
:- Doug.
A fertile field
So seeing the world as conversation, and conversation as rhythm and entrainment of rhythm is a fertile field for exploration, harvesting, planting.
:- Doug.
Chit-chat entrainment
Chit-chat might be entrainment of our breathing and consciousness—or avoiding of it.
:- Doug.
Deeper than speech
If this view is correct, conversation is deeper than speech, deeper than body language or gesture. Conversation can include and might stem from something unconscious and from outside us, even outside our time. Our conversational horizon might be beyond our ken, our ability to imagine.
:- Doug.
