The Cloister

Thoughts from today: 

See. Understand. Respond. Notice. Unconditional Presence. Inviting, Allowing. Permission. More Comfortable With The Gaps. Relate To. Awareness.

Later:

"I." Identity. Self. Construct. Self-Representation. Illusory. Internalized Images of Self From Childhood. Attempt At Sameness From Day To Day. "I Don't Know Who I Am." Story; Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Objects Of Consciousness - D. Hume. Endless Stream of Thoughts - W. James. How Will This Change Life As I've Known It?

From readings of A Psychology Of Awakening by John Welwood; The Selected Writings of William James.

Virtual Monk

From Bartlett, New Hampshire: de-escalating myself with my uncle. Rob is nearly finished his first book, on the nature of everything in the universe. It's a pretty big undertaking.

Photo by Rob Richardson