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· Apr 1

“self-love” has this frustrating marketing problem a lot of other things also have, that while in some sense it ought to refer to this broad universal thing, in practice it’s read as having an extremely narrow and specific “love and light” aesthetic many people don’t relate to

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talked in his intro imaginal workshop about "views of imaginal practice" - e.g. do you view it as manipulating your own mind, as healing your wounds, as contacting spirits and gods, as an exercise in manifestation, etc.

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· Apr 10

1 spot left on this introductory imaginal workshop, dm me if you want to be added to the list

these quite different views have quite different aesthetics, will be attractive to quite different people, and perhaps (although i wouldn't know) have quite different effects; river emphasized the importance of finding one you vibe with, and i've been thinking about that broadly

one could talk, for example, of views of meditation, views of shadow work, views of therapy; in my own personal view of things these are actually all themselves views of a more fundamental basic practice

it's funny for me to think about how specific the implications of using specific words are because in mathematical training you are taught to cleanly separate syntax and semantics; you learn that there is a way that mathematical entities work independent of what you call them

so i feel like my relationship to language has for a long time been to automatically distinguish the finger pointing at the moon from the moon, so to speak; once you know where the moon is you don't need the finger anymore but for *communication* the finger is still paramount

also from mathematical training my inclination is to make terminology as consistent as possible so people know when they're talking about the same thing; but in the view of views perhaps one ought to let a thousand views bloom instead, for maximum reach

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talks at various points in his book about how a fully general practice needs to be able to "eat itself"; part of what i think this means is that you need to be able to reconceptualize and re-view practice in your own terms meditationbook.page/#169b

when you meditate are you viewing it as quieting the mind? strengthening mental muscles? getting in touch with god? mark's book's view is that "meditation is concrete problem solving" which is quite unusual afaict but which i happen to love capture.dropbox.com/tIlMX0Acs0rm9q

one of the things that most draws me to mark's view of meditation is the sense of freedom i see in it. every possible motion the bodymind is capable of is in play. it's so much more than following the breath. improvisation with one's entire instrument

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· Jan 5

meditation does not have to involve sitting down, you do not have to be still, you do not have to be quiet, you do not have to be alone, you do not have to be in a group, you do not have to be inside, you do not have to control your thoughts, you do not have to control anything

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12:52 AM · Apr 11, 2022Twitter Web App

this is all related to the point i try to make in my twitter bio

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