Principles 34 - Moments that open up what is authentic and real

MOMENTS THAT OPEN UP WHAT IS AUTHENTIC AND REAL



THAT — WHATEVER THAT IS — COMES TO PASS WHEN WE OPEN SPACE UP OR SLOW TIME DOWN. THAT FEELS LIKE THE AUTHENTIC INSIDE US. LIKE FREEDOM. LIKE WE HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH WHAT IS ALIVE INSIDE US.

OPENING SPACE UP



WHEN WE OPEN SPACE UP, A GRID OF SOME SORT SEEMS TO DISSOLVE MAKING AVAILABLE FREEDOM TO MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN SOMETHING “TAKES UP SPACE”, IT “CROWDS OUT” WAYS TO MOVE, WAYS TO BE, WAYS TO RESONATE.

SLOWING TIME DOWN



WHEN WE SLOW TIME DOWN, A BROADER VIEW EMERGES THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OK EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT AND SO LIGHTENS THE LOAD WE CARRY.

MAKING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY IS LIKE MAKING A MAP



WHEN MAN FIRST BEGAN MAKING MAPS, THE MAPS OFTEN HAD A LOT OF BLANK SPACE BECAUSE MUCH OF THE EARTH WAS UNCHARTED. JUST LIKE US.

THE SHAPE OF THE WORLD WAS DEFINED BY WHAT THEY KNEW AT THE TIME (WHERE THERE WAS LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT). JUST LIKE US.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE GIVE SHAPE TO OUR OWN MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY, WE DEAL IN A SPACE NOT DEFINED BY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BUT ANOTHER. TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE . . .

THIS IS A VIEW OF TIME AND SPACE AS WE KNOW IT



FOR A WORLD MAP, THE BARS CORRESPOND TO INFORMATION DEPICTED ON THE MAP. AS WE COME TO KNOW MORE, THE DENSITY OF OUR INFORMATION INCREASES AND SO THE MAP COMES TO REFLECT WHAT IS TRUE.

FOR OUR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BODY, THE BARS NOW REPRESENT FENCE POSTS THAT HIDE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. THEY ARE IN FRONT OF AND BLOCK THE SPACE WE WISH TO SHED LIGHT UPON.

BY MAKING OUR FENCE POSTS AS WIDE APART AS WE CAN, WE OPEN THINGS UP TO SEE (REMEMBER) AND IN SO DOING GIVE OUR MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY LIFE AND FORM.


EXAMPLE 1: SMELLING A FLOWER




EXAMPLE 2: PLAYING IN THE RAIN




EXAMPLE 3: WONDERING ABOUT STUFF




EXAMPLE 4: ENJOYING A FIRE