Retrospective - Path of Practice

Final night of course, with Paul present in person.

Retrospective:

That speaks loudest which needs to be heard!

"I listen not just to what you say but to what makes you say it.
I listen to what prompts me to listen..."

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An increasing awareness of the subtleties is accompanied by an appreciation of the complexities involved in developing awareness. A particular and growing emphasis on the body/breath - an appreciation of the body as a register of 'the world according to me'.

The 'gateless gate': no-thinking (Dogen)
The accumulations of the self ('the gift of the neurotic self', Paul Haller, Benburb) (emotions, memories, observations) become the obstacle. Self is Liberation. I am Liberation (big mind).
The suchness, or isness encompasses but is not reducible to any concept.