James: At the CEC, we celebrate a plurality of practices. It is our hope that holding an attitude of non-judgement and sampling widely gives us the best chance of finding an approach that works. There is a cost, though, typical of our modern world. With so many options, how do we choose? Once we do, … Continued
James: There are at least as many bits of advice about how to meditate as there are on how to write stories. The most important rule, though, is shared by each: ass to chair. Or cushion, depending. From these, answers emerge. Questions. Characters. Plot lines. There’s something else that helps with both too. Vocabulary. Not … Continued
James: With time spent calling our attention again and again to the now, it can appear that things happen less TO us, and more through. Minor annoyances, visions of the past or anticipations of the future rise and fall like the whine of passing ambulance. On what window does this experience rise? Is it the same … Continued
James: Riffing off Baso and Hyakujo’s goose fest, we will explore what the riddle points to, begin with the simplest taste of concentration, trying to pour our awareness as fully as possible to an object of attention, see how much real estate it can take up, taste the flavour of absorption (licorice!).
James: In the interactive part, just because I’m wont to do it, we’ll hold these as we join the rivers and lakes of our cymatic bodyscape, rolling wherever the music takes us.