A Unique Form of Literature
A Process for the Transfer of Energy and Feeling: George Saunders on the Key to Great Storytelling
Maria Popovabrainpickings.orgMYSTERY SCHOOL: What could this look like? How could a group of people share and co-develop these practices?
L1, ATTENTION: What are the actual practices to train your attention? Do breathing exercises. Try the different types of meditation (eyes open/closed, mindfulness, mantras, and void states). Add symbolic meaning to how you eat, wash, and
Rather than add to our storehouse of learned information, these stories help us “unlearn” and break down the neurotic, mental-emotional patterns that protect our false sense of who we are. As we go beyond these boundaries, we may find ourselves in the province of wild nature. We discover an inner landscape, less controlled yet richer than that of
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One could say that the whole complex of a Mullah story mirrors back to us deep tendencies of our mind or behavior that we may not have known we had. These impressions, or “voices,” lie buried in our nafs (similar to the subconscious). So when we recognize ourselves in a story, the laughter disarms and hopefully illuminates a part of our inner self.
Neil Douglas-Klotz • The Little Book of Sufi Stories: Ancient Wisdom to Nourish the Heart
Carry a story around in your mind so you can dwell on it in leisure moments. That will give it a chance to work on your subconscious and reveal its hidden meaning. You will then be surprised to see how it comes to you quite unexpectedly just when you need it to light up an event or situation and bring you insight and inner healing. That is when you
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