phenomenology

But then, something miraculous began to change. I began to see that if I shifted my internal relationship with meeting reality, it softened and moved. It became permeable. I saw that my relationship with everything required me to meet it and allow it to be fluid. I saw that reality was something to fall in love with, in my moment to moment... See more

“There can be no experience of the world without the experiencer and that, my dear friends, is us.”

“Before anyone can make theories or get data or have ideas about the world, there must be the raw presence of being-in-the-world. The world doesn’t appear in the abstract to a disembodied perspective floating in space… it appears to us, exactly where... See more

The place we generally start is with the body. Do you trust it? Are you aware of its signals? Do you know how to take your phenomenology seriously and move your finger? Ironically, putting our minds before our bodies pushes us to a default where our mental pre conceptions pre empt our direct experience. We ignore the reality before us, because it... See more

@dthorson motivated me to revisit my previous attempt to rework the “window of tolerance model,” which I’m calling “the window of trust.” Please offer any thoughts, feedback, insights, or questions. https://t.co/AbDElaQgdD