Category: Awareness
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Vision
The (first) presentation went well; I was tempted into attending the big social climaxes of this first conference (dinner, concert), but while taking a break in the concert hall to work on the second presentation, I realized I needed to go home and really spend time on it. And so came home… spent the past…
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…scattered…
My guest has finally arrived; a charming, sweet, small man, very elegant and friendly. And although he has dramatic stories about the various and confusing mistravels (new word!) of the past three days, he is quite relaxed and un-stressed about it. (Caracas, Madrid, Paris, here – does that sound like a direct or convenient route…
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Analysis
Monday/Tuesday: the sequence of actions – (a) Awakened early, stomach in difficulties, feeling stressed. Attracted to dreams and sleeping (because of avoiding responsibilities, because of the pleasantness of relaxing, because it was chilly out), stayed in bed. (b) Received several phone calls, tried to ignore, let machine take messages. Finally answered one call on my…
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The hillside
‘And I fell asleep and had this dream’: after continuing to read about awareness, eternity, and timeless responses to tragedy or despair in the Upanishads and Buddhism and Taoism; after the last in a long chain of long days of meetings, tired of but not upset about so many things, and after some champagne (the…
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Suspendu
Hanging between: the restaurant banquet table, and the bathroom door. Or at the table, D– on one side, B– on the other. Between the conversation and the piano: and the imagination of doing something with the piano. Standing among D–’s explications and my doubts. The walk home – between these green summer trees and blue…
Paul Attinello 