Posts tagged ‘insight’

Resistance to Practice

By Paola Bruni, 30 September, 2006, No Comment

It never fails the palpable feeling of dread and trepidation mixed with fear that surfaces in the minutes before I am to begin my practice.

Getting Out of Your Own [Wu] Wei

By Melissa Campos-Mendez, 29 September, 2006, No Comment

51It’s probably happened to all of us at least once. That unsettling moment when you look at a word you’ve just written and then question its spelling – even though you’ve used it countless times before – because now it appears entirely foreign. Perhaps you’ve had the experience of, upon becoming suddenly aware of being observed walking down the street, watching helplessly as your gait becomes stilted until you feel as though you’re no longer in control of your own limbs. How is it that in this split second we’re reduced to a third grade literacy level or made strangers to our own two feet? Somehow, we must have gotten in our own way.