Openness Practice

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Then Too! One can experience openness within everyday life in three other ways of practice: 32

1. Take longer doing something that is usually done, so that the doing can be accomplished within openness perspective rather than a hurried flourish of activity. 2. Not Doing something usually done habitually to offer yourself the joyful delight of just Be-ing Open!

3. Then Too! Because sleeping is naturally an openness practice one can practice and achieve the exceptional value of “sleeping smart”.

Smart Sleeping is knowing that sleep happens within a three stage cycle. They are: Light …show more content…

Then Too! It is important to note here that the “Action of Ignoring” as the attempted desire to “close down” the evolving Universe. And, in that reality, it is the primary “Block” that underlies all the other four stages of the creative and the problem solving processes. The other four Wisdom Awareness’ are blocked and constricted or minimized by the “Action of Ignoring”.

It is also important to note that there is no permanent solidity within reality and, in that light, there is no such thing as a fixed “ignorance” and that is why the block here really does requires an action, an activity, a personal decision to, an intention to ignore the ever present universal openness and its constantly changing evolving reality and to ignore one’s very own inherent awareness and compassion and whatever else that can be aware of and cared for. 35

The Challenge within stage One of the Creative Process …show more content…

William Blake

When the “Action of Ignoring” occurs within one’s direct experience it may be very difficult to notice that happening at first. But gaining that noticing as a practice is the challenge of Stage One that can be met by practicing the noticing of the closing of the sense perception door and opening it once again. And by also accepting the awareness and the pointing out of our closing’s by others, such as family members, friends, colleagues, teachers and even strangers as they compassionately share their noticing with us to be helpful to us. At the same time, actually employing the openness practices on a regular basis are the very best way to experience openness continually. There is no better way to live fully and completely that to be open to the fresh new evolving universe generally and our very own evolving selves as Be-ing the universe all the time or as much as possible.

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