From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Sat Oct 02 2004 - 10:03:26 BST
Greetings,
I think mind is very curious. In painting I bumped up against some 'habits
of mind' (SQ), and an idea dawned. I was actually trying to use a more
generous application of paint, but no matter what I did I continued to be
skimpy with the paint. It seemed an unconscious process. It was extremely
frustrating.
Then one day I realized many of the steps just below the 'stingy
application of paint' were habit (SQ): the amount of paint I put on the
palette, the brush was too small, the canvas was too porous, etc.. If I
began to work with these lower level steps, I would change the dynamics of
applying paint. WaLaa!! I can take this whole lump of habit and move it
towards DQ. Move it with some awareness. I may, or may not, make
changes. The changes I do make can be temporary, or permanent. Whatever
seems to work. It's the awareness and choice that is fun. Of course with
painting, the choices are not really monumental. (Not like how to feed the
world. Or how to get humanity to stop killing each other.) Hmm.
This definitely seems a hierarchical method of thinking, and it is a 'habit
of thought'. Like 'theater in the round', I bet there is 'thought in the
round'. Multitasking and recursive are common in programming.
Does everyone in the world know this stuff but me? To be honest, in
writing this stuff my ego is growing and shrinking at a rapid rate. It's
really pathetic. Why should I care either way? This is where the mind
should learn to let go. Ahhh. It's yes, no, and all of the above.
MarshaV
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