Thomas - this is so dear. And so true. I know it in my body and in my heart.
Barbara
Barbara Ashley Phillips
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[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Bryson
Sent: September-20-12 9:13 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Woody Allen/judgement
Dear Michael,
I would agree with you that 'primary' is an artifact of logical thought. It
is a conceptual abstraction, appropriate in some contexts, irrelevant in
others. Appropriate when it points a client away from a secondary repeating
pattern of behavior into feeling the primary emotion that is hidden
underneath. Irrelevant perhaps from the view from Beyond.
When the question 'what is primary' is asked and one doesn't seek an answer
to the question, the question functions to open a space. Even though the
term primary may have a limited context where it is appropriate, the asking
can still function as a koan, as a step beyond knowing.
Whether the Beyond is called holomovement, a non-local, a-temporal network
or morphic field, the Beyond stays beyond cognition and is resistant to our
efforts to grasp it.
By occupying the space that is opened by any good question and one does not
collapse the possibilities through conceptual thinking, a deeper meeting
between observer and observed can take place - a meeting where you and I can
recognize that what is looking out my eyes is precisely the same as what is
looking out your eyes. Even though what is actually looking remains
ungraspable.
Rather than thinking that something 'goes out the eyes' as in the classical
model, it seems to me more like a local recognition of the non-local
reality. My view is that through the recognition of oneness of
consciousness, spirit or whatever it is, that there is actually increased
freedom for individuation. That is perhaps one of the delicious paradoxes we
find in systemic thinking and practice.
Alone. All One.
Thomas Bryson
On Sep 20, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Michael Reddy <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thomas, Roberrt, Allopen the space through inquiry and then to occupy that openness and see what
Thomas wrote:
As for the question, what is primary? A perfect question for opening
up a space of inquiry! Sometimes it feels right to narrow the space
and focus on a smaller context and at the same time it appeals to simply
if "primary" is an artifact of logical thought? You pick your primaries and
Here's a question. What if the term "primary" really doesn't apply? What
manipulated. And you find, well, another primary, at the opposite end of
But further away, further around, things get less well explained or
finally consciousness are supposed to be epiphenomena that emerge from it.
So quantum physics starts out, and chemistry, biology, psychology, and
by picking different primaries. Maybe something does "go out of the eyes"
Rupert Sheldrake tries to turn various "dogmas" of science on their heads
do, but the universe, Bohm's "holomovement," my "non-local, a-temporal
Anyway, my question is--what if "primary" is something thought tries to
Stretching language here a bit, but it's fun. :-)
Best,
Michael
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