Chapter 1, Awakening The Machine
Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Teresa Dietze | Filed under: UncategorizedSound File of Chapter 1:
Awakening the Machine
Feel free to leave comments on the chapter, below.
“To know others is wisdom. To know yourself is enlightenment.” Lao Tsu
If you missed the first TeleCourse meeting click the link below. This call was our first–somewhat awkward–attempt to switch from internet-TV-only mode to a hybrid with telephone participants. It does contain useful information for beginning to get into The Work.
As you read each chapter, please note down any questions that come up, to ask during the next group call.
Sharing your experiences will make the course a richer experience for everyone.
This comment, from Silverdale (from the Justin TV log during the course) is a wonderful summary of the first exercise: “The objective is to have the non-phenomenal part of ourself observe the physical part as it passes through the day.”
Here are some of the activities class members will observe themselves doing during the week as they do the exercise:
I can watch myself when i’m cooking
Making tea in the morning
Brushing my teeth
Driving the same route to work
Doing laundry
I choose to perform this weeks exercise by head brain observation of placing my tshirt on, 1st thing in the morning.
Feeding the animals.
Loading and unloading the dish washer