Losing Oneself

Author: Simon Ellis

  • there are no solitary beings

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    The Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh describes that none of us is a separate self, but rather we are interbeings. Whatever I am doing, the energy of mindfulness enables me to do it as “us,” through interbeing, not as “me.” When I hold a calligraphy brush, I know I cannot remove my father from my…

  • immersed, embodied awareness that is entirely fluid

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    Simon Ellis
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    Here’s Jay Garfield from his book Losing Ourselves: … the focused attention of the expert is entirely on the task at hand and on the goals to be accomplished through that task. It is immersed, embodied awareness, and awareness that is entirely fluid, adjusting to the ever-changing demands of the task at hand. Nothing resembling…