ILP - Day 24
Hammering the cramps. Community is an overlooked part of my practice, particularly when it comes to the interpersonal aspects of the ILP. The shadow stuff and the 321 process just isn't as immediately appealing as... More »
Hammering the cramps. Community is an overlooked part of my practice, particularly when it comes to the interpersonal aspects of the ILP. The shadow stuff and the 321 process just isn't as immediately appealing as... More »
Scalability. I think I've lauded it before, but one of the best things about the ILP is that it's scalable. So when you have a severe rib injury or whatnot, you can still practice, in... More »
What a crap couple of days. The whole Gafni controversy once again strikes at the heart of the teacher-student relationship. Best to do as Paul says, and just be aware. Constantly aware. That's more than... More »
Today is a photo of a kitten precariously situated on a tree branch, a worried look spread all over its cute little face. HANG IN THERE says the caption. Usually I'd be tempted to smash... More »
My ridiculous run of injuries continues. I had quite a nasty cough after my bout of flu, so nasty that it made me bruise my ribs. That's right, horrible painful bruised ribs, which means I... More »
There's an air of unreality about my current practise. Not because it's going poorly or exceptionally well, but because I'm in an in between state with regard to commitments that doesn't require me to do... More »
One of the key facets of the ILP program is that it's scalable, you can take practises and really work on them one day, then retreat and just do what's manageable on another. I've found... More »
Shadow work is the least intuitive ILP module. Personally, I think I would have ranked some of the auxillary modules (ethics, sex, relationships) above Shadow, and at the moment, at least for me, Shadow work... More »
Day three brought the first mini hiccup, when an unscheduled sleep in and rendevous with an outdoor spa (college is like that sometimes) led to me missing my scheduled jog, and cutting back from the... More »
Homeostasis is the enemy of any transformative practise. Even the ILP - which claims to be about lifelong practise for the sake of practise, rather than just transformation - still entails a shift (gradual-radical or... More »