Title: Spacious Contraction

Gender: Male

Age: 31

Sun Sign: Leo

Chinese Sign: Earth Horse

Location: Fenton, MI

Without attempting to reify the map, I will tell the following tale:  I am conscious being aware of the reality of my being as such.  While the state of being gets ever more real, the being who 'has' this being gets ever less so.  The refresh rate on the symbolic matrix that is 'me' just isn't fast enough these days to be fully (mis)taken for the real. 

In my functional roles I am a doctoral student in clinical psychology who is working to integrate 10+ years of reading in integral theory with practical clinical techniques in light of the clarity and space that seems to increasingly pervade the world.  I am interested in all things integral especially AQAL theory. 

About 18-24 months ago I was fortunate enough to begin to find networks of people who really 'got' me.  I also experienced a rapid period of growth and transition that catalyzed a real shift in my felt sense of self around the same time.  Encouraged by fellows who already populated the interconnectivity that was Zaadz (now Gaia) I decided to join in the emerging community here.

Currently my Integral Life Practice (ILP) is 20-30 min zazen in the AM followed by excercise (alternating daily between freeweights and stationary bike).  At night I listen to Holosync meditation CDs for 60 min.  Throughout the day I try my best to maintain a mindfulness of the space in and of which I am.  I also do individual Big Mind practice and continually revisit the koan Joshu's Mu. Additionally I am currently participating in a process/encounter group to excercise my interpersonal line. 

If you grok integral, speak AQAL, or have no clue what the hell I am talking about but just want to give me a shout… then please, by all means, drop me a line.

Mark

Member Since: Monday, October 01 2007

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