09-10-2008, 12:00 AM
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"In the beginning we are born complete, with our energy body, or dreaming body, our twin made out of sheer energy," Carlos
Castaneda said to a gathering of students. "We are love, simple and pure, a piece of infinity."
He went on to say that in the process of socialization, we start to put our attention on the stimuli of the external world, and we begin to forget our
origin and drift away from the energy body; we learn to adopt a syntax of solidity and separation: "cat," "tree," "chair,"
"my chair," "your chair."
"And yet there's a yearning, the feeling that something's missing," Carol Tiggs said. "And so begins our journey of return to union,
to wholeness, to our origin. And at first, we attempt to find that completeness outside ourselves. For example, we look for another person to complete
us."
Carlos Castaneda said that an ultimate example of this was a friend of his who made a habit, every morning, while his adoring wife was in the next room, of
throwing open the balcony doors of his Italian villa and bellowing to the rooftops: "Is there anybody out there who really loves me?"
Turning to a young student, he said, "I bet you're secretly asking that question, aren't you?"
"Yes," she admitted. "But I don't have someone adoring me, like your friend did. I adore others but they don't seem to adore me
back."
"Hmmmm," Carlos Castaneda replied, touching his fingertips together, "Well, there IS somebody out there who really loves you!" he
said.
The student's eyes brightened. She wondered who he meant. A partner? Who was that person? How could she find them? And how did he know about them?
"You know who it is?" he continued. "It's YOU! Your energy body, your dreaming body. It's YOU, only more aware,
your dreamboat, your ticket to the universe!"
The student laughed.
"So, the question is," he continued, "Why is your energy body OUT THERE? Why are you chasing it away? Hmmmm?"
"I'm chasing it away?"
"Yes! Really, you are moving away from it. In fact, all of you are doing that," he said, turning to the others in the room.
"Me, moving away from my energy body?" a young man interjected. "How am I doing that?
By telling yourself the story that you are separate, that you are incomplete--not good enough, the worst, OR too good, superior, the best," Carlos
Castaneda continued. "By spending hours on your self-presentation, or showing how much you work, or pursuing whatever you define as power, so others will
love or admire you."
The young man looked pensive.
"We can move toward the energy body by opening a space for it," Carol Tiggs said. "Its home-base is HERE, the heart," she said, pointing
to her chest, "and HERE, our center of balance," she said, indicating the area below the navel. "These areas are like blossoming flowers. Open
the energy and awareness of these two seats, and the universe opens."
"To do this," Carlos Castaneda added, "it is very beneficial to review or recapitulate our habits of expecting someone else to love and
acknowledge us, to take care of us, and how we get upset or disappointed if we think they don't-or how we want more if we think they do."
"As we review those habits with our breath, with our whole being, we invite the incredible memory and unfailing affection of the energy body
to our life experiences. We awaken our total being, to find our integrity, our completeness. Rather than searching to be loved, we can be
love.
* * *
The seed for this workshop was planted in Los Angeles in late Summer last year, and blooms in Autumn in Amsterdam this year, this time in a format
specifically geared for both newcomers and seasoned practitioners of Tensegrity.
In this workshop, we will practice magical passes and some specific review exercises to help us to gently become more aware of, and to further liberate
ourselves from our expectations about love, so we can let the loving BEING inside of us unfold.
In addition, follow-up instruction will be given for you and your witness to take home and practice over the three weeks following the workshop, as a means
to help everyone to integrate new habits of completeness in our daily lives.
Note to first-time participants: This workshop also serves as a preparation for and fulfills the requirement for the Stalking the Human Form II
workshop which will take place in Amsterdam in Spring of next year. (2009)
Schedule:
Saturday, October 18, 2008
11:00 am to 1:00 pm Workshop
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm Workshop
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Workshop
Sunday, October 19, 2008
9:30 am to 12 pm Workshop
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Workshop
4:30 to 5:30 pm Questions and Answers
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"In the beginning we are born complete, with our energy body, or dreaming body, our twin made out of sheer energy," Carlos
Castaneda said to a gathering of students. "We are love, simple and pure, a piece of infinity."
He went on to say that in the process of socialization, we start to put our attention on the stimuli of the external world, and we begin to forget our
origin and drift away from the energy body; we learn to adopt a syntax of solidity and separation: "cat," "tree," "chair,"
"my chair," "your chair."
"And yet there's a yearning, the feeling that something's missing," Carol Tiggs said. "And so begins our journey of return to union,
to wholeness, to our origin. And at first, we attempt to find that completeness outside ourselves. For example, we look for another person to complete
us."
Carlos Castaneda said that an ultimate example of this was a friend of his who made a habit, every morning, while his adoring wife was in the next room, of
throwing open the balcony doors of his Italian villa and bellowing to the rooftops: "Is there anybody out there who really loves me?"
Turning to a young student, he said, "I bet you're secretly asking that question, aren't you?"
"Yes," she admitted. "But I don't have someone adoring me, like your friend did. I adore others but they don't seem to adore me
back."
"Hmmmm," Carlos Castaneda replied, touching his fingertips together, "Well, there IS somebody out there who really loves you!" he
said.
The student's eyes brightened. She wondered who he meant. A partner? Who was that person? How could she find them? And how did he know about them?
"You know who it is?" he continued. "It's YOU! Your energy body, your dreaming body. It's YOU, only more aware,
your dreamboat, your ticket to the universe!"
The student laughed.
"So, the question is," he continued, "Why is your energy body OUT THERE? Why are you chasing it away? Hmmmm?"
"I'm chasing it away?"
"Yes! Really, you are moving away from it. In fact, all of you are doing that," he said, turning to the others in the room.
"Me, moving away from my energy body?" a young man interjected. "How am I doing that?
By telling yourself the story that you are separate, that you are incomplete--not good enough, the worst, OR too good, superior, the best," Carlos
Castaneda continued. "By spending hours on your self-presentation, or showing how much you work, or pursuing whatever you define as power, so others will
love or admire you."
The young man looked pensive.
"We can move toward the energy body by opening a space for it," Carol Tiggs said. "Its home-base is HERE, the heart," she said, pointing
to her chest, "and HERE, our center of balance," she said, indicating the area below the navel. "These areas are like blossoming flowers. Open
the energy and awareness of these two seats, and the universe opens."
"To do this," Carlos Castaneda added, "it is very beneficial to review or recapitulate our habits of expecting someone else to love and
acknowledge us, to take care of us, and how we get upset or disappointed if we think they don't-or how we want more if we think they do."
"As we review those habits with our breath, with our whole being, we invite the incredible memory and unfailing affection of the energy body
to our life experiences. We awaken our total being, to find our integrity, our completeness. Rather than searching to be loved, we can be
love.
* * *
The seed for this workshop was planted in Los Angeles in late Summer last year, and blooms in Autumn in Amsterdam this year, this time in a format
specifically geared for both newcomers and seasoned practitioners of Tensegrity.
In this workshop, we will practice magical passes and some specific review exercises to help us to gently become more aware of, and to further liberate
ourselves from our expectations about love, so we can let the loving BEING inside of us unfold.
In addition, follow-up instruction will be given for you and your witness to take home and practice over the three weeks following the workshop, as a means
to help everyone to integrate new habits of completeness in our daily lives.
Note to first-time participants: This workshop also serves as a preparation for and fulfills the requirement for the Stalking the Human Form II
workshop which will take place in Amsterdam in Spring of next year. (2009)
Schedule:
Saturday, October 18, 2008
11:00 am to 1:00 pm Workshop
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm Workshop
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Workshop
Sunday, October 19, 2008
9:30 am to 12 pm Workshop
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Workshop
4:30 to 5:30 pm Questions and Answers