Love it! Are you aware of Rob Burbea’s work? Insight meditation as frame breaking/dissolving in his book Seeing That Frees, but more pertinently his subsequent work ‘Soulmaking Dharma’ which never made it into a book (he died first). Boils down to the crafting of frames for the purpose of creating soulfulness, reverence, beauty, awe etc. Hermes Amara Foundation is the best source of info. Looking forward to part 2!
Since you mentioned Gurdjieff, I would suggest including the Enneagram as a valuable tool for identifying the 'box' we're in and providing a 'map' to help us find our way out.
One challenge to overcome for most apprentices unfamiliar with such advanced wisdom wizardry is that seemingly non-sensical letting go of our favourite frame(s). Sensing into the discomfort and anxiety of being without a frame is rather immediate and viewed as unpleasant. As such, that feeling of being lost at sea without a life preserver is daunting for most.
It takes a bit (or a lot) of exposure to the open sea before one gets comfortable: getting past the panic, releasing the tension, taking a deep breath and realizing/recognizing you had the ability to float and even swim all along.
Off the cuff, I'd say exposure and immersion in various cultural climates and environments are key. Travel, friendly dialogues with strangers, books, games, activities with some form of reflective journaling. Those types of experiences uproot you from your existing paradigms and remind you what it feels like to have a beginner's mind (and how easy it is to forget where/who you were yesterday).
Check this out! (I'm creating pedagogies for wizards, this is the kind of thing a 15yo should be able to do, but we haven't created a framework to make that possible yet in a systematic way)
I've found therapist Claude a useful tool for breaking out of frames—I use variations on "What's something important that I likely don't recognise about myself? Don't pull punches" as part of a regular reflection practice (either giving Claude my journals or using dictation to ramble freeform about how I'm feeling for 15 minutes)
Love it! Are you aware of Rob Burbea’s work? Insight meditation as frame breaking/dissolving in his book Seeing That Frees, but more pertinently his subsequent work ‘Soulmaking Dharma’ which never made it into a book (he died first). Boils down to the crafting of frames for the purpose of creating soulfulness, reverence, beauty, awe etc. Hermes Amara Foundation is the best source of info. Looking forward to part 2!
yes, Burbea is a major influence! will mention him in part 2 for crafting = fabricating skillful frames
Since you mentioned Gurdjieff, I would suggest including the Enneagram as a valuable tool for identifying the 'box' we're in and providing a 'map' to help us find our way out.
thanks for the suggestion!
One challenge to overcome for most apprentices unfamiliar with such advanced wisdom wizardry is that seemingly non-sensical letting go of our favourite frame(s). Sensing into the discomfort and anxiety of being without a frame is rather immediate and viewed as unpleasant. As such, that feeling of being lost at sea without a life preserver is daunting for most.
It takes a bit (or a lot) of exposure to the open sea before one gets comfortable: getting past the panic, releasing the tension, taking a deep breath and realizing/recognizing you had the ability to float and even swim all along.
I 100% agree. how would you guide someone to acquire this capacity?
Off the cuff, I'd say exposure and immersion in various cultural climates and environments are key. Travel, friendly dialogues with strangers, books, games, activities with some form of reflective journaling. Those types of experiences uproot you from your existing paradigms and remind you what it feels like to have a beginner's mind (and how easy it is to forget where/who you were yesterday).
https://shadowrebbe.substack.com/p/the-transformative-learner?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4rbax
Check this out! (I'm creating pedagogies for wizards, this is the kind of thing a 15yo should be able to do, but we haven't created a framework to make that possible yet in a systematic way)
I've found therapist Claude a useful tool for breaking out of frames—I use variations on "What's something important that I likely don't recognise about myself? Don't pull punches" as part of a regular reflection practice (either giving Claude my journals or using dictation to ramble freeform about how I'm feeling for 15 minutes)