In this exercise we begin to explore boundaries. This steps into non-dual territory.
Exploring boundaries - these boundaries will follow the same patterns as reactivity. So, if we were previously pulling chocolate towards us to make ourselves feel okay, then under that was an okay/not okay boundary. That’s the duality or distinction. Even if we’re no longer reacting, we haven’t necessarily softened the boundary.
So, for the exercise:
- Bring to mind a situation where you might previously have reacted.
- Explore, what were you trying to fix by this reaction? What was not right that you were trying to make right?
- Now sit with that distinction.
- Look for it in direct, felt, experience.
- Can you find it?
- Does it exist in direct felt experience, or is it a “cognitive overlay” that we apply to that experience?