Luan Hassett
Enlightenment In Everyday Life
Category: Circling & Relationships
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When we interact with others, we are defending ourselves from disintegration. Obviously we don’t think of it that way, usually. It’s not that easy to notice. But every time we have a judgement, however subtle, that is what we are doing. Let’s say someone is getting a bit too excited. They have a “bit that…
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A couple of days ago, I was leading a small group in Circling and was asked to explain Circling Europe’s principle of ‘Being With the Other in Their World.’ I described it in somatic terms as being like standing in front of an ocean and letting the waves wash up and around you, circling your…
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One of the benefits of Circling is that it allows you to see underneath the authority of social convention. You get to see the ‘why’ behind the punishments which society implicitly or explicitly hands out for certain behaviours. For instance, many people are punished for vulnerability. They are met with silence, distance, or gossip. They…
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The whole world is looking for a testCraving it, in fact. Because people crave the truth.Truth is not what you have been told it is.It is something far, far, farmoredelicate. Golden snitchesWhispers of insightGrasp too tight and you lose it. People crave it.The whispering changes that tell youwho you arein relation to this strain These…
Luan Hassett 