What objective realities stuck in my memory from the encounter with Touching the Elephant: images, pictures, objects, sounds, lines of text, etc. (Quickly re-create a surface-level recall of the experience).
When you hear the words The nature of Ultimate Reality is a circle. The center is everywhere. The circumference is nowhere, what sense do you make out of them
How have you searched for Ultimate Reality What does Touching the Elephant have to say about this search
How have you experienced the frustration of that search
How do you experience your life as vulnerable, never fully secure
On the other hand, how do you experience the connectedness of everything and everyone
What does that do for your life when you experience that connectedness
What is the demand on your life as you experience that connectedness
As a result of the encounter with Touching the Elephant life practices, postures, or next steps you are inclined to consider include:
Other questions raised for you by the encounter with Touching the Elephant, that you wish to explore more deeply, include:
What images or pictures caught your attention in this module What sounds did you hear What lines of text do you remember What else connected with your awareness; what else do you remember (Recreate a group verbal montage of the cinematic art form without reflection on specific elements but simply bringing the material back to mind).
When you hear the words The nature of Ultimate Reality is a circle. The center is everywhere. The circumference is nowhere, what sense do you make out of them
How have you searched for Ultimate Reality What does this module say about this search
How have you experienced the frustration of this search
Why is this search for Ultimate Reality finally so solitary
How do you experience both the limitation and the fullness of life
How do you experience the connectedness of everything and everyone What is the impact on a life that begins to experience the connectedness of all How do you personally experience this dynamic
What does it mean to experience your experience of reality What difference does this awareness make What demand does this awareness place on ones life
How might your life be different moving forward as a result of engaging this art form What new life practices or postures are you inclined to consider
What other questions are raised for you by this encounter with Touching the Elephant that you wish for the group to discuss
Without concentration on Mystery, which shapes and controls the universe, one cannot unlock the mystery within oneself or become a universal human. B.K.S. Iyengar
What is Mr. Iyengar attempting to communicate with this statement How is this communication relevant to the subject of Touching the Elephant
What is the role of Barbie and Ken in this module in illustrating the reality of inescapable limitation as it pertains to money, intelligence, social status, accomplishments, moral righteousness, personal beauty, and other favorite components of happiness
How would you illustrate inescapable limitation in the elements of your own life
The Final Mystery is a Great Void that human consciousness can reach out and touch but cannot enter.
Gene Marshall
How do you experience this dynamic in you own life
How are you beginning to notice the elephant in the middle of my life