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Ripples of Conscious Water Awareness

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Class at Tassajara on 2019-11-27

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The talk "Rethinking Water, Rethinking Life" addresses the conceptualization and perception of water, prompting an examination of personal relationships and assumptions regarding water. It references a parable used by Okamura to open a contemplation on how our understanding of water shapes our worldview and actions. Participants are encouraged to explore their associations with water, its attributes, and their personal interactions with it, drawing attention to how water intersects with life and environmental practices.

Referenced Works:

  • David Foster Wallace's Commencement Speech: The parable of the fish from this speech is used to introduce the idea of questioning one's environment and assumptions, framing the discussion about water's unseen influence on life.

  • Kōshō Uchiyama Roshi's Teachings: Although not explicitly mentioned, the philosophical exploration mirrors Uchiyama's Zen teachings on awareness and the nature of reality, encouraging mindfulness about everyday elements like water.

  • Indra's Net (Jewel Necklace): The analogy is drawn between water's interconnectedness and Indra's Net from Buddhist cosmology, illustrating the theme of interdependence in the natural world.

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And so during the video, moving into the water section, we close from paragraphs in terms of Okamura's kind of framing from paragraphs 17 through 34. I think that's from 17 to 92 to the end. And for what we've had through the rest of the water section, the forest is shooting, so we have to put this on the last part. The guys, the ones that saved us in and out, so let's do it as a ship. So we have to put this on the forest. First, a parable. And some of you may be familiar with this. This is from Dave Foster. And it was part of the beginning of the commencement speech that he gave a few years ago.

[01:01]

So this is it. There are these two young fish swimming along. And they happen to meet an old fish swimming the other way. Who nods at them and says, morning boys, how's the water? And the two young fish swim along for a bit. And then eventually one of them looks up at the other one and goes, what the hell is water? So what the hell is water? And we have these ideas and views about water. And they're inviting us to consider these. Understand what are our views of water? How do they couple our world? And what are other ways of seeing water or seeing reality that we're in us What assumption is part of your life that you just swim in on a day-to-day basis? And the only good question, what it is you see, how it is you see it, why it is you see it, and how it is that you're acting out your particular perspective.

[02:10]

What is it that you're dreaming of? Do you know? Do you breathe with your neighbor, but you're dreaming of the same thing? So basically, it goes the same. Look at what it is that you're swimming in. So I'd like us to do an exercise to look at what is water. Major understanding of water as a water section. And I'd like to learn to get into . And I have another question for you, too. explore together. And why don't you get into the groups first, and then we'll talk to you. There's something out there. Say hello.

[03:10]

We have a singleton here. So, I see a Lisa over there. We have three associations. We're still not here. Right. What's that? When it comes to when we find the state waters. So, we can figure it out. So, we have two. You can't use your eyes loud. That's right. It's like water water or dharma water?

[04:13]

I don't know. [...] Okay, listen up. So, one of you will go outside, and I'd like you to walk through the questions. You'll have a number of minutes to do this. So, one person speaking at the time, the other person is simply listening. So, the question is, what is water? So, your first spin is a free association. Whatever comes to mind when you think about water. Swimming, um... Washing lettuce. A million things. Whatever comes to mind. What's that? Human body. Human body. So, anything. Just re-associate. What are the thoughts that relate to water in your mind? And the second one is, how do you perceive water? Basically, what are the attributes of water? So, if you met an alien from outer space who came down to Earth and has never seen water before, how would you describe water to this island?

[05:21]

What exactly? And then thirdly, what is your own relationship to water? Your personal relationship to water. How has water had an impact on you? You had some significant experience in your life that makes you either love water or be afraid of water or so on. And how have you had an impact on water? So this is a mutual relationship. Water impacts you, but you also impact water. What is your relationship to water? those two aspects. Okay, so I'll give each of you four or five minutes. I'll ring the bell, you know, stop, and then I'll have you switch. Any questions about that? Oh, please. Can we? Yeah, yeah. I'll just let you time yourself about how you move through that. Make up with five minutes that you should talk to do that. Okay, identify who's gonna go first. Water will stand in the front house.

[06:39]

It's the hottest, hottest thing of The coldest, coldest, coldest. I think, uh, water. Water. Water. It's fluid. Water also hard. Water. Water. Guys, every time I drink, I sip this out. Water is very hot. But I never want to. But water is always the right answer. It's a beauty. I love it. What are you supposed to say? [...]

[07:40]

What are you supposed to say? What are you supposed to say? Um, it's always a good thing. So I'm referring to the water. [...] You're there. You're there. You're there. [...]

[08:42]

... [...] Thank you. You've kind of done one in three, so how do you have to do this too? No, I'm not sure. I mean, you're beautiful, right?

[09:43]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. So, as you can see, it's invisible. I have so much water. I want it just enough because it doesn't have any status. I think that makes the three habits that he knows. I think I can't see it. [...] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so. Yeah. Yeah.

[10:50]

... [...] ...to death. [...] You know, you want to know what you're supposed to do, because there's probably a lot of blindness. And this is true. But what do you mean? They didn't like money. They stood on the ground. Yes. I thought it was really interesting. I thought her could just be closer to her children than she needed to eat.

[11:50]

And it's probably just Rika. The ocean. You know, that's so good. Also, water should form just fluffy things that are just in the air. Yeah, yeah. Water for ourself is invisible. Water. I guess I immediately go to my Kenneth's perspective of just that water is this incredibly strange substance.

[12:59]

And there's certainly a lot of us. And it has all kinds of, like, bizarre behaviors that kind of make life possible. Like, it's hard to imagine life as evolving in any other, like, stuff. It's... And I think about the fish swimming in the water and how it's like, you know, doesn't know that's in water. And then I think that we're actually swimming in water and we're talking about how the fish of the sea that swims in water. So we're swimming in water. Like it's all around us. You can't get away from it. It happens to be... invisible, because if we could see it, it would be like, we wouldn't be able to see anything. We would, like, we would just, yeah. And I was thinking about this, like, God experiment, like, where, like, if you could only see water, you could not see anything except for water. Everything would be, like, it would just be, like, fractals everywhere.

[14:01]

Since it's, like, you, like, some space, like, I think of the jewel necklace, it was, like, There's, you know, all these streams and rivers connected by these little things. And then I think, like, well, that's sort of just, like, in my body or in sleep. It's, like, all these pools of water connected by these, like, little strings. And it's just, and it goes down to, like, the really, really tiny, and then it goes up to really, really big. And it's, like, it's just so bizarre. It's just so bizarre. And the next one is how I would describe it to an alien. It's so hard for me not to go back to my, like, science-y, like, what water is. But I think that's how I would describe it. I think the impact one is really interesting.

[15:01]

I always really loved water. My parents, my mom wanted to make sure that I could swim, so I learned to swim when I was like nine months old. They like, slow in your face, dunk you under water, and you just swim. And so I've always kind of grew up around water, and I've had a strong finish for it. And... In my work life, it's like the same of my existence. Because in chemistry, when you're making a molecule like this, water is almost always the problem. And so we go to all these extraordinary measures to get rid of water. And then I think it seems that interesting that all this activity that's going into potentially things that are useful is like, It's pretty unnatural, and it's, like, damaging to the environment, like, all things considered.

[16:06]

And I think about, like, how we're, like, we are at this point where, like, we have to, like, change everything around and start, like, mimicking nature. Like, we have to, like, not, like, rely on petroleum because it requires, like, no water. It's tied to chemistry, and that's how we get, you know, all these drugs that... So life is important. Yeah. That's a very interesting thing. And then ultimately, there's this sort of interesting metaphor on, like, Pluto nature, of course. It's all this Pluto nature and, like, science. Are they just like that? Like, we don't want any water in our reactions, so we're going to keep it over here and keep our little toxic, like, chemistry thing going on. where you want to kind of bring them together.

[17:12]

Or maybe they are really already, they've always been together, and it's just a matter of seeing there. And I had this memory earlier of when I've been tried to wall. We did a music video on water, so that's where we had this choreograph. Don't go chasing waterfalls, but all the words were changed to have to do with characteristics of water. And I think it's also interesting that it's like water, even pure water, it doesn't actually just stay water. It's always actually breaking apart. And so there's always this tiny bit that's not water.

[18:15]

It's always cool. And I think that it goes back to that child. Life can't kind of music come out of it is because it's like not a static thing. It's like there's a secret dynamics of humor. So you have to strive to send you to be sick. When you open your thoughts, it's coming from a source deep in your skin. It's coming from a source deep in your skin. It's coming from a source deep in your skin.

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