Think of your pointing spine as lively.
The fountain image has come up before in this blog, but in a slightly different context. For this tip, think of your spine as lively, like a beam of light or a fountain. Not just a pile of bones, your spine is an event taking place as it points past the back of your head.
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Perhaps it is not a question of wrong or right…rather noticing freedom and noticing and then releasing, pausing what “I” do that interferes with an experiencing of freedom, unity, love.
The alexander directions are 4 or 5 or more.
These directions are same in any activity.
If we devide our daily activities , then directions may be,
1. Walking alexander directions.
2. Sit(the student already in the chair) alexander directions.
3. …..directions
4. ……..directions
5. ….directions
I think the student has to ask the first question@
what activity iam doing?
So, the sit,walk alex directions has same priority.
If the student gives more priority to ‘Walk alexander directions’ and forgets the ‘sit alex directions’
then i believe the student is doing some thing wrong.
The walking alex benefit is losing with the sit misdirection.
So,
hard to believe the student should always be conscious.
The bike riding may activate , the final f.m.alexander movement.
The cycle riding may be.
The vegetables chopping in the kitchen may activates.
The walk in the calm desert may be.
While seeing the full moon , from the roof of your house with head forward and up may activates the final movement of f.m.alexander.
Sitting infront of your boss may be.
Seeing the child or your son.
Seeing the sea, seeing the birds,trees,animals, sky,water,fire,food any thing.
But, just allow your self to flow that movement and notice.
The movement is always flowing , catch that movement and remember.
Thats all.
What are the parts, f.m. Alexander told to inhibit,
‘one after the other alltogether’ in the activities?
Ans@
1. Neck
2. Head
3. Torso
4. legs
5. Arms
6. breath
Note that you are here learning more about yourself authentically, by generalizing from you BODILY concepts of “right” and “wrong”. By experiencing this self-enriching growth, the AT afficianado gets a peculiarly intimate, valuable, enriching effect on his or her self. It is akin to “religion”, in the best sense of that word. /Arthur Gillman/ arthur.gillman@gmail.com
What is the meaning of ‘wrong’?
Ans@ not right( note: if i know what is right, else the judging of wrong is a delusion)
what is the meaning of ‘right’?
Ans@ not wrong( note: if i know what is wrong, else the judging of right is a delution)
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I sensed the head is now back and down which is ‘wrong thing’.
How i judged this back and down is wrong?
Since, i know the right thing which is forward and up of the head.
So, if i think the right thing in a wrong position(back and down of head) ,iam doing the right thing.so, i have a choice of doing right thing.
So,
what is the boundary of head movement with consciousness?
Ans: the space between the forward and up and the back and down of the head.
The wrong thing becomes wrong, when iam not consciousness.
Surely “they” do nothing the kind! Only we can (or not) shape those habits, in response to those stimulants. Always We Choose (to consent, or refrain)! /Arthur
B.P, sugar, cancer chronic bad habits, first makes good frienship with our , unconscious habits and makes and turns them as bad habits for a life time.
Theft as much as (yours self satisfaction) possible by using alexander directions of good use with stimulus activities.
An alexander technique practice may be series of
day1: feeling satisfactory(trap), followed by unsatisfactory feeling and finding the fix (with the alexander directions use).
Day 10: : feeling satisfactory(trap), followed by unsatisfactory feeling and finding the fix (with the alexander directions use).
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Month 1: thinking about other techniques (trap) and fixes this by remembering alexander life.
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Month 6: noticing other people misdirections , notices the unity of the world followed by….
: feeling satisfactory(trap), followed by unsatisfactory feeling and finding the fix (with the alexander directions use)
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Month 8: vexes about the alexander directional terminology, and no uniformity among different people..: feeling satisfactory(trap), followed by unsatisfactory feeling and finding the fix (with the alexander directions use)
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Month 9: what unique ness compared to different techniques…: feeling satisfactory(trap), followed by unsatisfactory feeling and finding the fix (with the alexander directions use).
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Goes on until the bad habit fixed.
Thanks Arthur!
There are profound (& compelling) metaphysical implications in your instructions: e.g., separation of the Observer, from the Experiencer. Thank You! /Arthur Gillman/ arthur.gillman@gmail.com