Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly should I do in those 9 seconds?

At a minimum, three things:

Besides these three, it would be good to keep the notion of Play as Being in mind as well, in a very loose way.

/PaB_log_excerpts/Excerpts_(short)/What_We_Learn_from_Our_Meetings ** A tool many of us use as a reminder to stop every 15 minutes:

Universal alarm clock. (http://www.mindfulnessdc.org/mindfulclock.html)

Oh, sure, however long you like. But it may be better to keep it really short, otherwise it is unlikely to be sustainable in the long run. The advantage of just one breath and just a few words jotted down is that such a 1% time tax can never become a burden.

Here is where the notion of Play as Being comes in. Initially it is sufficient to remind yourself of this idea during the 9 second interval. But gradually you may find that the idea of playing as Being pops up in your mind at random times outside the 9 seconds as well. Ideally, the notion that we can play as if we are Being will take on its own life. And we will find that while we are playing as being Being, Being may show us how it is playing as being us. But this cannot and should not be forced. Much better to just keep the idea of play as Being in mind, loosely, as a background taste, or as something to naturally fall back on — like someone really drawn to a hobby, or someone who has fallen in love, or someone deeply puzzled by some as yet unsolved problem.

We are a democratic peer group of friends, working in the spirit of the open-source movement and of science in general, and we are comparing notes with each other.  Our mission is to explore reality.  As a community, we are developing strong forms of bonding between members, which is a wonderful thing, both in itself and as a means to help our exploration. As such, there is ample room to help each other as friends.