How We Do 9 Sec

• from: 2008.09.07 01:00 – Beginning PaB exercises  

Artemisia Svoboda: and do you do it every day?
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes as much as possible when I'm around my computer.
Gaya Ethaniel: Also when I'm not, I ring my internal bell to do a break whenever necessary.
Gaya Ethaniel: When talking to people in some situations, I also do a kind of 9 sec before replying/speaking
Artemisia Svoboda: yeah, somebody else talked about that too
Gaya Ethaniel nods
Artemisia Svoboda: does it change the way the conversation goes noticeably, for you?
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes. Often it enables me to step aside and ponder in order to make more meaningful contribution
Artemisia Svoboda: That sounds like it's really worth trying
Artemisia Svoboda: and put aside my fear that people could be annoyed
Artemisia Svoboda: if I slow down the rhythm
Gaya Ethaniel ponders first
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes it has been useful to me. I'm not so caught up in myself with emotions running in the background. Also as you mentioned, it does slow the interaction down, giving all parties useful pauses

• from: 2008.08.25 19:00 - Take it away, Threedee! 

Threedee Shepherd: During the 9-sec I TRY to observe the Being of the now, whatever that turns out to be. I "think about it" later
Neela Blaisdale: For me, at least right now, it simply feels like a very strong sense of general connection. Also with a greater sense awareness, in that I hear, feel , smell etc more sort of at the same time
Neela Blaisdale: My sense, no pun intended, from listening to others here, is that what we experince in the 9 sec varies a lot from person to person. No one particular experience
Corvuscorva Nightfire: It does seem that way. I am relieved to hear it.
Threedee Shepherd: Thanks Neela, I was just about to say that :)
Neela Blaisdale: No right or wrong experience, just whatever it is
Adelene Dawner: ^.^ @ Neela. "Exactly!"

•     From 2008.08.24 We are Young and Finding our Way

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doug Sosa: I find that being tired, cranky, sleepy, or distracted makes the practice more, not less, worthwhile, because mind is revealed in these moments.

doug Sosa: I like to do the 9 sec without preparation, and keep doing what i am doing (coasting with the momentum) and letting go of assumptions and seeing and being seen.