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Centaur

After the Breema intensive last week, I notice the centaur level - in Ken Wilber's terminology - very clearly. The whole which includes (and goes somewhat beyond) body/psyche. The whole of the person, the small self.

And in this, that which is beyond the small self is awakened. The spacious awareness which is distinct from the small self. There is a body, sensations, emotions, thoughts - all arising within this larger field.

When I recognize myself as this larger field - from spacious awareness down to body/mind whole and body, sensations, emotions, thoughts - I am here/now. It is always present, even when temporarily engaging in thoughts.

The centaur level almost seems to have a substance, or what they in Breema calls the "Breema atmosphere". It has a fullness and richness in it, even while appearing within the empty, luminous and aware space. And this fullness and richness makes it easy to rest within it, and not get lost/caught up in sensations/emotions/thoughts.

When I lived at the Zen center and did yoga and sitting practice every day, this atmosphere was there very strongly. Now, through Breema - it reappears.

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