Thanks so much for sharing this. This is all incredibly central, and flows beautifully with some thoughts I was having while preparing and teaching a class about the Elements to some friends on Sat.
Maybe I'll write more later... I also love How can you think without trees?
I'd be happy to share some notes, if I can get them written up. I used Bloodrose handouts and talked from a handwritten outline.
Some of the things I brought forward I was acutely aware to be different from how G taught us; in fact at times I felt as if I was having a lengthy conversation with him about the basics. One of the big things is how the Elements phase in and out of one another which really seemed to be a strong and important point this time around; I remember trying to engage him in discussion of this way back when but he wasn't up for it.
Anyhow, I'm sure it would help *me* to write more of this out. The whole point of teaching three friends was to get me to start wrapping my head around how I'd present the basic exercises to my own students. This was an advanced group so I really flew through some of the material I'd present in a more organic way to a beginners class.
I like this as an organic way to look at the relationships between things that are inextricably related. Or no, not related--but the same thing. Aargh, English.
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Maybe I'll write more later... I also love How can you think without trees?
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Yes its a great line ,the 'tone' it was delivered in made it *priceless*
Would you consider sharing your class notes with me?-
--I know written is not the same as in person, but I am 'Such' a nosy bitch....
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Some of the things I brought forward I was acutely aware to be different from how G taught us; in fact at times I felt as if I was having a lengthy conversation with him about the basics. One of the big things is how the Elements phase in and out of one another which really seemed to be a strong and important point this time around; I remember trying to engage him in discussion of this way back when but he wasn't up for it.
Anyhow, I'm sure it would help *me* to write more of this out. The whole point of teaching three friends was to get me to start wrapping my head around how I'd present the basic exercises to my own students. This was an advanced group so I really flew through some of the material I'd present in a more organic way to a beginners class.
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Fruit: nourishing to others? Spreading? Leaves?
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they must think we are just plain old, pure-d, crazy sometimes! :D
thank you for this. printing it out to meditate on.
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---generosity is 'branchy', frugality,'rooty'
Makes perfect sense to me.
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(If it still exists) I think here may be other neat lessons...
'great work' is under lexical windmills
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