Instead of storytelling, we encounter “views.” spaces in the city. glimpses into possibilities in place. discovering a view and following its traces. invoking the fantasy of being elsewhere – while right here. embracing the imaginal built in fading smoke.
uncovering american yugen. just beyond reach. obstructed. promising warmth and welcome at a destination to which you never arrive.
chogyam trungpa. shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior. in collected works of chogyam trungpa, vol. 8 (2004): 82:
When we draw down the power and depth of vastness into a single perception, then we are discovering and invoking magic.
Normally, we limit the meaning of perceptions. Food reminds us of eating; dirt reminds us to clean the house; snow reminds us that we have to clean off the car to get to work; a face reminds us of our love or hate. In other words, we fit what we see into a comfortable or familiar scheme. We shut any vastness or possibilities of deeper perception out of our hearts by fixating on our own interpretation of phenomena. But it is possible to go beyond personal interpretation, to let vastness into our hearts through the medium of perception. We always have a choice: We can limit our perception so that we close off vastness, or we can allow vastness to touch us.
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