Symbolic Centrum PSU
Fall Quarter 1972 Week 1:11
STATE OF BEING CONVERSATIONS
A Methodology for Entering the Other World
Read the name (reflective concept for the state of being). Approach
the state of being by reading the name of its area, the name of
its trek, the names of the other treks in the area, the other
descriptive phrases for the trek. Then read the line across the
chart on the state of being.
- What images or poetry is associated with this state? What
other poetry comes to mind?
- What situations occasion this state of being in people? In
what situations have you experienced this as the state of your
being?
- In the midst of this state of being, what is it that dawns
on you? What is it you see about the way it is? What is the "Aha"
that happens?
- How do you experience this state in your being? How do people
experience the awe (what does the awe feel like) in this state
of being?
- What decision about life is embodied in this state of being?
When you look at yourself, what decision do you discover you've
made?
- What are the names of the four states of being in this state
of being?
This conversation grounds the state of being poetry in life experience
by examining the "Great Think", the "Great Feel",
and the indicative Great Rresolve associated with the state of
being.