Nice! ChatGPT4 helped me describe a meta-framework for a meditative process/visualization process I do a lot. * “Journey Through Layers: A Framework for Temporal Awareness Meditation” ** [example at bottom] 1. Sensory Engagement: This is the initial contact point of the meditation. It involves fully engaging the senses to observe and appreciate the object’s immediate physical characteristics, like color, texture, smell, and sound. 2. Inquiry: This involves questioning what lies beneath the surface. It introduces a sense of curiosity and deepens the observational process, transforming the meditation from a passive to an active exercise. 3. Unlayering: Here, the meditator delves into the underlying layers of the object, moving past the superficial to the core. This involves conceptualizing the raw materials beneath the finished surface. 4. Temporal Perspective: This part focuses on understanding the lifecycle of the object, from its creation to its current state. It invites a consideration of time and process, adding depth to the understanding of the object. 5. Origin Visualization: This final stage involves envisioning the origins of the object, from raw material to the processes that brought it into its current form. It’s a meditative exploration of the object’s birth, life, and transformation. * I based it on a writing I did in 2007 as almost an afterthought of an idea I had to create a podcast (they had podcasts in 2007 – iPod remember?) – on meditation, which was going to be as wordless as possible yet I’d create a version with creative visualization, none of which I did) ** example (which was the basis of this meta-framework) 04/15/2007 ku NOTICE how vibrant the colors are. Wonder at the miracle that brought this together. All of the parts that make up what you are viewing. If a painted surface, see with your mind the layers that lie just beneath. Hear the sound of the paint being rolled or brushed or sprayed on. See the particles of dirt which cling tenaciously to its surface. Look beyond the paint. What lies beneath? Wood? Metal? Plastic? See the saw mill that created the boards. Travelling further back still. See the forest from whence the tree that made up this wood came from. See the tree in fast motion, starting from seed to sapling to mature tree. Listen to the sound of it growing. Notice it being cut down, the stump ground up, the new saplings put in its place by the tree workers to replace the felled tree.

Nice! ChatGPT4 helped me describe a meta-framework for a meditative process/visualization process I do a lot. *

“Journey Through Layers: A Framework for Temporal Awareness Meditation” ** [example at bottom]

1. Sensory Engagement: This is the initial contact point of the meditation. It involves fully engaging the senses to observe and appreciate the object’s immediate physical characteristics, like color, texture, smell, and sound.

2. Inquiry: This involves questioning what lies beneath the surface. It introduces a sense of curiosity and deepens the observational process, transforming the meditation from a passive to an active exercise.

3. Unlayering: Here, the meditator delves into the underlying layers of the object, moving past the superficial to the core. This involves conceptualizing the raw materials beneath the finished surface.

4. Temporal Perspective: This part focuses on understanding the lifecycle of the object, from its creation to its current state. It invites a consideration of time and process, adding depth to the understanding of the object.

5. Origin Visualization: This final stage involves envisioning the origins of the object, from raw material to the processes that brought it into its current form. It’s a meditative exploration of the object’s birth, life, and transformation.

* I based it on a writing I did in 2007 as almost an afterthought of an idea I had to create a podcast (they had podcasts in 2007 – iPod remember?) – on meditation, which was going to be as wordless as possible yet I’d create a version with creative visualization, none of which I did)

** example (which was the basis of this meta-framework)

04/15/2007 ku
NOTICE how vibrant the colors are.
Wonder at the miracle that brought this together.
All of the parts that make up what you are viewing.
If a painted surface, see with your mind the layers that lie just beneath.
Hear the sound of the paint being rolled or brushed or sprayed on.
See the particles of dirt which cling tenaciously to its surface.
Look beyond the paint.
What lies beneath?
Wood?
Metal?
Plastic?
See the saw mill that created the boards.
Travelling further back still.
See the forest from whence the tree that made up this wood came from.
See the tree in fast motion, starting from seed to sapling to mature tree.
Listen to the sound of it growing.
Notice it being cut down, the stump ground up, the new saplings put in its place by the tree workers to replace the felled tree.

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