06.52
Monasterio Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles,
San Cugat, Spain.
Rising c. 06.15.
09.11 Morning Sitting 07.15.
Breakfast at 08.00 with a changed atmosphere. We are now within The Middle. Good comments offered, experiential.
Circulations seem to be continuing, and being present in strange ways, outside the Circle as such.
A good comment on terror and fear from an Englishman: Terror is our response in front of an immensely large situation; fear is our reaction to terror. Terror: the example given was of being in The LCG rehearsals for its performances in Sant Cugat during July 2009.
One comment addressed the declared intent of the Whizz yesterday evening – Whizz until the world is a better place! How long would this take?
RF: The Whizz: what moves is intentionality. The Whizz yesterday evening was moving, and continuing to move, even where players were “behind” the “music” they were playing. Intentionality is not governed by time in the normal sense. In this sense, the Whizz is an hyparchic exercise.
Oh no! The H word again.
The suggestion was made that all of these good comments should be taken to Hernan for further discussing, and Hernan’s night-hours are available to this. Just knock on our Director’s door.
Dr. Mike was asked to present a comment, as he is leaving after breakfast. His sense of this course, and from personal meetings, is that: This is a new beginning; there is an open (he modified this to) an opening door; and Dr. Mike has seen the other side of the door.
How to count from one to five? We can talk about intentionality, and whizzing to make the world a better place, but until we can count from one to five, what is possible?
Work of the morning: the Buddies will address the First Primary; and their initiatives are supported.
Dr. Mike has left.

10.52 The Guitarist Inside meeting at 10.00 in the Room Without Dancing.
Exercises of some subtlety were introduced, to give substance and presence to the circulating and the circulator. A new piece that has been emerging for a little while was also presented, as context for an exercise.
10.57 The Pietrafesi family has just arrived at the front door, carrying the most recently-arrived blessing, little Lena.
14.03 Six personal meetings, some with real and necessary questions. Lunch at 13.00 with Silence, words of necessity and utility.
The cold and sniffle is continuing to move around. Moved on once, it seeks to return.
23.19 Tea at 16.00. The Master Kabusacki instructed us, in his strange and inscrutable ways, on the ephemeral nature of materiality.
Personal meetings 16.30 – 18.00.
Gift of Life-Givingness, Support and Happiness Arising…

Dinner at 19.00 with important comments, many relating to shifts in experiencing during The Guitarist Inside.
The Master Kabusacki instructed us once again: his wisdom is such that he claimed ignorance. We have much to reflect on here.
What to do this evening? Several suggestions: the Contact Circle exercise of Tony G., based on his experience with the Mevlevis.
A Loud And Ordered group.
A Quiet and Ordered group.
To complete the evening together.
So, on the board: Evening of Initiative.
Developing a second part with Alessandro, our Italian representative, on the emerging-piece introduced in The Guitarist Inside this morning.
Here, dealing with an arising dissension outside the music industry. From my e-mail…
my own involvement: my professional life is presently mostly concerned with copyright and licensing matters / disputes / infractions / dissensions, dealing with large global corporations and small independent firms and artists. this position is paralleled in many respects by your firm and the copyright holders. so, i presented my availability in order to facilitate an amiable completion; and create new forms of making the material available, given the rapid shift in technology (also part of my professional life).
i'm not concerned with the history of the personal relationships involved in this. i have been looking at the formal arrangements and, through my professional eyes, they give me considerable concern. overview: the contracts are unsound and the verbal agreements are disputed between the parties; royalty payments, print run figures, sales and stock numbers are unknown / unreliable; i know nothing of your overseas relationships. simply, i need accurate and up-to-date information as regards your trading affairs insofar as they relate to the copyright material. it appears to be a mess!
and so are the affairs of many small independent record companies, bands and managers. i am not looking to apportion blame, nor get involved in who said what and in what circumstances, nor why a particular course of action was followed or not. we all do, and did, the best we could as weak creatures struggling to match our aspirations and meet our various responsibilities. here we are, and we are in a mess.
please, don't feel you have to defend yourself or the conduct of your firm. i've been in rock groups for 50 years, professionally for 43 of those, and the rancour between members continues now over decades, albeit somewhat modulated by increasing age. i don't need to know any details of your affairs to already be aware that you've made mistakes while working to hit the mark. fine! that's what it is. time to move on. if we can't redeem the past, then perhaps we can leave it clean, at the least.
i would be grateful for clear information that i may recommend a course of action that moves all parties towards an honourable resolution of the current impasse. given the history, a future distribution relationship seems unlikely. so, i am hoping that with goodwill and a continuing common aim that we may find a hands free, walk-away arrangement. hopefully, very quickly.

Many good sounds, moving towards harmony, drift down the corridor. There is hope in this.

mindbody40days.blogspot.com
Monasterio Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles,
San Cugat, Spain.
Rising c. 06.15.
09.11 Morning Sitting 07.15.
Breakfast at 08.00 with a changed atmosphere. We are now within The Middle. Good comments offered, experiential.
Circulations seem to be continuing, and being present in strange ways, outside the Circle as such.
A good comment on terror and fear from an Englishman: Terror is our response in front of an immensely large situation; fear is our reaction to terror. Terror: the example given was of being in The LCG rehearsals for its performances in Sant Cugat during July 2009.
One comment addressed the declared intent of the Whizz yesterday evening – Whizz until the world is a better place! How long would this take?
RF: The Whizz: what moves is intentionality. The Whizz yesterday evening was moving, and continuing to move, even where players were “behind” the “music” they were playing. Intentionality is not governed by time in the normal sense. In this sense, the Whizz is an hyparchic exercise.
Oh no! The H word again.
The suggestion was made that all of these good comments should be taken to Hernan for further discussing, and Hernan’s night-hours are available to this. Just knock on our Director’s door.
Dr. Mike was asked to present a comment, as he is leaving after breakfast. His sense of this course, and from personal meetings, is that: This is a new beginning; there is an open (he modified this to) an opening door; and Dr. Mike has seen the other side of the door.
How to count from one to five? We can talk about intentionality, and whizzing to make the world a better place, but until we can count from one to five, what is possible?
Work of the morning: the Buddies will address the First Primary; and their initiatives are supported.
Dr. Mike has left.

10.52 The Guitarist Inside meeting at 10.00 in the Room Without Dancing.
Exercises of some subtlety were introduced, to give substance and presence to the circulating and the circulator. A new piece that has been emerging for a little while was also presented, as context for an exercise.
10.57 The Pietrafesi family has just arrived at the front door, carrying the most recently-arrived blessing, little Lena.
14.03 Six personal meetings, some with real and necessary questions. Lunch at 13.00 with Silence, words of necessity and utility.
The cold and sniffle is continuing to move around. Moved on once, it seeks to return.
23.19 Tea at 16.00. The Master Kabusacki instructed us, in his strange and inscrutable ways, on the ephemeral nature of materiality.
Personal meetings 16.30 – 18.00.
Gift of Life-Givingness, Support and Happiness Arising…

Dinner at 19.00 with important comments, many relating to shifts in experiencing during The Guitarist Inside.
The Master Kabusacki instructed us once again: his wisdom is such that he claimed ignorance. We have much to reflect on here.
What to do this evening? Several suggestions: the Contact Circle exercise of Tony G., based on his experience with the Mevlevis.
A Loud And Ordered group.
A Quiet and Ordered group.
To complete the evening together.
So, on the board: Evening of Initiative.
Developing a second part with Alessandro, our Italian representative, on the emerging-piece introduced in The Guitarist Inside this morning.
Here, dealing with an arising dissension outside the music industry. From my e-mail…
my own involvement: my professional life is presently mostly concerned with copyright and licensing matters / disputes / infractions / dissensions, dealing with large global corporations and small independent firms and artists. this position is paralleled in many respects by your firm and the copyright holders. so, i presented my availability in order to facilitate an amiable completion; and create new forms of making the material available, given the rapid shift in technology (also part of my professional life).
i'm not concerned with the history of the personal relationships involved in this. i have been looking at the formal arrangements and, through my professional eyes, they give me considerable concern. overview: the contracts are unsound and the verbal agreements are disputed between the parties; royalty payments, print run figures, sales and stock numbers are unknown / unreliable; i know nothing of your overseas relationships. simply, i need accurate and up-to-date information as regards your trading affairs insofar as they relate to the copyright material. it appears to be a mess!
and so are the affairs of many small independent record companies, bands and managers. i am not looking to apportion blame, nor get involved in who said what and in what circumstances, nor why a particular course of action was followed or not. we all do, and did, the best we could as weak creatures struggling to match our aspirations and meet our various responsibilities. here we are, and we are in a mess.
please, don't feel you have to defend yourself or the conduct of your firm. i've been in rock groups for 50 years, professionally for 43 of those, and the rancour between members continues now over decades, albeit somewhat modulated by increasing age. i don't need to know any details of your affairs to already be aware that you've made mistakes while working to hit the mark. fine! that's what it is. time to move on. if we can't redeem the past, then perhaps we can leave it clean, at the least.
i would be grateful for clear information that i may recommend a course of action that moves all parties towards an honourable resolution of the current impasse. given the history, a future distribution relationship seems unlikely. so, i am hoping that with goodwill and a continuing common aim that we may find a hands free, walk-away arrangement. hopefully, very quickly.

Many good sounds, moving towards harmony, drift down the corridor. There is hope in this.

mindbody40days.blogspot.com