Ken recently blogged about his practice of “cutting” into projections and how his “efforts to be responsive, not reactive” ended up rendering him “an emotional iceberg.”
I wrote an
anonymous comment which Ken published, and he responded (in part) as follows:
I came to question the whole structure of teaching and transmission as it has evolved in the West. The degree of isolation it can induce is not terribly healthy for anyone, an isolation I noticed that Asian teachers were careful to avoid.
In my response
to him I questioned whether Asian teachers really did avoid becoming emotional
icebergs, and asked why he seemed to be waiting for the social context of his
practice to change instead of trying to relate differently to others himself. I
tried to point out the difference I see between avoiding isolation and actively
connecting with others by generating heat and warmth to melt the “iceberg.”
Ken did not
publish that comment.
I realize
that not everyone can generate heat or connect with others in this way. Too bad
Ken was unable to connect even with my meek anonymous question. The heat of a
real conversation might have been just the thing.
