The Three-Dimensional "Shape" of Simultaneous Expansion and Contraction ~ Shinzen Young

Shinzen responds to a student asking about the "shape" of simultaneous expansion and contraction. Shinzen shares that the shape is "concentric spheres spreading out and concentric spheres coming back", or "it's like a three-dimensional fountain that gushes from the center, and gathers to the center" at the same time. Shinzen then talks about the large scale shape of the human brain, "roughly" how it works, and how there seems to be a simultaneous gushing and gathering of sensory input and motor output. Filmed at a group process in Jan. 2010 at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, C.A.

[@dorellabelle]

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[@Raina430]

Concentric spheres? Interesting. It would be interesting if Shizen could comment on this and on Qi Gong, or other forms of energy healing in which one learns to see and feel, with more and more accuracy and depth, the flows and energy patterns of the body. This is very healing. So, I wonder if these two modes really converge, and are different aspects/descriptions/approaches to the same thing. I use both and they help me. I thank Shinzen for doing this work & sharing it with others, like me :) !

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