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When a person is identified with some kind of a trait, e.g. being honest, and he beliefs it is so in absolute sense, he sees himself like this moment by moment. That trait appears infinitely, in an ongoing way. However, he might still deceive himself.
Infinity can be seen within mastered things. A friend of mine once told me that a piano technical element, in which he was training himself, would stay with him till the end of his life. That skill became, from the day he took it, an element of the piano box of him.
The thing supposedly added to self needs to be precisely defined. It is the wanted essence that should be included, and not the rest of the activity. In my friend’s example it was very likely that the form of exercise, and even the entirety of exercising, would pretty soon be abandoned, and changed into some other activity. This would probably not happen intentionally, but organically. New activity, in place of the exercise, would include the essence of the former.
Wind moves infinitely in the same way as a dancing body does. It has limitless possibilities for motion. It’s nine o’clock pm. Dancers are standing in a ballet room. Their feet contain a million cells in endless motion. Ballet exercise adds slightly more visible change in a tissue. Music sets up a new layer of Infinity. In tandem with tissues’ reorganization, the melody restructures unstable waves’ position in airy space.
A ballet teacher says the instructions not for the first time. Yet, his words import previously inexperienced associations into dancers’ psyche. The tempo of speaking, the emotions put into phrases, and the emotional and intellectual responds of the listeners constitute such a real element of reality from now on.
Choosing correct length of time, in which given exercise is sustained, is crucial. It needs to be done long enough to become a part of self. The time, though, cannot cross the point of evoking a feeling of Dead Process – a process (e.g. an exercise) in which the purpose has already disappeared. If such an event happens, it is best to create a fresh space, let it be sitting with a journal, in which a new entity, with the essence of the Dead Process included, can be constructed.
Infinity can result from fidelity to some aspect of self. This trait can as well lead to a breakthrough into something of an Absolute Nature. One of the possible approaches to reach insight is to intentionally restrain the range of opportunities which arrive in the moment.
'One, two, three, one, two, three singing... ‘счастье нужно заработать' One, two, three, one, two, three.'
I observe infinite movement of the feet – up and down. Muscle contraction. Up and down. I hear the sound of ballet shoes tapping. One, two, three and one, two, three...
A vision of yours that was once alive, with energy present at that time, excitement at place, and sense of purpose, is still working underneath your existent vision. You can feel it, see it once in a while, somehow. Infinitely present, smartly recontextualised. Until you fully live your new vision, the old one is wisely used as your fuel. If non-exclusive strategy was chosen, remnants of the past aren’t peeled away, and you can even take pleasure from semi-dead processes. Those deadies may be soon transformed into fresh processes.