There are some phrases that seem to keep coming up around this place, for instance, Living the Question and Trusting the Process. These are not new ideas for me but it their prevalence in an academic environment is quite refreshing. While most institutions of higher learning place high value on knowing and articulating what it is you wish to study, here at Goddard we are more likely to be reminded to deeply listen and honor the inherent rerouting created by the process of asking deep questions. One day three, most of us are running around in a state of knowing less about what we wanted to focus on that when we started… and it’s all just fine. What a great place to be, in a community of committed scholars devoted to holding the space for us to explore.

Today is commencement weekend for the Goddard graduates. Over the past several days the graduates have been presenting their theses, mostly in the form of experiential events. Attending these presentations has been marvelously inspiring and encouraging – in other words, at the end of this organic and free process, there is the potential for amazing fruits.

I wish I was able to attend more of these presentations but my body, aching and complaining in more ways I thought possible, has demanded that I close my eyes for far more time than seems reasonable. I’m happy to notice that today the complaints are fewer and quieter and am able to take in more of what’s going on all around me.

I just had a second meeting with my adviser and she continues to be right there with me, asking the right questions while fueling my fire. This afternoon, I meet with my concentration group for the first time – all the other weirdos who have chosen to get a Master’s in Consciousness Studies. Needless to say, I can’t wait!

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at 11:00 am and is filed under random communiques. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.