I loved meeting yesterday in this B & B format. It was an hour. There were four of us (thank you fellow gentle and fierce explorers), each hunching our preferences for “nowness,” for the fullness of a present moment.
We used language, rather outside the norms of use.
“Now” as a verb. We are “nowing.” “Nowing” as a practice — something to do solo, and, with others. “Nowing” as a label — be a “nower.”
And then, there were the observations from the group, which was a key intent — to hold and encourage each other in noticing what emerges. “Nowing” brings us beyond the three-dimensional world, to something most often invisible. “Nowing” as a a way of being with Life, being with Life Flowing. “Nowing” as a way to come home to ourselves and to each other.
I find, we found, that the feeling of “now” is palpable. Words will trip, and become obscure, or befuddling. But the feeling is rather alluring. To stand in the simplicity of “all that nows.” To know the kindness of “nowing.”
I have this sense, and have for many years now, that Life wishes our company in ways that contradict the worldviews of command, control, scarcity and the others that go with that. Life delights in life. “Nowing” wishes our company, our play, our artistry. “Nowing” wishes our awareness, our attention, our shared attention.
What did you do yesterday? I “nowed” with a few friends. It was deep, yet simple. It was playful, yet very purposeful.
B & B is a convening of practitioners and curious humans, almost weekly. It is practice of presence. It is practice of learning. It is practice of nuancing life awareness. There is much that is free-flowing in it. Yet, there is also much that is lightly structured.
To get to the knowing. To get to the nowing. Jump in.
