| IOnRELEASE, according to MOF RELEASE is the
descriptive title under which my, (the author’s) discovery and exploration of the
Zones of Comprehension have occurred over the thirty years that I have spent since 1966 as
choreographer, teacher and dancer. Within this writing I will use the Zones as a
platform for discourse. Definition, history and concepts of Release, as I have
considered and understood them, will be the primary subject matter. These seven steps
create for me a broad definition of Release. They have come from my own working
within Stillness, as it evokes mind and body integration and as it is contained within my
own dance and choreographic practice. Through all these years I have not been
following any formalized spiritual path of study. Various important influences are
described within this writing, most notably, the striking influence of a lecture by Lama
Chimi Rinpoche on my life and work, studies of Gnostic writings, and some particular study
of the writings of Paracelsus. I do not claim special knowledge of these sources.
Any similarities to paradigmas of religion, art and science that exist today arise from
the practical study of Release, implemented through Stillness, as that has been my chief
source and resource of information. This writing is a personal statement, a history
and independent system of belief. It is a documentation of ideas and deeds, thoughts
and actions coming from the reference point of stillness. It is put forward with the
hope that it may provide interest, maybe comfort, and possibly inspiration for others who
are also working in depth with their own perceptual and activity fields. From this
point in the writing I will assume that the reader is aware that all she/he reads here
should be taken as documentation of one person’s practice as created as it has been
perceived, understood, created, and lived by the author. Within the process of
Release, Stillness serves to create awareness of the (full) emptiness that allows for
exploration. Within Release, Stillness is first and foremost something (with nothing
as its nature) in itself. Then, secondarily, Stillness is used as a bridge for the
imagination to extend the Cloud of Experience to new levels of understanding. This
requires huge and prolonged effort, while also being tempered with great non-striving
tolerance. |
