7-9. The Three Orientations

The 3 Orientations

by Ori

Our mind, it has no locus of true and authentic pleasure

It’s role is to mitigate and resolve present moment suffering

And to try to imagine a world where this suffering does not exist.

One

Those in the inner circle know this:

That life is best known not through the mind,

but through direct experience.

Which means, we do not grip for an outcome

And instead we open, let things unfold, and release.

This is the inner circle and the orientation of experience

It is the realm of revelation

It’s where we find source in all it’s beauty

And where we get to meet the miracle of life itself.

Two

When our experience is pleasurable,

Our movements, their nature is expression

There is no goal to them but authenticity

And this, we call art, dance or play

When instead of pleasure, our experience turns discomfort,

Instead of expression, we turn ourselves, our movements, into action.

Now our goal is to make the experience different

We are compelled, and so we desire change.

In action we set joy aside, and exchange it for the experience of effort.

The inner circle becomes then darkened

And will power is declared the new master and king.

This is the nature of the orientation that is action

A realm governed by overcome and challenge

The present moment looses its lure and luster

Fundamentally, everything becomes not ok!

Three

To really open into pleasure is high mastery

It’s a dive below the mind

Into deep currents of subjectivity and surrender.

Instead we get enchanted by presentations of pleasure

Trying to predict what the right circumstance is

That will allow us to have the experience that we seek.

Our dream is to be able to guarantee ourselves a good experience,

One that can free us form our mitigating efforts

And one that will allow us to rest within

This is the nature of the orientation that is circumstance

We try to bind our circumstance to our sought after experience

An attempt to stop the ever changing subjective nature of experience

A life of checking all the boxes, seeking to acquire a feeling state

One that comes with a lifetime warranty.