{"id":761,"date":"2022-12-06T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=761"},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:43:19","slug":"a-population-of-selves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2022\/12\/06\/a-population-of-selves\/","title":{"rendered":"A Population of Selves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A framework for self-inquiry inspired by the book A Population of Selves by Erving Polster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the three characteristics month we\u00a0inquired into the self aspect of our conscious experience, trying to locate the self in our field of sensory perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the incoming session, we will observe the self from another angle, bringing more light to it&#8217;s empty contextually dependent&nbsp;nature. With imagination, memory and embodiment to create a container and evoke instances of ourselves in different situations. We will use noting and labelling to distinguish domain-specific characteristics that arise in various conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;As usually, the session will include a discussion related to the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq.webp 512w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/4h3qycVIxE145acgeAbX-3-8a3pq-60x60.webp 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A framework for self-inquiry inspired by the book A Population of Selves by Erving Polster. During the three characteristics month we\u00a0inquired into the self aspect of our conscious experience, trying to locate the self in our field of sensory perception. In the incoming session, we will observe the self from another angle, bringing more light &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2022\/12\/06\/a-population-of-selves\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Population of Selves<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1670323404:4"],"_edit_last":["4"],"_jd_tweet_this":["yes"],"_wpt_short_url":["https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=761"],"_wp_jd_target":["https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=761"],"_jd_wp_twitter":["a:1:{i:0;s:67:\"New post: A Population of Selves https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=761 \";}"],"_wpt_status_message":["Tweet sent successfully."],"_oembed_c47580ab1da567d00edfe484c29d17fc":["<iframe title=\"Samatha Concentration Cocktail: Relaxation, Visual Kasina and Objectless Samatha | guided meditation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3zCwg-aapk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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