24 I first met this process of disidentification through having but not being attached through reading Roberto Assagioli. See his The Act of Will.
25 See David Abram, 1999.
26 Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living. Delacorte, 1990. Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are. Hyperion, 1994.
27 Jean-Luc Marion develops this idea in his God Without Being (Tr. Thomas A Carlson). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
28 Ancient markings have been found by archaeologists which depict human figures standing in a certain posture. Angeles Arrien speaks of this standing posture combined with hand positions as a warrior empowerment tool. Angeles does not say which hand goes where, though her two accompanying drawings show each way (one shows right hand over heart, the other show left hand).
29 See Trevor Leggett, Zen and the Ways. Boulder: Shambhala, 1978, p 136.
30 Ibid, p 194.
31 Jesus, Gospel of Thomas.
32 Thanks to Sensei Koichi Tohei for this exercise.
33 David Abram. The Spell of the Sensuous. New York: Vintage, 1996.
34 Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam, 1918.
35 Eugene Herrigel. The Method of Zen. New York: Vintage, 1974.
36 Michael Harner. The Way of the Shaman. New York: HarperCollins, 1980.
37 Jesus spoke of being an outlaw, in a passage rarely remarked upon: “He said to them (his disciples), `When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?’ `No,’ they answered. `It is different now,’ he said; `whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one. For scripture says, `And he was counted among the outlaws,’ and these words, I tell you, must find fulfillment in me; indeed, all that is written of me is being fulfilled.’ `Look, Lord,’ they said, `we have two swords here.’ `Enough, enough!’ he replied.” (Luke 22: 35-38.)
38 Jesus (Matthew 6:20).
39 See Bawa Muhaiyaddeen. To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life. Philadelphia: The Fellowship Press, 1997.
40 For a beautiful and moving rendition of the distinction between the story of pain, the narrative of pain, and pain itself, see Sharon Cameron. 2000. Beautiful Work: A Meditation on Pain. Durham: Duke University Press.
