[Tango-L] Tango-moment

[andrea]

hi tine-

there is a buddhist psychologist named mark epstein who wrote about a  
similar experience in 'going to pieces without falling apart":

"i noticed how suddenly quiet my mind had become. my everyday  
thoughts had vanished, and the tension in my shoulders was gone. i  
was momentarily undefended and curiously at peace. i wasnt trying to  
relax, and i wasnt trying not to relax. everything was floating. i  
was no longer centered in my thinking mind"


this is the closest to a tango moment as i can think of.

my personal description is that it is the experience of being  
completely in the moment w/o experiencing the 'i' that is me. my day  
to day self is out of the way. it is a series of pleasurable moments  
that are put together w/o the judging or observing mind. it is the  
pure experience of my body moving w/o any effort, my thoughts w/o  
tension, my conciousness w/o words, i am one in myself and in the  
world. i call tango my valium.

( i await a comment from derick how its different for men than for  
women, different and better in argentina, and 14 ways i SHOULD  
improve upon this)


a n d r e a