[Tango-L] Tango-moment Andrea's requested comment from Derik...lol.

[Derik Rawson]

Dear Andrea:

Lets see...

We have US Americans teaching Argentines how to dance
Argentine Tango, and Buddhist psychologists named Mark
Epstein teaching the Asians about Buddhism.  What next
for US Americans to Mac Donaldize?

Derik
d.rawson at rawsonweb.com

--- andrea <ako31 at nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
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