Nicole's Monthly Summary

This first month of working with the working hypothesis has been exciting and interesting. I started off with few expectations and a general sense of excitement about the project/experience... this degenerated somehow into self-doubt and resistance to the practice. My mind started to slack off in a sense - go through the motions - but not really committed with intensity.

Some wonderful experiences I have had in the last few days have given me a taste - a drop on the tongue to remind me why I am doing this - and the simplicity within it. In hindsight I see all the familiar patterns of my ego in how I have been approaching this - and I also feel steps away from these patterns.

The most noticeable is the acceptance of the simplicity within the difficult. This seeming duality of the practice has reminded me that although it and things in general may seem very difficult, this is merely part of the illusion.