Episode 108

Awakening Practices from PRACTICAL WORK ON SELF, "The Pond", Part Two

In this continuation of their discussion on Chapter 2 of Practical Work on Self by E.J. Gold, Jim, Jazwant, and Freddy focus on the difficulty of maintaining an internal state of neutrality amidst a changing world and personal "undercurrents" of negativity. The conversation shifts from theoretical understanding to the messy reality of trying to "get in front" of emotional shocks before they "splash" into the pond of the self.

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Fred M Schill

I like to do. I like to make things. And, I like telling stories. I tell stories to myself and to others.

First, a short biography, which is, of course, is a story. I was born in Cleveland, played sports, and attended university. Later, after a few years in the radio business, I returned to university to study education and literature.

With a teaching certificate in my file folder, I began working in high schools, first as a strike-breaking scab substitute teacher in Cleveland's far suburbs, and then in Chicago, mostly in private high schools.

Cleveland and Chicago. My two main towns, and I escaped them both. Presently, I live in a tiny, isolated, mountain village in Spain. I am reluctant to write the name of the town because I don't like tourists. When the tourists arrive, they look at me as if I am an animal in a zoo.