CHAPTER 4
Orienting
It is time we steered by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship.
 
Omar Bradley
 
The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.
 
Timothy Gallway
 
 
 
ORIENTING OURSELVES MEANS KNOWING WHERE WE are in relation to something that we have selected from a broader set of possibilities. We orient ourselves in a room by scanning to assess who and what is there; only then can we determine how to proceed. We orient in time by looking at our watch to see that we have fifteen minutes to our next appointment. Depending on the circumstances, ...

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