[Rhodes22-list] interdependance

[Peter Thorn]

Robert,

Ironically, it is precisely the detachment you describe that helps one be
completely in the moment on the water, receptive and open to all factors on
the race course.  The instant past is irrelevant, goals are not helpful, but
allowing all awareness to be in the now is connectedness.  Quite relaxing
too.

PT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] boat named "almost dog?"


> Tootle wrote:
> > ... Bob,
> >        So your boat is named 'anomie'?
>
> Nope.  She's called the "Edith P." after my
> loyal, courageous, unflappable, and perfectly
> poised mother.
>
> "Anomie" described my attitude toward racing.
> It was an imprecise shorthand, and I apologize.
>
> To be more exact, the experience of cruising
> for me is more like the Buddhist attitude toward
> desire.  As I release objectives, destinations,
> and competition, I find synthesis with wind,
> water, and boat.  That balanced existence is
> the reward for understanding interdependence,
> for enjoying the flow of forces passing through
> and by me.
>
> To put it another way, when you don't care, you
> are free to grok sailing in its fullness. (Thank
> you, Robert Heinlein)
>
> Hope that helps, Tootle.
>
> /Robert Skinner
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