Part III — Participation · 14

Remaining in the Current

Part III closes on endurance. Remaining in the current is the discipline of staying oriented over time — after the initiative, after attention has moved elsewhere.

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The question it turns on

What allows a practice to survive its own success?

Concepts in this chapter

  • Endurance
  • Practice
  • Formation
  • Returning

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Where the argument is contested

Practice can harden into ritual. The chapter asks for repetition that keeps its question alive rather than repetition that settles it.

To sit with

  • What have you kept doing long after you stopped asking why?
  • Which practice would you notice the absence of within a week?