Thread by @sadalsvvd

one of the most valuable ideas I learned from @nobuhojimichaan is "ase", which I understand as the accumulation of connective, energetic attachment between all things, especially the mental and emotional. it changed how I relate to pretty much everything

https://twitter.com/nobuhojimichaan/status/1490551987737448452

it implicates that wherever you put your attention of any form, a charge of some form accumulates, whether you want to call that "energy" or another conception. it's neutral, but it points out how attention creates a glue between us and the observed

it can be dissolved, unwound, released, relinquished with awareness, nonjudgmental reception and some other energetic techniques that are more subtle than I can describe atm. it echoes perfectly @visakanv's "focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of"

wherever it's put it becomes greater, and a greater burden. my observation of nobu's work is that they are greatly focused on resolving the delicate imbalances of ase in the universe, a mighty task. I might be brave and say that @taalumot's zazen does the same thing thru flow

the more closely I pay attention to my own attention, the more I notice subtle tensions and pulls in the directions of things I have built up within myself, my ase to others and my internal world. I have even begun to notice it *as* it accumulates. the mind grows heavier with it

I am more cautious now about the "pose" of my attention with which I engage things, especially twitter, but really anything. it helps highlight the ever-grasping nature of the mind, and the sometimes highly consequential dips, valleys, and distortions it creates in my psyche

btw, ase (properly àṣẹ) is originally a Yoruba word, and I am sure I am not properly capturing its whole essence, but this is the part I found really useful in my engagement with nobu's thinking. an interesting passage from the wiki which reflects more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E1%B9%A…