I failed to mention my own history with Circling in the post. Unfortunately, me mentioning it now, I fear kind of comes across as trying to fight over who has the most XP. But … it seems like relevant context, so I’ll mention it now anyway. :x
My history: I’ve tried all the main schools of Circling: Integral Center (Aletheia), Circling Institute (with Guy Sengstock), and Circling Europe. Overall, I’ve circled for 400+ hours, and most of it was in Circling Europe’s style. I passed Circling Europe’s 6-month training course (SAS) last year and am now a TA at this year’s. I’ve circled with various combinations of rationalists and non-rationalists, and I identify as a rationalist myself.
My opinion: Each school feels pretty distinct to me. I think it’s still disputed among Circlers which school is, like, the true Circling. I was inclined to try all of them because I like breadth-first exploration. I’ve mostly settled on Circling Europe.
The number ’400′ was honestly very surprising to me. I feel like readers would get useful information from knowing about your extensive experience (e.g. this post isn’t by a newbie), adding it somewhere to the OP could be good.
I failed to mention my own history with Circling in the post. Unfortunately, me mentioning it now, I fear kind of comes across as trying to fight over who has the most XP. But … it seems like relevant context, so I’ll mention it now anyway. :x
My history: I’ve tried all the main schools of Circling: Integral Center (Aletheia), Circling Institute (with Guy Sengstock), and Circling Europe. Overall, I’ve circled for 400+ hours, and most of it was in Circling Europe’s style. I passed Circling Europe’s 6-month training course (SAS) last year and am now a TA at this year’s. I’ve circled with various combinations of rationalists and non-rationalists, and I identify as a rationalist myself.
My opinion: Each school feels pretty distinct to me. I think it’s still disputed among Circlers which school is, like, the true Circling. I was inclined to try all of them because I like breadth-first exploration. I’ve mostly settled on Circling Europe.
The number ’400′ was honestly very surprising to me. I feel like readers would get useful information from knowing about your extensive experience (e.g. this post isn’t by a newbie), adding it somewhere to the OP could be good.
I updated the OP to reflect this. Thanks.