New York City - June 1998
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New York City Workshop - June 13, 1998
The workshop was held in the basketball gymnasium at Hunter College which is
located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The gymnasium is located three
stories underground in the West Building.
When we arrived at about 9:20 AM, the stage was still being constructed in the
center of the room and many of the attendees were already in attendance. After
turning in our release forms to the folk from Omega we entered the second level
of the gymnasium, walked along a catwalk to the end of the room and descended
some stairs to the gym floor.
The instructors were Reni Murez, Nyei Murez, Erin Alexander and Rylan Morris.
Later in the day Nyei referred to Rylan as "the newest energy tracker".
Erin Alexander came out on stage and announced the availability of the book
The Wheel of Time. She spoke briefly about L.A. Eidolona Press and about the
contents of the book.
Reni then came on stage and introduced herself as Rennata Murez, explaining
that that was her magical name. Her talk was nearly identical to the one she gave
the previous week in Mountain View. The most notable exception was that she
talked about how there was a core group of Tensegrity practioners who have
dedicated themselves to the practice of Tensegrity for several years,
specifically mentioning the New York practice group and their efforts.
We then were led by Reni in the individual Masculinity passes and then
performed the Long Form version which has changed slightly since it was last
shown.
Before we broke for lunch Nyei took the stage and started talking about the
series for the womb, commenting about how appropriate a pass it was considering
that we were underground in the "womb of New York". She explained that the
primary function of the womb is reproduction but that the womb also has a
secondary function, evolution. She explained how women have a direct link to
Intent via their wombs and how this was an advantage that wasn't an advantage at
all.
Because women have had this connection since birth, they are unaware of it.
Women take it for granted that they sometimes know things or whatever so they
then end up second guessing themselves, thinking "oh how could I have known that?
I'm imagining it." Essentially they dismiss this link that they have. Men on the
other hand, do not have this natural link and have to work very hard to achieve
it. Nyei said that for this reason, once they finally achieve it they recognize
it as something of a different order, never dismissing it and always appreciating
it. This is why a woman's advantage is no advantage at all. Men fight like hell
get to where women are, but they always appreciate what they have achieved. Women
must work simply to learn to appreciate and trust what they already know.
Nyei said that men should practice the series for the womb in order to gain
fluidity and during the instruction the men were told to swipe the energy on
their male sexual organs ("wherever they are") instead of on the area of the
ovaries.
After lunch we went straight into the instruction for the womb. Again we
learned the individual movements as taught in Magical Passes and then learned the
long form. The long form version is the same as it has been since last shown.
After a short break Reni came on stage to talk about the Not Doings. Again her
talk was nearly identical to Mountain View. She said our energy is moving in one
direction and we can interrupt that flow for a moment and step out of what we
are. Reni said that we have an almost infinite capacity to remember advertising
jingles and song lyrics yet we can't remember to act impeccably every moment of
the day. She said this is due to the fact that all our energy is taken up with
the concerns of daily living. Reni mentioned that our awareness which should
cover our entire luminous ball is reduced to just our ankle level, from an area
at or just below the protuberance of the ankle bone to the bottom of our feet.
The movements of the running man stir up this awareness and move it higher.
We were quickly instructed in the individual passes of Running Man while
sitting up and then performed them once in sequence while lying down. After a
short break, Nyei again took the stage to talk about affection. She said that the
type of affection she is talking about is that in which you write a blank check
and don't look to see what the amount is that was filled in.
Nyei said that people who attend the workshops for the first time often ask if
they will be at a disadvantage because they will learning the passes for the
first time and many of the other attendees already know them. She there are no
advantages or disadvantages in the world of sorcery, "only opportunities". She
explained that they have discovered that the greater the number of participants
at a workshop, the easier it is for everyone to learn the passes and to remember
the movements and everything that was said.
Nyei also talked about how much we should practice. Basically she said it was an
individual thing. The passes should give us a sense of well being and balance. If
we get dizzy or feel out of it, we're doing too much. She said if we start to
feel unbalanced when practicing just some of the individual movements, we should
then practice the long form version which has a perfect balance of each of the
movements built into it.
After the instruction for the Pass of Affection which was led by Nyei, the
workshop ended with enthusiastic applause.
Addendum: Nyei also said that the secondary function of the male sexual
organs is unbending intent.
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