Theme combinations

This page contains a list of paired themes for contemplation along with some suggestions for the insights that could be sought from paying attention to these themes. These are not exhaustive. You should actively seek your own insights and pursue your own questions

Adjacent themes

Body/acting & feelings/motivating (B+In1) — How do emotions and urges manifest themselves in your body? What do your actions tell you about your true motivations?
Feelings/motivating & mind/thinking (In1+In2) — How do your thoughts and emotions influence each other? How do the rational and instinctive parts of your mind interact?
Mind/thinking & knowledge/believing (In2+In3) — How do you organise your thoughts into systems of knowledge and belief frameworks? How do those systems and frameworks influence your thoughts and your thought processes?
Knowledge/believing & oneness/transcending (In3+A) — What do you hold to be universally true and what are you uncertain about? How do you comprehend the mysterious and the infinite?
Oneness/transcending & people/interacting (A+Ex3) — How can you identify with the whole of humanity? How can our relationships be more than the sum of their parts?
People/interacting & environment/occurring (Ex3+Ex2) — How are people’s behaviours shaped by circumstances and events? What leads people to change and what impact do they have on the world around them?
Environment/occurring & senses/attending (Ex2+Ex1) — Are there patterns in the way you respond to events in the world around you? What do you tend to notice and ignore in your surroundings?
Senses/attending & body/acting (Ex1+B) — How does your physical state affect the way you perceive the world? What impact does paying attention to your body’s signals have on you?

Parallel themes

Senses/attending & feelings/motivating (Ex1+In1) — How are your emotions affected by your awareness of the world around you and how do your emotions affect that awareness? How does changing your perspective affect your motivations?
Environment/occurring & mind/thinking (Ex2+In2) — How are your thoughts shaped by your environment? How do you mentally process change?
People/interacting & knowledge/believing (Ex3+In3) — How is your understanding of the world shaped by other people? How do your beliefs influence your interactions with other people?

Facing themes

Body/acting & oneness/transcending (B+A)— How do you reconcile the concept of eternity with the fact that we inhabit a mortal body? How are the atoms in your body connected to every other atom in the universe?
Senses/attending & knowledge/believing (Ex1+In3) — How do your expectations shape what you notice? How often do you change your worldview based on new information?
People/interacting & feelings/motivating (Ex3+In1) — What influences the extent to which you empathise with others? What motivations most strongly influence your interactions with others? (Includes mettā meditation.)

90° themes

Body/acting & mind/thinking (B+In2)— How are your thoughts influenced by your physical state and vice versa? How is your thinking linked to your doing?
Feelings/motivating & knowledge/beliefs (In1+In3) — How do your values shape your sense of purpose? What emotional rewards do you get from acting on your beliefs?
Mind/thinking & oneness/transcending (In2+A)— How much do you embrace or avoid thinking about uncertainty and eternity? How can you explore the limits of your thinking?
Oneness/transcending & environment/occurring (A+Ex2) — How are you connected to your environment? How can you be simultaneously part of and apart from events?
People/interacting & senses/attending (Ex3+Ex1) — How much attention do you devote to the people around you? What about other people stimulates you?
Environment/occurring & body/acting (Ex2+B) — What effect does the space around you and contact with your environment have on your body? How do you tend to respond to changes around you?

135° themes

Body/acting & knowledge/belief (B+In3) — What is your attitude to your own body? What rituals do you enact?
Feelings/motivating & oneness/transcending (In1+A) — How do your desires facilitate or present obstacles to your growth as a person? How do you experience hope, dread, wonder and a sense of the numinous?
Mind/thinking & people/interacting (In2+Ex3) — To what extent are your thoughts your own? How are your thought processes affected by your interactions with others? How much of your interactions with others are influenced by habitual thought patterns?
Knowledge/believing & environment/occurring (In3+Ex2) — How would you characterise your expertise and ignorance of the world around you? How accurate are your explanations and predictions of events? What have you learned today?
Oneness/transcending & senses/attending (A+Ex1) — What do you perceive to be beautiful? What things cause you to focus beyond your everyday experience? How does an awarenss of the infinite affect your perceptions?
People/interacting & body/acting (Ex3+B) — How might your awareness of your own body influence your understanding of other people? How is your physical state communicated to others through your posture and body language?

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