Dear Crafty,
Engaging with the House Rules, as engaging with any undertaking, is a process.
(If of interest, scroll down to VI… https://guitarcraft.com/alexander-keynote/).
A process has three stages: the beginning, the middle, the end.
Conventionally exoteric, mesoteric, and esoteric stages.
In the beginning, the HR are presented as an injunction: do this.
Here, they are a code of conduct, of behaviour.
It is mainly functional: what we do.
This is on the outside.
The House Rules are rules.
In the middle, we move inside the House Rules.
Why? How? Are we able to put ourselves, and what we want, aside and honour the injunction?
This is a measure of our being.
The House Rules represent Principles.
In the end stage, the House Rules move inside us.
The House Rules represent Qualities.
They are a Way of Life.
Do we intend to live our life, representing these Qualities?
This is Will, of choice and decision (cf the Decision Exercise).
Qualities within Principles within Rules.
How we engage with the House Rules indicates the degree of our understanding.
And some of them are impossibly hard.
Please stay within the boundary of the property for the duration of the course.
Which boundary? Could this be me, rather than the fences around the facility? (Cf the Collected State).
You are not asked to accept any direction that violates conscience.
Conscience is the voice of God within me.
WTF!
No judgements are made: we accept you as you arrive.
Acceptance is only possible with an all-encompassing Love.
…otherwise, be polite.
I can kinda handle that one.
Noting I don’t claim to have any greater capacity with the House rules than any others.
Robert Fripp
Friday 4th. October, 2025;
Bredonborough, Middle England.