What is a Ping?

What is a Ping?

A Ping is a tiny resonant message from the universe.

What a Ping might mean, and how/if you might use it is rarely clear in the moment.

In this way, you can think of a Ping as a place to start from, and the metadata that accompanies each one, as markers to help you find your way back when you’re open to reflecting.

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Pings are typically made up of three parts:

1. Ping Content
   recording or translation of the Ping (in text, for now), in whatever style is most useful for you (the receiver).
   Learning is the future
2. Time & Date
   acknowledging the particular moment in time you received the Ping — local timestamp and date.
   9:15am  •  Monday, July 22, 2024
3. ID
   marking this Ping’s place within the broader practice you maintain.
   Ping 188 of 322

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You might handle Pings differently, depending on where you record them —

If you record Pings with pen & paper, there may only be time to jot down the content and date.

If you record Pings using existing notes apps, consider including the word “Ping” along with each capture. Later on, searching for the word “Ping” will reveal the set of energetic messages you have captured over time.

If you’re experimenting with the app we’re developing (or would like to), you’ll notice Pings are packaged automatically — in other words, you can surf them according to different metadata that’s automatically recorded.

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Making the choice to record a Ping – be it with software or paper – enhances your reception, so use whatever medium(s) best suit you.

And remember, hearing Pings depends on a willingness to:

• Decouple sensing from sense-making
• Believe that within (and between) Pings lies clues to new meaning and insight

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We appreciate how Masanobu Fukuoka puts it in The One-Straw Revolution (1975):

Nature, or the body itself, serves as a capable guide. But this subtle guidance goes unheard by most people because of the clamor caused by desire and by the activity of the discriminating mind.

If you'd like to learn more about pings from a more elemental lens, consider reviewing the method.

Thank you for experiencing this transmission —
From: Laurel Schwulst & Peter Pelberg
Began on: August 15, 2024
Sent on: March 14, 2025
Last edited on: March 14, 2025

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