When you read http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2007/03/thusnesss-six-stages-of-experience.html you get this feeling that awakening is quite linear.
You experience thoughtlessness then I AM everything (oneness?) then the next stage and so on.
However it isn't really so.
Thoughtlessness doesn't come just like that. There are layers to the mind before it can go silent.
The map is multidimensional and there is a back and forth between I AM and I AM everything while the mind gets more silent and the deepening of I AM takes place.
This is my experience.
The deepening of I AM is a release of ego attachments, ego positions and fears. Especially the act of talking / communicating with others can be tough because you go back and forth from coming from emptiness / depth of your being to a conditioned ego position where all sorts of reactions occur.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Monday, December 28, 2015
Open Focus leads to open awareness, Dzogchen
My experience with working with open focus exercises is that they lead to a much more relaxed body by minimizing the mind grip of experience through all the senses.
I have done various kinds of meditations over the years focusing on clearing emotional and karmic blockages which have lead to some level of equanimity but I still had bursts of anger sometimes.
This anger was fueled by tension in the body which the mind wouldn't let go of.
It seems open focus exercises work with another aspect of one's "configuration" of self.
The open focus approach is to focus on space and the relation to all the senses. In that regard it reminds me of Dzogchen and sky gazing though open focus is more focused in its approach to release different areas of the body.
I have done various kinds of meditations over the years focusing on clearing emotional and karmic blockages which have lead to some level of equanimity but I still had bursts of anger sometimes.
This anger was fueled by tension in the body which the mind wouldn't let go of.
It seems open focus exercises work with another aspect of one's "configuration" of self.
The open focus approach is to focus on space and the relation to all the senses. In that regard it reminds me of Dzogchen and sky gazing though open focus is more focused in its approach to release different areas of the body.
The knot in the belly
For a long time I have felt a kind of knot in the belly area.
The contraction or felt experience seems to be more painful if I spend a long time in front of a computer screen for some reason.
After the pain has to surface the mind seems to increase the grip of it thus leading to more pain.
I have tried various healing tools on it with little success. The open focus brain exercises seem to work the best so far.
Open focus lessens the grip of the mind of experience leading to an open focus / open awareness where all experience is just "let through" so pain is diffused.
Here someone has written a bit about awakening of the belly.
The contraction or felt experience seems to be more painful if I spend a long time in front of a computer screen for some reason.
After the pain has to surface the mind seems to increase the grip of it thus leading to more pain.
I have tried various healing tools on it with little success. The open focus brain exercises seem to work the best so far.
Open focus lessens the grip of the mind of experience leading to an open focus / open awareness where all experience is just "let through" so pain is diffused.
Here someone has written a bit about awakening of the belly.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Why no single teacher / lineage knows everything, how to create a field of information (lineage)
Think about for a second why no single teacher / teaching / lineage knows everything.
Why we have so many teachings that differ in methods, transmissions and so on.
The knowledge that is to know is endless. There is no end to what we can do, achieve and no fixed destination to arrive at.
Enlightenment - being pure awareness and knowing it fully - is more or less the same in all traditions.
Enlightenment is just the start there is more, fully opening up to uncondtional love, ESP powers, working on collective consciousness to make humanity move forward and not backward like the status quo and malign powers that exist both in humanity and in other realms wish.
Lineage is basically a container of knowledge. Like a book or hard drive. You can start your own lineage by stating your intention to create a field of knowledge, say a knowledge to open up unconditional love.
This field can them empower inviduals when you state your intention that this field empower those specific invididuals.
The field can then be expanded with your knowledge. The knowledge can also be medical, say curing of cancer and other illnesses.
This is how a lineage can become very powerful.
Why we have so many teachings that differ in methods, transmissions and so on.
The knowledge that is to know is endless. There is no end to what we can do, achieve and no fixed destination to arrive at.
Enlightenment - being pure awareness and knowing it fully - is more or less the same in all traditions.
Enlightenment is just the start there is more, fully opening up to uncondtional love, ESP powers, working on collective consciousness to make humanity move forward and not backward like the status quo and malign powers that exist both in humanity and in other realms wish.
Lineage is basically a container of knowledge. Like a book or hard drive. You can start your own lineage by stating your intention to create a field of knowledge, say a knowledge to open up unconditional love.
This field can them empower inviduals when you state your intention that this field empower those specific invididuals.
The field can then be expanded with your knowledge. The knowledge can also be medical, say curing of cancer and other illnesses.
This is how a lineage can become very powerful.
Friday, December 4, 2015
An easy way to raise your vibration running 24 hours a day
This is a technique I have learned from David Cicia, from blissofpeace.com.
So the basis of this is an interaction with your true self / spirit / etc.
Equipment necessary: a digital recording program, I use Audacity on Linux.
The recording is done with a muted microphone. What we are doing here is an imprint of our vibration to the recording.
1. Relax and set your intention for your spirit to imprint your vibration onto the recording for "the next you need in your spiritual process".
2. Start recording
3. Have that intention in mind for about 5-10 minutes while the recording is happening.
4. Stop recording when you feel it is enough.
This recording can then be saved as an mp3 file to be played on your smart phone continously. I use Folder Player on Android to play it back for many hours.
This vibration will actually lift your current vibration up to the "next level" by bathing you in it and giving up the lower vibrations.
There might be some discomfort / tiredness coming up which is due to the change occuring. Grounding and pulling in energy from the universe / sun / moon etc can be good to replenish the body.
So the basis of this is an interaction with your true self / spirit / etc.
Equipment necessary: a digital recording program, I use Audacity on Linux.
The recording is done with a muted microphone. What we are doing here is an imprint of our vibration to the recording.
1. Relax and set your intention for your spirit to imprint your vibration onto the recording for "the next you need in your spiritual process".
2. Start recording
3. Have that intention in mind for about 5-10 minutes while the recording is happening.
4. Stop recording when you feel it is enough.
This recording can then be saved as an mp3 file to be played on your smart phone continously. I use Folder Player on Android to play it back for many hours.
This vibration will actually lift your current vibration up to the "next level" by bathing you in it and giving up the lower vibrations.
There might be some discomfort / tiredness coming up which is due to the change occuring. Grounding and pulling in energy from the universe / sun / moon etc can be good to replenish the body.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Gurus and teachers and individuality
My journey so far has invlolved a lot of traditions, disciplines and healing techniques.
One thing that has always lead to conflicts is involvement with teachers.
The thing about teachers is they tend to view themselves as superior and stuff flows from them to the student.
Also it requires money and money has a tendency to corrupt things.
The groups around teachers get to have a certain kind of group think that hinders self-development.
So everytime I enter a group a certain discomfort start to arise after some time.
Anyway, I have learned a lot from the interaction with various teachers and so far I can tell they are all human with faults etc which they have all themselves recognized.
I am also working on my own blockages around groups and teachers so to clear any conditioning but just clearing any conditioning is not enough. A deep respect for your own individuality is necessary and that is why ultimately any framework presented will always be flawed because it requires giving up your uniqueness to follow the crowd.
Individuality is an expression of oneness through our body and personality etc. Trying to suppress your personality is like fitting your shoes wrongly and keep pushing them to fit. It won't work.
One thing that has always lead to conflicts is involvement with teachers.
The thing about teachers is they tend to view themselves as superior and stuff flows from them to the student.
Also it requires money and money has a tendency to corrupt things.
The groups around teachers get to have a certain kind of group think that hinders self-development.
So everytime I enter a group a certain discomfort start to arise after some time.
Anyway, I have learned a lot from the interaction with various teachers and so far I can tell they are all human with faults etc which they have all themselves recognized.
I am also working on my own blockages around groups and teachers so to clear any conditioning but just clearing any conditioning is not enough. A deep respect for your own individuality is necessary and that is why ultimately any framework presented will always be flawed because it requires giving up your uniqueness to follow the crowd.
Individuality is an expression of oneness through our body and personality etc. Trying to suppress your personality is like fitting your shoes wrongly and keep pushing them to fit. It won't work.
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