Release from sight, and the manifestation of oxygen.
Ignorance was destroyed; knowledge arose; Darkness was destroyed, light arose; as happens in one who is uncomplacent, ardent, and resolute.
Nothing in life is as it seems. To realize this you needn't look any further that the floor beneath your feet. The floor isn't solid, its actually millions of particles called ATOMS, seemingly floating in space. Upon closer examanation contained within each of these Atoms there are Protons, surrounded by electrons and nuetrons. The space between these subatomic particles I simply call void. This model of the very fabric of existence seems to extend to the universal. Imagine the atoms as Galaxies, the protons as suns and stars, the electrons as planets, and the neutrons as moons.
A healthy body is necessary for the development of discernment, in order to understand the relationship of body to mind. Since one cannot seperate from this universal scheme of things that are, these patterns continue to apply to your mind and body both.
Meditation is the science, and this is my personal prescription. One must become mindful of their breath, inhaling and exhaling with great concentration. Breathing through each nostril individually, utilising distinct focused patterns, will aid in breath awareness.
Focusing on breath one must ascend the four stages of dyhana; understand that the breath is further purified in your lungs where the oxygen is drawn from your breath, and enriches your blood, which courses through your veins.
The first stage is a meditative absorption produced by detaching from sensual thoughts and unskillful attitudes. The mind attains a state of unity while evaluating the object to which it consciously gives its thoughts, giving rise to a sense of rapture and ease, born of seclusion.
There are four mental factors needed in any spiritual striving: discernment, truth, renunciation, and calm. One must use discernment to overcome doubts that the goal is unobtainable and not worth the effort involved. At the moment of warmth, focus on your minds eye, through the backs of your eyelids see past your sight, focus on the true nature of sight. Follow the path of the oxygen through your lungs and into your blood, cycle through your body pausing at your heart long enough to marvel at the precision. One half of the blood goes up, and one half down. Follow the newly oxygenated blood upward through your neck and into your mind. Feel the life it breathes to your thoughts.
The second stage is an absorbtion free from the activity of evaluation and directed thought. Singleness of mind and internal assurance, in addition to the rapture and ease born of composure.
Clearly recognize that no peace can be found in the world that lies in front of your eyes. Understand that no harmony can come from the intermittent dance of casually produced things, release lies within. Then in order to overcome fear (as tendencies that are deep rooted in ones character protest their coming destruction) one must remain true to ones resolve for the genuine good.
The third stage is dispassionate rather than raptorous, mindful and fully aware with a feeling of bodily ease. In the next moment focus again on the blood that is manifesting your thoughts.
As one gains a sense of ones powers, one must practice firm renunciation to overcome the most insiduous temptation of all; to divert ones power to ones own personal pleasure. Only then can the mind attain the calm needed for true understanding, percieve the depths of your mind, slip into the void and find release.
Nothing in life is as it seems. To realize this you needn't look any further that the floor beneath your feet. The floor isn't solid, its actually millions of particles called ATOMS, seemingly floating in space. Upon closer examanation contained within each of these Atoms there are Protons, surrounded by electrons and nuetrons. The space between these subatomic particles I simply call void. This model of the very fabric of existence seems to extend to the universal. Imagine the atoms as Galaxies, the protons as suns and stars, the electrons as planets, and the neutrons as moons.
A healthy body is necessary for the development of discernment, in order to understand the relationship of body to mind. Since one cannot seperate from this universal scheme of things that are, these patterns continue to apply to your mind and body both.
Meditation is the science, and this is my personal prescription. One must become mindful of their breath, inhaling and exhaling with great concentration. Breathing through each nostril individually, utilising distinct focused patterns, will aid in breath awareness.
Focusing on breath one must ascend the four stages of dyhana; understand that the breath is further purified in your lungs where the oxygen is drawn from your breath, and enriches your blood, which courses through your veins.
The first stage is a meditative absorption produced by detaching from sensual thoughts and unskillful attitudes. The mind attains a state of unity while evaluating the object to which it consciously gives its thoughts, giving rise to a sense of rapture and ease, born of seclusion.
There are four mental factors needed in any spiritual striving: discernment, truth, renunciation, and calm. One must use discernment to overcome doubts that the goal is unobtainable and not worth the effort involved. At the moment of warmth, focus on your minds eye, through the backs of your eyelids see past your sight, focus on the true nature of sight. Follow the path of the oxygen through your lungs and into your blood, cycle through your body pausing at your heart long enough to marvel at the precision. One half of the blood goes up, and one half down. Follow the newly oxygenated blood upward through your neck and into your mind. Feel the life it breathes to your thoughts.
The second stage is an absorbtion free from the activity of evaluation and directed thought. Singleness of mind and internal assurance, in addition to the rapture and ease born of composure.
Clearly recognize that no peace can be found in the world that lies in front of your eyes. Understand that no harmony can come from the intermittent dance of casually produced things, release lies within. Then in order to overcome fear (as tendencies that are deep rooted in ones character protest their coming destruction) one must remain true to ones resolve for the genuine good.
The third stage is dispassionate rather than raptorous, mindful and fully aware with a feeling of bodily ease. In the next moment focus again on the blood that is manifesting your thoughts.
As one gains a sense of ones powers, one must practice firm renunciation to overcome the most insiduous temptation of all; to divert ones power to ones own personal pleasure. Only then can the mind attain the calm needed for true understanding, percieve the depths of your mind, slip into the void and find release.
posted by Sean (the buddhist) at 8:37 AM
1 Comments:
My level of spiritual enlightenment and wisdom is not as deep as yours unfortunately. I still have so many things to discover about myself and life in general. So forgive me if I struggle with what I am about to say. Meditation isn't exactly part of my daily routine -- every now and then maybe, particularly when I'm stressed out. I've been in that state where I concentrate deeply on my inner self, my deepest thoughts. You described meditation as a means of slipping into the void and finding release.
When I slip deep into my mind, I am overwhelmed by its endlessness. I get the feeling that inside of me, inside every person, there is a universe ( the void, as you have said.) And then I think of how endless the universe is and it scares me for some reason. Being born and raised in a world where we are familiar with the concept of "end", I find meditation quite unsettling sometimes. I slip deep into a universe inside myself where i keep floating and sinking at the same time, never knowing if I am going to get somewhere or just swim in the infinite blankness forever. I find that I have become too comfortable with shallow consciousness. I am still scared of slipping deep into myself, afraid of what I might find -- or not find. Am I making any sense at all? Or maybe I just don't understand what meditation is really all about. Like I said, I'm not as spiritually enlightened...
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