This is the title of an attention-grabbing and enjoyable e book by Richard Lang.
Various meditation academics describe our true self or true nature not because the incessantly chattering voice in our heads, however as the attention that we discover is calmly trying on when our ideas change into quiet. I’ve been lucky to expertise this consciousness spontaneously on a couple of events, particularly when in stunning pure settings. Lately, I may get glimpses of it whereas meditating (both sitting or in movement). More than one creator has described workout routines that assist us to get these glimpses, reminiscent of within the two books I described right here. It can take self-discipline to apply meditation commonly. Glimpses like these might be motivating, by letting us know what it could be like if our on a regular basis minds had been quieter.
Richard’s e book can be stuffed with one of these train, and I discovered a few of them to be useful and enjoyable. Richard is a follower of the work of Douglas Harding, who’s most well-known for the e book On Having No Head. Douglas was serving within the British military in India throughout World War II, and whereas on depart he was climbing in an space close to the Himalayas. His entertaining description of his expertise there may be informed in On Having No Head, and Richard additionally discusses it in his e book and on his web site. Essentially what occurred is that Douglas all of a sudden felt like there was probably not a head above his shoulders, as a substitute there was an unlimited expanded consciousness searching. This was a pleasant and enjoyable feeling. He spent a very good little bit of the remainder of his life understanding this expertise and attempting to show others to have it. Richard’s e book has a sequence of workout routines based mostly on the teachings of Douglas. I discovered his model of the workout routines a bit simpler to comply with than the workout routines Douglas himself gave in his personal books.
My expertise is that everybody is totally different and a few of these work for a few of us whereas different folks could reply to totally different ones. It jogs my memory of once I was studying to ski. The teacher wished me to maintain my higher physique pointing downhill throughout a flip with my arms stage. Telling me to fake I used to be carrying a tray of drinks and to not spill the drinks didn’t work in any respect. Telling me to fake my firsts had been headlights and I wished to maintain the sunshine shining downhill labored nice (for me).
Two workout routines labored particularly properly for me in Richard’s e book. The first is the spectacle train. Touch your fingertips to thumbs to make circles with each palms. Then contact the circles collectively to simulate spectacles (see image). Now convey the “specs” as much as your eyes. Once your fingers contact your face, open your fingers and slowly pull your palms away to the left and proper, attempting to trace them along with your peripheral imaginative and prescient till you’ll be able to now not see them. While doing this, think about that your consciousness is increasing. When I did this, it appeared like my consciousness turned actually massive and lined 360 levels. It was a really enjoyable feeling.
The second train is simpler to explain. While in movement, reminiscent of strolling, biking, or driving, think about that you’re stationary and the surroundings is coming to you. This works particularly properly for me whereas biking. For some cause this alteration of perspective (which physicists would confer with as a change in coordinate techniques) is enjoyable for me. Both this and the spectacle train can convey on the “calm awareness” feeling described within the first paragraph above.
Richard’s e book is on kindle limitless without cost in case you are signed up for that. Otherwise, you will get a free pattern of the e book which incorporates the primary three workout routines, and pursue it additional if in case you have any luck noticing an “awareness shift” with these. Richard additionally runs an internet site “The headless way“. It has a lot of the exercises under “experiments”, for instance the spectacles train is known as “single eye”.
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