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what ways can I best pursue experiencing things instead of having them. is this what people are doing when they meditate?

email468 said:

I'm not sure what you are trying to describe can be expressed properly in words. I believe it is one of those things that needs to be experienced. and I don't think the experience you are describing comes easy or cheap. Which I am guessing makes it significantly worthwhile pursuing.

being something is easy ... being is very, very difficult.

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Hi email... the reason it appears to NOT come easy is because the "mind" is a doing machine... IT can only DO THINGs..

The mind is a steady stream of activity... "DOING"

The MIND can NOT "do" what I a speak of...

Nor can the MIND even "FATHOM" what I am speaking of...

Yet, ONE can experience and LIVE the FULLEST LIFE POSSIBLE when in this state....

When i am in a movie theater and my body reacts to what is on the screen, it is because there has become a blur between myself and the movie..

The same thing has happened with MAN and HIS mind.. man has sat down and focused on his mind (the movie) for so long that he has forgotten that he is not his mind.. and NOW.. he reacts to "thoughts". And his BODY reacts to thoughts.. the same way The body reacts to a scary movie...

WE have the ability to not react.

Thoughts are nothing but delusion.. (This does not mean thoughts are not useful...)

Shifting awareness from the mind to the body allows one to get a glimpse of this state, this requires zero effort... other than harnessing and cultivating ATTENTION or AWARENESS...

iloveyou

jackonthebox said:

what ways can I best pursue experiencing things instead of having them. is this what people are doing when they meditate?

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YES!!!!! iloveyou

meditate is a concept..

the concept is WATCHING YOUR MIND

watching ONE's mind

To become the watcher, rather than the mind..

This is a NORMAL healthy human state... at this time in human consciousness, most people need to start WATCHING their mind by sitting down and staying perfectly still and NOT reacting to any thought or ANY SENSATION...

ONE must be extremely dedicated to the practice and have unwaivering compassion and patience for ONESELF.

Once ONE gets a glimpse of the space between thoughts.. the stillness called GOD....

the YOU that is NOT MIND..

then the practice starts to grow very quickly...

There are some TRICKS that can help people get the first piece of evidence of this state... evidence is required, because the mind cannot fathom this state and has millions of excuses "why" this is just new age bullshit or double talk, or a variety of other silly stories...

THE MIND WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND - NOT DOING

so it is important to get a glimpse and experience this state... this helps start the practice...

Sustaining this state of NON DOING (shifting awareness away from the mind) is very similar to DEATH.. the minds main duty is to avoid death,.,., thus you can see why the mind avoids this state...

Sitting and watching ONEs breath for 5 minutes every morning and every night without moving... in the SITTING position.. in absolute stillness... will start to allow the practitioner to cultivate enough AWARENESS and INTENTION to get a GLIMPSE...

Some people are better off focus on their ears and "entering zen from there"

You can choose anything... the ultimate entry that leads to the deepest transitions is ONE's breath.. I usually enter through my hands and ears...

This sounds a bit confusing.... but it will all make sense once you start a practice..

iloveyou

Ok great, now how can I use this philosophy to crush my ex wife.....LOL...

I followed you until you said focus on ears. I thought i was trying to not focus on anything at all. ahh maybe i'm too confused right now. maybe i should look up how to meditate.

i understand your philosiphy perfectly. i believe in this but never thought to put it into words. its probably the most coomon stress giver. that is also part of not worrying about what others think . i believe when you live off of others influence it s the same thing. you lose yourself slowly .

jackonthebox said:

I followed you until you said focus on ears. I thought i was trying to not focus on anything at all. ahh maybe i'm too confused right now. maybe i should look up how to meditate.

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Exactly.. you are not suppose to THINK about anything.. so the "trick" is to focus on something... and then you pass through the focus into "inner space"..

i apologize for the confusion..

Here is antther example..

I just road my bike to the post office.. an SUV pulled up next to me at a stop sign and then turned left ... right in front of me and nearly it me.. and my reaction that I heard 9n my brain wasthought.."you bitch, you almost hit me"

I took a deep breath, smiled at the lady and waved, she said "sorry" and held up her hands and I smiled and moved on..

That lady is not a bitch and she did not almost hit me.. anymore than i almost hit her.... it is all one GIANT story... why would I choose to put a bitch in my story... why even waste my time telling a story... it takes away from the experience..

and as long as we have a STRONG ME ME ME ME ME ME and a YOU YOU YOU YOU.. then the story will go on forever as a tragedy...

So we watch out mind and do not get swept away BY thoughts...

We are not OUR thoughts.. believing thoughts is a delusional state..

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOUGHTS can not be useful...

iloveyou



YOU , ME ,YOU ME YOU ME YOU ME YOU ME

jackonthebox said:

I followed you until you said focus on ears. I thought i was trying to not focus on anything at all. ahh maybe i'm too confused right now. maybe i should look up how to meditate.

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check this website... this 10 day course is the real deal... it is one of kind AMAZING and life changing..

They preach nothing and tell you nothing... it is only the tools and skillz to cultivate stillness and possibly harness enough intention to shift ONE's awareness from the mind into the body..