Have no Investment In the answer to the Question..
"Listening " is difficult when we desire a special answer. We should realize that we do not know what is "best " for us, and accept what we are given. No one who already thinks he or she knows can truly ask.
Many of our " questions" do not really seek answers.They are simply calls for justification of what we already believe.When we have already decided what the answer should be ,how we will accept it, when it will occur, or how it is to affect us, we close our minds to receiving the "real" answer that is right for us.
" What you wish will hurt you ", we refuse to listen.. Instead, we must say in our heart, "I willingly accept the answer given to me as the truth, regardless of whether or not it pleases me right now." We must mean this in our heart because all true questions are asked there. What our lips
may say often means nothing, for our heart's desire is the true request.
What we want in our heart precedence over all other types of request...........
Monday, June 27, 2011
Be True ToYour Truth - The Truth Meditation { The art of learning to accept what Is }
This is a very simple meditation - just note that whatever you are doing is being done by truth. So, if you are walking it is truth walking ; if you are sleeping, it is truth sleeping ; if you are speaking, it is truth speaking ; if you are opening your eyes, it is truth opening your eyes; if you are being silent ,it is truth that is silent .
"Whatsoever the situation- if you are sad be sad ,if you are in a revengeful mood take your revenge, if you are jealous be jealous ,if you are angry be angry- never avoid the fact. You have to live it, that is a part of life's progress, growth, evolution.Those who avoid,remain immature.If you want to remain immature then go on avoiding , but remember , you are avoiding life itself.Whatsoever you are avoiding is not the point; the very avoiding is an
avoidance of life.
Confront life. Encounter life.Difficult moments will be there but one day you will see that those difficult moments gave you strength because you encountered them .They were meant to be .Those dififcult moments are hard when passing through them but later on you will see they have made you more integrated. With out them you would never have been centered ,grounded.
The old religions all over the world have been repressive: the new religion of the future is going to be expressive... Let expression be one of the most fundamental rules of your life.
Even if you have to suffer for it, suffer. You will never be a loser. That suffering will make you more and more capable of enjoying life, of rejoicing in life..
"Whatsoever the situation- if you are sad be sad ,if you are in a revengeful mood take your revenge, if you are jealous be jealous ,if you are angry be angry- never avoid the fact. You have to live it, that is a part of life's progress, growth, evolution.Those who avoid,remain immature.If you want to remain immature then go on avoiding , but remember , you are avoiding life itself.Whatsoever you are avoiding is not the point; the very avoiding is an
avoidance of life.
Confront life. Encounter life.Difficult moments will be there but one day you will see that those difficult moments gave you strength because you encountered them .They were meant to be .Those dififcult moments are hard when passing through them but later on you will see they have made you more integrated. With out them you would never have been centered ,grounded.
The old religions all over the world have been repressive: the new religion of the future is going to be expressive... Let expression be one of the most fundamental rules of your life.
Even if you have to suffer for it, suffer. You will never be a loser. That suffering will make you more and more capable of enjoying life, of rejoicing in life..
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Ten Suggestion for better Listening !! this is the first One ...
1. We Need to be Still..We need to still our minds, to let let all thoughts but a desire to hear pass through our minds unresisted, to let go all our ideas of what we need , quiet our bodies' demands, and create a clean slate in our minds so that we can hear. It is helpful to put aside all concepts of who we are and what we believe----even such basic beliefs as what we call " good" or " bad ". Our minds are very powerful, and they create the world as we experince it.. As we still our minds, we come into harmony with our inner guide's
direction. We create a still, willing, receptive attutude that can be easily tuned to our highest good, eliminating all outside noise . In order to hear properly, we must have the desire to change our perception of the world..
We must accept responsibility for our current perception of the world as being the cause of our present experince and be willing to seek another way, to " Listen" to another interpretation and to see with new eyes..We have within us all that is necessary to do this, and it is available when we are willing to silence our
other efforts....
direction. We create a still, willing, receptive attutude that can be easily tuned to our highest good, eliminating all outside noise . In order to hear properly, we must have the desire to change our perception of the world..
We must accept responsibility for our current perception of the world as being the cause of our present experince and be willing to seek another way, to " Listen" to another interpretation and to see with new eyes..We have within us all that is necessary to do this, and it is available when we are willing to silence our
other efforts....
For Insomnia - gentle Gibberish or Glossolalia
Q: What can I do about Insomnia ?? Which alot of us seem to deal with..
METHOD: When before you go to sleep. Duration : 5-30 minutes....of gentle gibberish
Gibberish , also know as Glossolalia, is the meditation technique of speaking in nonsense
sounds and syllables. This is a method that will help to empty the mind quickly. In this meditation it is good to begin first with gentle gibberish.
Usually we go on thinking and remembering ,even in our sleep. Gibberish will help to throw out whatever noise and commotion is in the mind.It can be done before going to sleep or whenever it is needed .Just begin talking in nonsense sounds and syllables.One sound will come and then another .Be totally into it as you can . Soon you may find yourself speaking in all sorts of foreign languages !! This is okay, as long as it is not a language that you know.
Speaking a language that you know will not help to empty the mind, because you can get
caught in the thoughts and the stories. Speaking nonsense sounds and syllables lets you say
anything you like, without either you or anyone else being able to figure out what is being said. You might at first feel shy, inhibited or even guilty {what am I saying ?! } But as you keep doing this ,you will see that it does its own work. Your gestures and the totality you bring to the glossolalia helps release all the noise that is accumulated in the mind.
The fact is the mind has gotten into a habit of chattering and it no longer remebers how to turn it off. This method allows the mind's tension and stress to be released . And as you become emptier, it will be easier to fall asleep. At night, through dreams and thoughts, the mind is trying to empty itself for the next day, and it has to do this so you are ready to face life again. This method is creating a situation and an invitation for quietness to come and for sleep or perhaps deeper sleep to happen.
METHOD: When before you go to sleep. Duration : 5-30 minutes....of gentle gibberish
Gibberish , also know as Glossolalia, is the meditation technique of speaking in nonsense
sounds and syllables. This is a method that will help to empty the mind quickly. In this meditation it is good to begin first with gentle gibberish.
Usually we go on thinking and remembering ,even in our sleep. Gibberish will help to throw out whatever noise and commotion is in the mind.It can be done before going to sleep or whenever it is needed .Just begin talking in nonsense sounds and syllables.One sound will come and then another .Be totally into it as you can . Soon you may find yourself speaking in all sorts of foreign languages !! This is okay, as long as it is not a language that you know.
Speaking a language that you know will not help to empty the mind, because you can get
caught in the thoughts and the stories. Speaking nonsense sounds and syllables lets you say
anything you like, without either you or anyone else being able to figure out what is being said. You might at first feel shy, inhibited or even guilty {what am I saying ?! } But as you keep doing this ,you will see that it does its own work. Your gestures and the totality you bring to the glossolalia helps release all the noise that is accumulated in the mind.
The fact is the mind has gotten into a habit of chattering and it no longer remebers how to turn it off. This method allows the mind's tension and stress to be released . And as you become emptier, it will be easier to fall asleep. At night, through dreams and thoughts, the mind is trying to empty itself for the next day, and it has to do this so you are ready to face life again. This method is creating a situation and an invitation for quietness to come and for sleep or perhaps deeper sleep to happen.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
FOR DISTRACTIONS WHILE IN MEDITATION
Question: I like the meditation, but sometimes find it hard to sit still: itching all over and wanting to scratch.
Allow it - don't be worried about it . Scratch and just scratch very consciously .Move slowly.Don't do it. { with a rapid rubbing movement } Go very slowly, very consciously.
Then the meditation will not be disturbed at all. It is disturbed always by mechanical acts.
Meditation is never disturbed by activity .It is disturbed by mechanical activity .
For example there is something in scratching that you can do mechanically, not paying any attention to it. But pay total attention to it .If the body wants to sway a liitle, sway but very consciously. Bring all consciousness to it and then do it.Then there is no distraction .
So don't resist and don't fight with it , otherwise you will be concerned with it .A very ordinary itch can become something very big, out of all proportion.And the more you want to avoid it, the more it attracts you. Then it becomes almost impossible to avoid it and and you feel a defeat. You are distracted already because your mind is resisting fighting, and you have become divided in two. One part is trying to pull you to the itch, another part is pulling you away. Meditation is already lost.
So when the itch is there , take note that your hand wants a little attention. Take note and then very slowly go to it - and you will be surprised .Sometimes even by the time you have reached it , it has disappeared - because it was just a trick of the body to attract your attention.There was nothing .
The body works like a small child. It constantly attracts you : where are you going ? What are you doing? Meditation ? That feels like competition for the body and the body starts feeling jealous . You have been wed to the body for so long that when you start having a affair with meditation or something , the body starts feeling jealous. It is a women. It says ' I won't allow you this easily. Come here ! You have always been listening to me. Now what are you doing? Trying to escape from my domination, from my possessiveness ? I will show you .!
So it creates troubles- and those are stupid troubles, but they can become very irritating .
And the work is done - if you are fighting, you have been attracted already.
Your attention has been distracted. So don't fight with the body.There is no need.
When the body wants your attention, give it total attention but go very slowly, and meditatively .
And meditation is helping you , so continue doing it...
Namaste Janis
Allow it - don't be worried about it . Scratch and just scratch very consciously .Move slowly.Don't do it. { with a rapid rubbing movement } Go very slowly, very consciously.
Then the meditation will not be disturbed at all. It is disturbed always by mechanical acts.
Meditation is never disturbed by activity .It is disturbed by mechanical activity .
For example there is something in scratching that you can do mechanically, not paying any attention to it. But pay total attention to it .If the body wants to sway a liitle, sway but very consciously. Bring all consciousness to it and then do it.Then there is no distraction .
So don't resist and don't fight with it , otherwise you will be concerned with it .A very ordinary itch can become something very big, out of all proportion.And the more you want to avoid it, the more it attracts you. Then it becomes almost impossible to avoid it and and you feel a defeat. You are distracted already because your mind is resisting fighting, and you have become divided in two. One part is trying to pull you to the itch, another part is pulling you away. Meditation is already lost.
So when the itch is there , take note that your hand wants a little attention. Take note and then very slowly go to it - and you will be surprised .Sometimes even by the time you have reached it , it has disappeared - because it was just a trick of the body to attract your attention.There was nothing .
The body works like a small child. It constantly attracts you : where are you going ? What are you doing? Meditation ? That feels like competition for the body and the body starts feeling jealous . You have been wed to the body for so long that when you start having a affair with meditation or something , the body starts feeling jealous. It is a women. It says ' I won't allow you this easily. Come here ! You have always been listening to me. Now what are you doing? Trying to escape from my domination, from my possessiveness ? I will show you .!
So it creates troubles- and those are stupid troubles, but they can become very irritating .
And the work is done - if you are fighting, you have been attracted already.
Your attention has been distracted. So don't fight with the body.There is no need.
When the body wants your attention, give it total attention but go very slowly, and meditatively .
And meditation is helping you , so continue doing it...
The Essentials of meditation
Mediation has a few essential things in it, whatever the method, but those few essentials are necessary in every method. The first is a relaxed state: no fight with the mind, no control of the mind, no concentration. Secound, just watch the relaxed awareness whatever is going on, with out any interference - just watching the mind, silently, without any judgement , evaluation.
These are the three things: Relaxation, watching, No Judgement, and slowly, slowly a great silence descends over you . All movement within you ceases. You are, but there is no sense of ' I am '- just a pure space . There are over one hundred and twelve methods of meditation.
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