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Recieved: 2001/03/08 13:24
Subject: [K-list] Grounding techniques
From: S.G.
On 2001/03/08 13:24, S.G. posted thus to the K-list:
Hi Folks,
I would like to share my methods with you
Preparation:
Take a shower or bath and make sure you genuinely sigh from the heart at
least 3 times with increasing depth and length. If in the bath allow the
water to drain completely taking with it all your worries down the plug
hole. If in the shower turn off the water and stand still allowing some of
the water to evaporate off your body and feel the soothing cool air as
vividly as you can-Imagine you are a brand new factory model and are oozing
and steaming in peaceful excellence.
1)Be seated in the lotus position and breath in and out deeply reducing your
breath volume by about 60% with each inspiration until you can imagine that
inner and outer compartments are equal. Continue until there is literally
just a trickle of breath leaving your lips and the tiniest of vacuums
drawing a new breath in.
2)Be mindful that all bodily tension and unruly thoughts are actually the
fallen or scattered energy of peacefulness. Do not fight distractions or
annoyances. Embrace them as tho they are your dispersed flock of sheep which
if lovingly collected will gather back in the fold of central peace and
attention. You must relax each one individually as it occurs as a lost child
of peace and it will ease and dissolve. Imagine this flock to be unto
runaway trickles of mercury on a flat surface which you must catch and
return to the central resovoir of stillness by moving your attention around
keeping track of where your consciousness is. You must be able to detect the
current disguise of this runaway peacefullness be it an itch, your plans for
the day, or the swallowing reflex and remember that it isnt an independent
force but simply your fallen goal incognito. This energy of peacefullness is
always changing from one thing to another trying to elicit impatience or a
reaction from one who doesnt realise its true name. If one wrongly believes
in the agency of these forces as beyond oneself then we fall into a
temporary trance until we remember that its energy needs to be named and
returned to the goal at hand.
3)So once you start to recognise the energy name it and then recall its true
nature as perfect stillness and peace. You have just created a mimetic wave
which is identical to the sensation and will cancel it out through
destructive interference returning this misspent energy to your goal. Just
remember that during meditation we can become obsessed like a dog chasing
its own tail not realising the wagging tail is part of us and is misspent
peace. Dont react , instead feel it moreso and gently return it to its
rightful place. The solution is always in the problem. Transmute the
reckless energy by reminding it of its true home. Dont thrash around in the
water trying to find your reflection. let it settle and relax the mind from
jumping from tree to tree. Eventually it will realise there is no
existential danger and will want to stay put.
4)Imagine this stillness growing until it is almost too much to face and at
this point surrender completely. Your mind and body has become as still as a
vast lake and above the horizon is as below it and a perfect reflection
thereof.
5)If you have chosen a vision to focus on try to see it without looking at
it. Dont try to construct it. (the eye that sees without seeing itself).It
will become top heavy or lopsided because the right brain will be vying for
control over how it looks and the left over the correct proportions. No,
just breath through both nostrils whilst remembering what the goal is and
through the ida and pingala nadis this will dissolve the master-slave
relationship of the two hemispheres and a balanced image will appear in the
stillness from activation of the sushuma nadi. Dont try to maintain it by
force. Eventually once you have attained an inner stillness you will wish to
purposefully stymie your own will by meditating in increasingly distracting
millieu which once you have mastered them will lend their energy to support
incredible breakthroughs in alacrity and concenhtration which will enable
you to subtly direct the traffick of events without. So you stor up the
distractions to create the entropy needed for quantum leaps.
One or more of these rules works 90% of the time for me. I find the shower
(or bath) is essential and eliminates stubborn thoughts and mental static. I
suggest considering at least 45 minutes of this a day and setting an alarm
clock.
From the heart and the head
Simon
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