That is the title of an attention-grabbing and enjoyable e-book by Richard Lang.
Varied 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 wanting on when our ideas change into quiet. I’ve been lucky to expertise this consciousness spontaneously on a number of events, particularly when in lovely pure settings. Currently, I may also get glimpses of it whereas meditating (both sitting or in movement). A couple of writer has described workout routines that assist us to get these glimpses, resembling within the two books I described right here. It will probably take self-discipline to follow meditation commonly. Glimpses like these could be motivating, by letting us know what it could be like if our on a regular basis minds have been quieter.
Richard’s e-book can also be filled with this sort of 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 Conflict II, and whereas on go away he was climbing in an space close to the Himalayas. His entertaining description of his expertise there’s advised in On Having No Head, and Richard additionally discusses it in his e-book and on his web site. Primarily what occurred is that Douglas out of the blue felt like there was probably not a head above his shoulders, as a substitute there was an unlimited expanded consciousness looking. This was a pleasant and enjoyable feeling. He spent an excellent little bit of the remainder of his life understanding this expertise and making an attempt to show others to have it. Richard’s e-book has a sequence of workout routines primarily based on the teachings of Douglas. I discovered his model of the workout routines a bit simpler to observe 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 trainer 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 have been headlights and I wished to maintain the sunshine shining downhill labored nice (for me).
Two workout routines labored particularly effectively for me in Richard’s e-book. The primary is the spectacle train. Contact your fingertips to thumbs to make circles with each fingers. Then contact the circles collectively to simulate spectacles (see image). Now deliver the “specs” as much as your eyes. As soon as your fingers contact your face, open your fingers and slowly pull your fingers away to the left and proper, making an attempt to trace them together with your peripheral imaginative and prescient till you’ll be able to now not see them. Whereas doing this, think about that your consciousness is increasing. After I did this, it appeared like my consciousness grew to become actually giant and lined 360 levels. It was a really enjoyable feeling.
The second train is simpler to explain. Whereas in movement, resembling strolling, biking, or driving, think about that you’re stationary and the surroundings is coming to you. This works particularly effectively for me whereas biking. For some cause this transformation of perspective (which physicists would consult with as a change in coordinate techniques) is enjoyable for me. Each this and the spectacle train can deliver on the “calm consciousness” feeling described within the first paragraph above.
Richard’s e-book is on kindle limitless without spending a dime in case you are signed up for that. In any other case, you may get a free pattern of the e-book which incorporates the primary three workout routines, and pursue it additional when you’ve got any luck noticing an “consciousness shift” with these. Richard additionally runs a web site “The headless approach“. It has lots of the workout routines below “experiments”, for instance the spectacles train is named “single eye”.
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