That is the title of an attention-grabbing and enjoyable e-book by Richard Lang.
Varied meditation lecturers describe our true self or true nature not because the incessantly chattering voice in our heads, however as the notice that we discover is calmly trying on when our ideas develop into quiet. I’ve been lucky to expertise this consciousness spontaneously on just a few events, particularly when in lovely pure settings. Currently, I can even get glimpses of it whereas meditating (both sitting or in movement). Multiple writer has described workouts that assist us to get these glimpses, akin to within the two books I described right here. It will probably take self-discipline to observe meditation repeatedly. Glimpses like these may 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 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 Warfare 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. Basically what occurred is that Douglas all of the sudden felt like there was probably not a head above his shoulders, as a substitute there was an enormous expanded consciousness looking. This was a pleasant and enjoyable feeling. He spent 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 collection of workouts primarily based on the teachings of Douglas. I discovered his model of the workouts a bit simpler to comply with than the workouts 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 individuals could reply to totally different ones. It jogs my memory of after 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 faux I used to be carrying a tray of drinks and to not spill the drinks didn’t work in any respect. Telling me to faux my firsts have been headlights and I wished to maintain the sunshine shining downhill labored nice (for me).
Two workouts labored particularly properly for me in Richard’s e-book. The primary is the spectacle train. Contact your fingertips to thumbs to make circles with each palms. 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 palms away to the left and proper, attempting to trace them together with your peripheral imaginative and prescient till you may now not see them. Whereas doing this, think about that your consciousness is increasing. Once I did this, it appeared like my consciousness turned actually giant and coated 360 levels. It was a really enjoyable feeling.
The second train is less complicated to explain. Whereas in movement, akin to 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 variation of perspective (which physicists would discuss with as a change in coordinate programs) 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 workouts, and pursue it additional if in case you have any luck noticing an “consciousness shift” with these. Richard additionally runs a web site “The headless approach“. It has a variety of the workouts below “experiments”, for instance the spectacles train is named “single eye”.
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