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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 4, 2022 21:02:49 GMT -5
13.2 “The body is strained by practices The tongue tires of scripture The mind numbs with meditation Detached from all this, I live as I am” Doing nothing, simply present We are as are in our native element Mindful eye of each pulsation cognisant
Body ages, memory fades, we learn Misaligned from love, suffer, burn Narrow cravings of ego upturn
God omnipresent, here within Silence the void, where we begin Feeling then, bliss throb on our skin Ceasing to weigh and size, we vaporise Receptive to each offered surprise Feel oh hermit, magnetism rise
Exiting limited mind borne doership Head-heart melds ending one-upmanship Through day and night unending our worship
We negate not this here mind-body combine Simply ceasing doing, with love we align Playing earth role as God does assign
Nothing to be done, we’re bliss replete Nodes within dance to the divine love beat As magically rises within us, magnetic bliss heat |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 6, 2022 4:05:22 GMT -5
14.3 “I have realized the Supreme Self, the Witness, the One I am indifferent to bondage and freedom. I have no need for liberation”
14.4 “The inner condition of one who is devoid of doubt yet moves among creatures of illusion can only be known by those like him” Mere affirmation Not a confirmation Although we confess That there’s been progress With glimpses offered Wisdom proffered In a slow tease That does please Essence of presence Blissful joyous innocence Knowing God in-dwells each form Birthing magnetic rapture warm No sooner ego disappears God Himself appears
The way is simple Though mind fickle Once it melds with heart Feel therein bliss ignition start Soma nectar flows through nadis Heightened ecstatic joy in continuity Each pore a door, do we yet need more There is no one here keeping a score All is, as is, a bliss continuum Each node our sensorium Love meads, we follow In stillness mellow |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 7, 2022 20:27:51 GMT -5
15.4 “You are not the body You do not have a body You neither do nor enjoy You are Awareness only--the timeless Witness You are free Go in happiness”
15.5 “Attachment and aversion are attributes of the mind You are not the mind You are Consciousness itself-- changeless, undivided, free Go in happiness” How complete is our surrender How pristine is our childlike wonder Resting both thought and memory imagery Divine aligned, vibrant yet sedentary Neither seeking nor resisting Each life pulse delighting
Here and now, in the flesh we stand Astonished to see awareness expand Extending to limits of boundless space Seeing all forms breathed by His grace Ending forever delusion of separateness As consciousness entwines with oneness
Back here in form, we plot heart’s impulse Desiring bliss permanence here now at once Oscillating between desire and aversion Illusion indulgence birthing delusion Witness the periphery from the centre Cognising all misaligned ego forms canter Internal eternal, whilst external ephemeral Enter silence dwelling in calm continual Ceasing to weigh and size, vaporise Resistanceless to offered surprise Whereupon as in but not of the world Delight in unfoldment as bliss is unfurled
Relegating mind-body as but an instrument We abide in soul presence luminescent Head melds with heart, love aligned All doings done, nothing to be divined In occupation of assigned earth life vessel Centred in the void, we behold God’s miracle
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Post by laughter on Aug 8, 2022 2:00:40 GMT -5
15.4 “You are not the body You do not have a body You neither do nor enjoy You are Awareness only--the timeless Witness You are free Go in happiness”
15.5 “Attachment and aversion are attributes of the mind You are not the mind You are Consciousness itself-- changeless, undivided, free Go in happiness” How complete is our surrender How pristine is our childlike wonder Resting both thought and memory imagery Divine aligned, vibrant yet sedentary Neither seeking nor resisting Each life pulse delighting
Here and now, in the flesh we stand Astonished to see awareness expand Extending to limits of boundless space Seeing all forms breathed by His grace Ending forever delusion of separateness As consciousness entwines with oneness
Back here in form, we plot heart’s impulse Desiring bliss permanence here now at once Oscillating between desire and aversion Illusion indulgence birthing delusion Witness the periphery from the centre Cognising all misaligned ego forms canter Internal eternal, whilst external ephemeral Enter silence dwelling in calm continual Ceasing to weigh and size, vaporise Resistanceless to offered surprise Whereupon as in but not of the world Delight in unfoldment as bliss is unfurled
Relegating mind-body as but an instrument We abide in soul presence luminescent Head melds with heart, love aligned All doings done, nothing to be divined In occupation of assigned earth life vessel Centred in the void, we behold God’s miracle
a particularly poignant peace uss  .. waves undulate surface tension breaks on shore |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 8, 2022 5:34:29 GMT -5
@ laughter~ in my view, this recognition* (*that we’re soul having a human earth life experience) is essential to release or reduce mind-body related cravings, in as addiction therein, without which our awareness dims and spiritual progress slows down. The ‘response time’ to exit trance* (*differentiated perception) must reduce, so that we’re in but not of the world, moment to moment, in a seamless continuum.
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Post by laughter on Aug 8, 2022 5:56:31 GMT -5
@ laughter~ in my view, this recognition* (*that we’re soul having a human earth life experience) is essential to release or reduce mind-body related cravings, in as addiction therein, without which our awareness dims and spiritual progress slows down. The ‘response time’ to exit trance* (*differentiated perception) must reduce, so that we’re in but not of the world, moment to moment, in a seamless continuum. Your poetry speaks of some very profound states of consciousness that are very different from what might be considered .. "common". These states can be associated with various shifts in existential perspective, and those shifts can have a major effect on day-to-day life. Ashtravakra has always seemed to me to point to a certain ultimate negation, transcendent of the day-to-day, and even transcendent of any state of consciousness. |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 8, 2022 22:22:51 GMT -5
@ laughter~ in my view, this recognition* (*that we’re soul having a human earth life experience) is essential to release or reduce mind-body related cravings, in as addiction therein, without which our awareness dims and spiritual progress slows down. The ‘response time’ to exit trance* (*differentiated perception) must reduce, so that we’re in but not of the world, moment to moment, in a seamless continuum. Your poetry speaks of some very profound states of consciousness that are very different from what might be considered .. "common". These states can be associated with various shifts in existential perspective, and those shifts can have a major effect on day-to-day life. Ashtravakra has always seemed to me to point to a certain ultimate negation, transcendent of the day-to-day, and even transcendent of any state of consciousness. It is perhaps best not to self-appraise but yes, with the universe enabling partial in-form energisation and permanent bliss activation, this magnetised fullness yet resides in vibrant emptiness, possibly orienting consciousness towards nonchalance and acceptance, aided by recognition of oneness by direct experiences so graced from time to time. The advantage of being so enabled is that attention remains more or less internalised in dynamic stillness even whilst engaging in the external. Thus embracing, not negating, the flow of life, as it appears in a mode of embrace-hold-release would be a better way to describe the shift, as it so manifests in state of being as at this time. Yet of course, there is attention oscillation or what we may reword as flickering awareness. The Ashtavakra Gita seems like negation at first glance but in my view, is actually a recognition of truth, perhaps correspondent to the Tantra or Kashmir Shaivism path of Pratyabhijna or re-cognition. |
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Post by laughter on Aug 8, 2022 23:45:57 GMT -5
Your poetry speaks of some very profound states of consciousness that are very different from what might be considered .. "common". These states can be associated with various shifts in existential perspective, and those shifts can have a major effect on day-to-day life. Ashtravakra has always seemed to me to point to a certain ultimate negation, transcendent of the day-to-day, and even transcendent of any state of consciousness. It is perhaps best not to self-appraise but yes, with the universe enabling partial in-form energisation and permanent bliss activation, this magnetised fullness yet resides in vibrant emptiness, possibly orienting consciousness towards nonchalance and acceptance, aided by recognition of oneness by direct experiences so graced from time to time. The advantage of being so enabled is that attention remains more or less internalised in dynamic stillness even whilst engaging in the external. Thus embracing, not negating, the flow of life, as it appears in a mode of embrace-hold-release would be a better way to describe the shift, as it so manifests in state of being as at this time. Yet of course, there is attention oscillation or what we may reword as flickering awareness. The Ashtavakra Gita seems like negation at first glance but in my view, is actually a recognition of truth, perhaps correspondent to the Tantra or Kashmir Shaivism path of Pratyabhijna or re-cognition. So you're describing a walking/talking sort of 16/7 meditation? " Energy flow" definitely comes through in the poetry. Is English your first language? Are you a native of Delhi or did you relocate there? |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 9, 2022 1:57:24 GMT -5
It is perhaps best not to self-appraise but yes, with the universe enabling partial in-form energisation and permanent bliss activation, this magnetised fullness yet resides in vibrant emptiness, possibly orienting consciousness towards nonchalance and acceptance, aided by recognition of oneness by direct experiences so graced from time to time. The advantage of being so enabled is that attention remains more or less internalised in dynamic stillness even whilst engaging in the external. Thus embracing, not negating, the flow of life, as it appears in a mode of embrace-hold-release would be a better way to describe the shift, as it so manifests in state of being as at this time. Yet of course, there is attention oscillation or what we may reword as flickering awareness. The Ashtavakra Gita seems like negation at first glance but in my view, is actually a recognition of truth, perhaps correspondent to the Tantra or Kashmir Shaivism path of Pratyabhijna or re-cognition. So you're describing a walking/talking sort of 16/7 meditation? " Energy flow" definitely comes through in the poetry. Is English your first language? Are you a native of Delhi or did you relocate there? I am an Indian and reside in Delhi. Yes, English is my first language. The energy flow is simply kundalini which was vividly aroused in 2018 spontaneously and effortlessly through the central vein (Sushumna), later followed by the serpentine pathways, Ida and Pingala. It all happened without any trauma, possibly because there was no practice* (*interference) involved. There were other steps involved, such as polarity balance, cosmic egg (Hirayangarbha) split and fusion of polarities in the heart. More or less a textbook case although no doubt, no two arousals are identical. Once the bliss current becomes permanent, attention (meditation) is fixated within round the clock, in thought rested awareness. As such, there is no need to sit down for meditation, although sometimes if the mood so arises, the stillness can be playfully deepened agendalessly. Doing so may or may not reveal subtle vibrations manifest as a sublime fragrance or celestial music. The bliss current is present round the clock. Say, on getting up in the night, it is there. While driving, talking, eating and drinking, it is there. Over time, the spiritual heart comes into cognition as a toroidal force field. Soma nectar drips through nadis (energy conduits) The key practice is non-practice, receptive to offered surprise, without attempting to steer the energy anywhere. If the Manipura or Muladhara are active, so be it. If the throat, heart, third eye or crown wish to pulsate, let them. Likewise for any other node, say, palms or Medulla or Bindu. To become the flame, we should not focus on the candle stand, metaphorically speaking. |
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Post by laughter on Aug 9, 2022 13:12:25 GMT -5
So you're describing a walking/talking sort of 16/7 meditation? " Energy flow" definitely comes through in the poetry. Is English your first language? Are you a native of Delhi or did you relocate there? I am an Indian and reside in Delhi. Yes, English is my first language. The energy flow is simply kundalini which was vividly aroused in 2018 spontaneously and effortlessly through the central vein (Sushumna), later followed by the serpentine pathways, Ida and Pingala. It all happened without any trauma, possibly because there was no practice* (*interference) involved. There were other steps involved, such as polarity balance, cosmic egg (Hirayangarbha) split and fusion of polarities in the heart. More or less a textbook case although no doubt, no two arousals are identical. Once the bliss current becomes permanent, attention (meditation) is fixated within round the clock, in thought rested awareness. As such, there is no need to sit down for meditation, although sometimes if the mood so arises, the stillness can be playfully deepened agendalessly. Doing so may or may not reveal subtle vibrations manifest as a sublime fragrance or celestial music. The bliss current is present round the clock. Say, on getting up in the night, it is there. While driving, talking, eating and drinking, it is there. Over time, the spiritual heart comes into cognition as a toroidal force field. Soma nectar drips through nadis (energy conduits) The key practice is non-practice, receptive to offered surprise, without attempting to steer the energy anywhere. If the Manipura or Muladhara are active, so be it. If the throat, heart, third eye or crown wish to pulsate, let them. Likewise for any other node, say, palms or Medulla or Bindu. To become the flame, we should not focus on the candle stand, metaphorically speaking. Thank you for sharing that, I appreciate it. I think I can directly relate to much of what you write, although I can't trace the relevant events in my life to any of the technical terms you use, so the correlation is quite .. loose. There is quite an intensity to your presentation. Part of this is a sort of dramatic richness in the use of the language which seems to me a cultural influence. The sense of that clicked when I read your location. |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 9, 2022 20:43:15 GMT -5
I am an Indian and reside in Delhi. Yes, English is my first language. The energy flow is simply kundalini which was vividly aroused in 2018 spontaneously and effortlessly through the central vein (Sushumna), later followed by the serpentine pathways, Ida and Pingala. It all happened without any trauma, possibly because there was no practice* (*interference) involved. There were other steps involved, such as polarity balance, cosmic egg (Hirayangarbha) split and fusion of polarities in the heart. More or less a textbook case although no doubt, no two arousals are identical. Once the bliss current becomes permanent, attention (meditation) is fixated within round the clock, in thought rested awareness. As such, there is no need to sit down for meditation, although sometimes if the mood so arises, the stillness can be playfully deepened agendalessly. Doing so may or may not reveal subtle vibrations manifest as a sublime fragrance or celestial music. The bliss current is present round the clock. Say, on getting up in the night, it is there. While driving, talking, eating and drinking, it is there. Over time, the spiritual heart comes into cognition as a toroidal force field. Soma nectar drips through nadis (energy conduits) The key practice is non-practice, receptive to offered surprise, without attempting to steer the energy anywhere. If the Manipura or Muladhara are active, so be it. If the throat, heart, third eye or crown wish to pulsate, let them. Likewise for any other node, say, palms or Medulla or Bindu. To become the flame, we should not focus on the candle stand, metaphorically speaking. Thank you for sharing that, I appreciate it. I think I can directly relate to much of what you write, although I can't trace the relevant events in my life to any of the technical terms you use, so the correlation is quite .. loose. There is quite an intensity to your presentation. Part of this is a sort of dramatic richness in the use of the language which seems to me a cultural influence. The sense of that clicked when I read your location. Culture no doubt plays a role in expression of experience in language. Yet, at the first time when the energisation began, I was unaware of the term kundalini and what it represents. I read about it later to figure out what was going on inside by body. Likewise, the term ‘Hirayangarbha’ ~ meaning cosmic egg (Wiki has a page on this), it’s when I ‘saw’ the phenomena as ‘silently asked’, I was telepathically told the name. It’s Sanskrit. I had never heard of this term before. Later, I found this word used by some authors while describing their somewhat similar experiences. So, I’m not really sure about cultural influence, unless we’re looking at collective memory in the subconscious or say, unity consciousness of universal mind. What were (or are) your experiences along your journey? |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 9, 2022 23:01:27 GMT -5
15.6 “Realize Self in All and All in Self Be free of personal identity and the sense of “mine.” Be happy” Heart aglow In stillness slow In-form consciousness Melds with the That oneness As we be tranquil and still Allowing God to instil Wisdom deep As we take the leap Into the dark, vibrant void Wherein by love divine buoyed We garner deep wisdom Within body prism That God omnipresent Omniscient and omnipotent Breathes His life force in each form Manifest as aliveness warm Immediate and intimate As heart to love does gyrate In a play of union and separation Wherein the search births bliss elation God alone is, nothing else is All pervading bliss fizz Our this here identity In divine entwined serenity Recognises ego as dream object Brought forth by God-dreamer, subject Mind-body energised by His life Our innate awareness rife There then thus no difference Between aspects of luminescence Varied love hues but spiritual light white Manifest as rainbow solely for delight Once our will to love pulse bends Purpose of dream life ends
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Post by laughter on Aug 10, 2022 10:49:53 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing that, I appreciate it. I think I can directly relate to much of what you write, although I can't trace the relevant events in my life to any of the technical terms you use, so the correlation is quite .. loose. There is quite an intensity to your presentation. Part of this is a sort of dramatic richness in the use of the language which seems to me a cultural influence. The sense of that clicked when I read your location. Culture no doubt plays a role in expression of experience in language. Yet, at the first time when the energisation began, I was unaware of the term kundalini and what it represents. I read about it later to figure out what was going on inside by body. Likewise, the term ‘Hirayangarbha’ ~ meaning cosmic egg (Wiki has a page on this), it’s when I ‘saw’ the phenomena as ‘silently asked’, I was telepathically told the name. It’s Sanskrit. I had never heard of this term before. Later, I found this word used by some authors while describing their somewhat similar experiences. So, I’m not really sure about cultural influence, unless we’re looking at collective memory in the subconscious or say, unity consciousness of universal mind. What were (or are) your experiences along your journey? Ah, so unsought, I can relate to that as well, and my comment about culture was as much if not more about about your current modes and characteristic of expression. How surprised you must have been!  Curiosity, dread and desire were the forces. My cultural indoctrination was atheist, and material realist, although I was raised by lapsed Catholics. By the time I was a young adult I'd started to understand the limitations : of my intellect to fulfill curiosity, of the world to fulfill desires, and that what I dreaded was inevitable anyway. What remained though was a profound awe at the scale and complexity of the Universe, a love of sensation, and even though one can accept the inevitability of death .. well. By the time I entered middle age I was spending alot of time skiing, and my existential perspective had softened to one of a sort of tolerant, condescending agnosticism. I still pursued self-education on the topics of science and history, but was gravitating toward books that involved metaphysics. Tolle's The Power of Now was an exception to that, and why I picked it up is a whole other story in and of itself. Tolle sort of leads - almost tricks - the reader into meditation, without calling it that. A walking/talking, eyes-open meditation. One day, I woke up early, stepped out onto my back porch to stretch, and the whole world had changed. The most central aspect of this was that my mind had suddenly gone almost totally silent. There was a complete absence of any self-referential thought or emotion. No "I-thought". It was intensely blissful, and, entirely energetic. This went on for months, completely re-oriented my perspective on life, especially in the existential sense. Knowing very little of spiritual culture I didn't associate this with any set of ideas other than the ones Tolle had written. Curiosity ended, completely, for about six months, but eventually re-kindled. I found a Tolle forum where I learned about Ramana Maharsi and Nisargadatta and meditation. If you've read this far, thanks for your interest. I fell into a sitting meditation practice, in part to re-connect with that feeling of bliss, in part out of curiosity. I got interested in Zen and a guy on that forum recommended a book by a Zen master that challenged the practitioner to "arouse the mind without resting it anywhere". Curiosity, once again, became the dominant force for awhile. Many of your lines of poetry resonate deeply with that time of pursuing curiosity - not with intellect, but with open attention during waking life, complimented by sitting meditation. Eventually I started posting here, near the end of that period, this the first poem I wrote here: Every instant is an opportunity. Who we are rests irrevocably deep within and is splashed large and loud and colorfully all about us. Every moment is a chance to forget that. Every instant is an offer to know it. How could this ever end? What is this “losing it” they’re babbling on about? … ah, but the sweet peace of knowing dulls the point of awareness and the laughing thief reclining with his feet on my coffee table went unnoticed as he slipped back in. Every second is an invitation to maintain that awareness. Every moment is the gift of grace which begs our acceptance. Every instant is an opportunity. The truth that there is no I is balanced in the paradox by the truth that there is a you and in those precious instants when the windows on the soul are open to me all speculation ends even as I witness what is within by gazing steadily without. Every instant is an opportunity, even those instants when your eyes are closed to me. Every tick of the clock is the sound of a temple bell. Every noon whistle a caress of the ears, a reminder that the devil will have his due. Every cry of the cuckoo is an opportunity to smile at the devil and to see him evaporate in the parlor trick of his smoky vanishing act. Every minute is a chance to reclaim the stolen now from the thief. In every hour of every day the promise of victory by surrender is not only a promise, it is all that there is, ever will be and ever was. Every instant is an opportunity. Take my love thief, its all that you can ever steal from me. Every instant is an opportunity. There are many insightful voices here. And what I came to understand, very early on after that, was that my existential questioning had ended, as well as any fear of death. Since then I've come to understand the nature of existential questioning, and how that force of curiosity and the dread are related to it, quite directly. And how most of my existential questioning was done subconsciously, during the long decades before I read Tolle. |
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Post by unseekingseeker on Aug 10, 2022 23:09:20 GMT -5
@ laughter ~ “One day, I woke up early, stepped out onto my back porch to stretch, and the whole world had changed. The most central aspect of this was that my mind had suddenly gone almost totally silent. There was a complete absence of any self-referential thought or emotion. No "I-thought". It was intensely blissful, and, entirely energetic.” Bliss in permanence is an empowerment by grace. As you yourself have experienced, there was nothing you did that manifested the bliss. On the contrary, it was shortly after you woke up, lower mind not yet fully active, when the veil lifted, so to speak. Later, as you indicated, the zen practice to "arouse the mind without resting it anywhere" is what but refusing to anchor attention in what appears, thereby gently flowing. In our seeking, the two primary requirements are a pure heart and surrender. The former requires a shift in orientation, in thought, word and deed, moment to moment, in mindfulness, ushering watchful quietude. As for surrender, we relinquish control, cease doership. That’s how I look at it. As such, there’s no quick fix to the inquiry, since we gradually let go of, to get to, in a journey without movement. Each unfoldment is unique and therefore comparisons are of no use. Somehow, as far as goal setting and attainments go versus vibrancy in acceptance, I’m reminded about these words from the epic film, Lawrence of Arabia’ - ‘The trick is not minding that it hurts’ ~ youtu.be/TvQViPBAvPkEnjoy! |
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Post by laughter on Aug 11, 2022 19:44:46 GMT -5
@ laughter ~ “One day, I woke up early, stepped out onto my back porch to stretch, and the whole world had changed. The most central aspect of this was that my mind had suddenly gone almost totally silent. There was a complete absence of any self-referential thought or emotion. No "I-thought". It was intensely blissful, and, entirely energetic.” Bliss in permanence is an empowerment by grace. As you yourself have experienced, there was nothing you did that manifested the bliss. On the contrary, it was shortly after you woke up, lower mind not yet fully active, when the veil lifted, so to speak. Later, as you indicated, the zen practice to "arouse the mind without resting it anywhere" is what but refusing to anchor attention in what appears, thereby gently flowing. In our seeking, the two primary requirements are a pure heart and surrender. The former requires a shift in orientation, in thought, word and deed, moment to moment, in mindfulness, ushering watchful quietude. As for surrender, we relinquish control, cease doership. That’s how I look at it. As such, there’s no quick fix to the inquiry, since we gradually let go of, to get to, in a journey without movement. Each unfoldment is unique and therefore comparisons are of no use. Somehow, as far as goal setting and attainments go versus vibrancy in acceptance, I’m reminded about these words from the epic film, Lawrence of Arabia’ - ‘The trick is not minding that it hurts’ ~ youtu.be/TvQViPBAvPkEnjoy! Yes it was the damndest thing because at the time it sure seemed as though following Tolle's prescriptions were what led to that bliss. "Watching the thinker" seemed causal. But there's neither any denial of what the loss of the central "I" reveals nor really any replacing it when it goes. It took months to inform this mind about acausality -- and many more strange ideas that were completely counter to my conditioned mindset prior, like nonvolition, for instance. I debated a guy on that tolle forum about that topic, but I was actually shocked that all my old ideas just couldn't square up with the direct experience of moving and acting with no "I". Everyone is unique. There are commonalities. Such as the sudden absence of the fear of death, and it can be fun to compare notes. Meditation and seeking were never painful for me. They were driven almost entirely by curiosity after that morning, and it was kinda' fun, actually. |
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