That is the title of an attention-grabbing and enjoyable ebook by Richard Lang.
Numerous 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 couple of events, particularly when in stunning pure settings. Recently, I may get glimpses of it whereas meditating (both sitting or in movement). Multiple creator has described workout routines that assist us to get these glimpses, resembling within the two books I described right here. It will possibly take self-discipline to apply meditation commonly. 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 ebook can also be filled with the 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 ebook On Having No Head. Douglas was serving within the British military in India throughout World Warfare II, and whereas on depart he was mountaineering in an space close to the Himalayas. His entertaining description of his expertise there may be instructed in On Having No Head, and Richard additionally discusses it in his ebook and on his web site. Primarily what occurred is that Douglas all of the sudden felt like there was probably not a head above his shoulders, as an alternative there was an unlimited expanded consciousness searching. This was a pleasant and enjoyable feeling. He spent a great little bit of the remainder of his life understanding this expertise and attempting to show others to have it. Richard’s ebook has a sequence of workout routines based mostly on the teachings of Douglas. I discovered his model of the workout routines a bit simpler to comply with than the workout routines Douglas himself gave in his personal books.
My expertise is that everybody is completely different and a few of these work for a few of us whereas different folks might reply to completely different ones. It jogs my memory of once I was studying to ski. The teacher needed 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 needed to maintain the sunshine shining downhill labored nice (for me).
Two workout routines labored particularly nicely for me in Richard’s ebook. 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 convey 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 along with your peripheral imaginative and prescient till you’ll be able to not see them. Whereas doing this, think about that your consciousness is increasing. Once I did this, it appeared like my consciousness turned actually massive and lined 360 levels. It was a really enjoyable feeling.
The second train is less complicated 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 nicely for me whereas biking. For some motive this modification of perspective (which physicists would seek advice from as a change in coordinate techniques) is enjoyable for me. Each this and the spectacle train can convey on the “calm consciousness” feeling described within the first paragraph above.
Richard’s ebook is on kindle limitless without cost if you’re signed up for that. In any other case, you may get a free pattern of the ebook which incorporates the primary three workout routines, and pursue it additional when you have any luck noticing an “consciousness shift” with these. Richard additionally runs a web site “The headless approach“. It has quite a lot of the workout routines beneath “experiments”, for instance the spectacles train is known as “single eye”.
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