How To Wake Up From Your Fevered Dream Chapter eleven
"There's an exit from the cinema of illusion,on to the street that is the real,but to find it you got to take your blindfold off,and no longer be a spoke in this wheel".Lyrics from Come On Home,by Mike Selley.
Here are some more exercises.
1.Look at one particular object or a tree or a flower.
It does not matter what it is.However, having said that,it is probably wise not to choose an object or thing that has emotional significance for you.Choose something you feel unemotional about.
While staring,keep your eyes fixed on one point.At the same time slow your breathing right down.
Tell your restless mind to stop all of its chatter,and attempt to not allow thoughts to come.
Because of your shallow breathing,it is easier to stop the constant flow of thoughts.
At first,thoughts may try to come,but with repeated practice they will cease.
Try to do this once a day.Just look,that's all you have to do.Do this for about five minutes.
2.Your body(which you dream you have) is the form you present to the World.
Your body( your form) reflects your personality.Bad posture must be corrected.Mind and body are one,and a bad posture means your mind has a bad posture.You must correct it.
Your posture should not be too rigid,nor should it be too slack.Embrace the middle way between the two extremes.
We tend to think that the 'I' is in the upper part of our body,or is in our heads.Our centre is not central.
The centre is in your belly.Try to think of the centre of awareness as being in your belly.
Don't droop your shoulders,but keep them relaxed yet upright,while imagining that your centre is below your chest and before your groin.
You should keep doing this all the time throughout your daily activities.
This loosens the grip of the vice like ego.
Also make sure that your breathing is natural and flows in and out in a rhythmical pattern.
The important thing to remember is that you should completely exhale,and that way you will have to completely inhale.
This lessens the dominance of the ego,but it should be done all the time.
3. I mentioned earlier about being aware of your body,and it is a good idea to carry this to the extreme.
Be fully aware when you are about to sit down,Concentrate on the action of doing this.
Concentrate on the action of your hand reaching out to turn a tap on.Be really aware of each tiny movement you make.
When you are washing your hands,look at the soap mix with the water,as you rub your hands together.It is suggested that for these exercises,when you are alone,you slow down your movements.Then when you wash the soap off,concentrate on the action of doing so.
This awareness should be there from the moment you wake up,to the time you go to bed at night..You include every single action you do,from going to the toilet,to combing your hair,to drinking a cup of tea.
4. Do not judge.
First and foremost, do not judge yourself.
Don't judge your thoughts-just observe them.
By judging and getting involved with a thought,you are creating seed impressions.Buddhism teaches that it is the outflows resulting from our varied responses to the play of phenomenon which harnesses us to the wheel of life.(The Teachings Of Hui Hui by J,.Blofeld page 22).
Every phenomenon produces a reaction within us,leading to some sort of outflow from our minds which acts upon the 'outside' occurrence and causes them to re-act upon us yet again.-and so on, endlessly.
Here are some more exercises.
1.Look at one particular object or a tree or a flower.
It does not matter what it is.However, having said that,it is probably wise not to choose an object or thing that has emotional significance for you.Choose something you feel unemotional about.
While staring,keep your eyes fixed on one point.At the same time slow your breathing right down.
Tell your restless mind to stop all of its chatter,and attempt to not allow thoughts to come.
Because of your shallow breathing,it is easier to stop the constant flow of thoughts.
At first,thoughts may try to come,but with repeated practice they will cease.
Try to do this once a day.Just look,that's all you have to do.Do this for about five minutes.
2.Your body(which you dream you have) is the form you present to the World.
Your body( your form) reflects your personality.Bad posture must be corrected.Mind and body are one,and a bad posture means your mind has a bad posture.You must correct it.
Your posture should not be too rigid,nor should it be too slack.Embrace the middle way between the two extremes.
We tend to think that the 'I' is in the upper part of our body,or is in our heads.Our centre is not central.
The centre is in your belly.Try to think of the centre of awareness as being in your belly.
Don't droop your shoulders,but keep them relaxed yet upright,while imagining that your centre is below your chest and before your groin.
You should keep doing this all the time throughout your daily activities.
This loosens the grip of the vice like ego.
Also make sure that your breathing is natural and flows in and out in a rhythmical pattern.
The important thing to remember is that you should completely exhale,and that way you will have to completely inhale.
This lessens the dominance of the ego,but it should be done all the time.
3. I mentioned earlier about being aware of your body,and it is a good idea to carry this to the extreme.
Be fully aware when you are about to sit down,Concentrate on the action of doing this.
Concentrate on the action of your hand reaching out to turn a tap on.Be really aware of each tiny movement you make.
When you are washing your hands,look at the soap mix with the water,as you rub your hands together.It is suggested that for these exercises,when you are alone,you slow down your movements.Then when you wash the soap off,concentrate on the action of doing so.
This awareness should be there from the moment you wake up,to the time you go to bed at night..You include every single action you do,from going to the toilet,to combing your hair,to drinking a cup of tea.
4. Do not judge.
First and foremost, do not judge yourself.
Don't judge your thoughts-just observe them.
By judging and getting involved with a thought,you are creating seed impressions.Buddhism teaches that it is the outflows resulting from our varied responses to the play of phenomenon which harnesses us to the wheel of life.(The Teachings Of Hui Hui by J,.Blofeld page 22).
Every phenomenon produces a reaction within us,leading to some sort of outflow from our minds which acts upon the 'outside' occurrence and causes them to re-act upon us yet again.-and so on, endlessly.
" Every action, either physical or mental, every movement occurring either on the plane of gross matter or on the plain of the mind, causes an emission of energy. It produces a seed.This seed , in the same way as all material seeds- given favourable circumstances - to produce a being of the same species as that of the parent who has transmitted the seed. The seed of an oak tends to produce an oak, the seed of an animal, a dog or bird, tends to produce a dog or a bird.
" Likewise, the innumerable energy-seeds launched into the universe by
Desire,Aversion, Love, Hatred and the actions caused by these feelings, by attachment to individual existence with the material activity which it excites in order to preserve the individual existence to perpetuate it, to increase its power and enlarge its sphere of action, all these seeds tend to reproduce the counterparts of their parents either psychic or material"Taken from ' The Secret Oral Teachings ' by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden, City Light Books, 1967.
Do not judge others.By judging others you are only judging their mask and costume(their fake ego and form)-and not their true self.
It is like judging an actors true nature by judging him on the character he is playing.
You know who he really is;he is you,but he has a different acting role .
Underneath the script and costume and mask,he and you are one.
Judge not-lest you be judged.
That is the end of this chapter.The next chapter will follow shortly.
Do not judge others.By judging others you are only judging their mask and costume(their fake ego and form)-and not their true self.
It is like judging an actors true nature by judging him on the character he is playing.
You know who he really is;he is you,but he has a different acting role .
Underneath the script and costume and mask,he and you are one.
Judge not-lest you be judged.
That is the end of this chapter.The next chapter will follow shortly.
Mike Selley.
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