September 27, 2006
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have you seen something happen over and over?
yet it blows your mind every time..
with groups of people it is fascinating
If they have the encouragement and the opportunity
to chose for a moment to become present…
You can recognize it instantly in each individual
they begin to smile
not the kind o` polite..
lemming smile
but a selfless smile of joy
It is very contagious
this smile
for the feeling of presence radiates outwards ..
Others not yet be present
but yet
can see and feel
the honesty of the experience
you can’t fake it ..
It’s real
In just such a way
those that are not present
may be enticed to chose
by the example of the others
to intend to experience it for themselves
Great!
here is a huge opportunity
to point them towards
the higher vibrational energy found
whenever conscious attention is focused directly
in the felt moment of immediate experience
and lived … as the Joy of being
free momentarily from the worries,
regrets, and perpetual stress of the egoic mind.
Some people feel it right away
Other believe they need time to understand ‘it’
And very strong egos
reject this as all just mystical bull crap
and thats ok
but time is not what they need
..in fact..
it is the model of time
which is a vital component of the mind
and
a keystone within the model
from which escape is possible
paradoxically
even as you believe
you
have time
time has you
lets go back to the group …
of people
some are entering and holding
the high vibrational frequency of presence
others are not
and possibly frustrated
thats ok
perhaps
ask them if they understand what the others are feeling?
then describe it to them
…as its happening before their eyes
and ask them if they can see it
ripple collectively from those present
ask them to watch for themselves as..
..the waves of shared attention flow like a pleasurable emotion..
now ask those still with the matrix of their minds ..
and still enthralled by the temporal model of themselves
their “personality”
Ask them if they understand what the others are experiencing..
ask them if they understand presence
you can explain it to them as much as necessary
and eventually they will say
yes..
they get the model
Its great…
Once your see presence as a model…
let it go…
like you would drop a hot coal
let the belief go
stop trying to hit me
And hit me
gently
let your attention drift away from thinking
released from your model of presence
and from all
the various types thought forms
..the shift can be viewed
as that change from the analytical interpretation of thought
to the direct perceptual experience of the here and now
be-present
allow all of the attention previously devoted to your thoughts
to be free….
drop the intension and even the forward looking expectation
to be present..
and stop thinking about it entirely
One pattern that many find helpful
is a bit of a process but ok
breath deeply and direct your attention
into the inner energy field
of the body
feel the energy collect as tension
and isolate the areas of the body where it is constrained
then release the tension
i often
relax the muscles in my forehead
and head around my ears ..then loosen the tightness in my jaw..
many women loosen their lower back..
it varies of course
Stay on the path and go deeper
by directing your attention into energy fields surrounding you
feel their vast depth
don’t focus on the things
focus on the space…
to re-balance
from
the conditioned habitual reliance on form
and rediscover the novelty of emerging existence
as it
manifests from the infinite vastness of space
like listening to music..
allow your attention to dwell in
the silence between the notes
listen as each note arise from the silence
like poetry
and fades like silk
seamlessly
back into the stillness..
hear the infinite depth of the stillness…
in-joy-ing in the music…
In just the same way
do this with the crazy melody
of your thoughts
allow you mind to create a thought
feel the thought emerge as
energy from the silence
watch it grow
develop
mature and disintegrate seamlessly
back in to the deep silence from which it arose
gently guide your attention away from the thought
and
into the silent gaps between each thought
just like with the music
be soft
just ever so lightly hold the intension
to go deeper into the stillness
be easy on yourself ..
don’t strain or
TRY to hold on to stillness
rather just feel
and hold to
the nature of the feeling
in-joy-ing as it comes
and gradually you will find ”it” growing longer and deeper
there is no limit to it’s depth
Eckhart would tell you this:
“Presence is not what you think it is.
You cant think about presence
And the mind cant understand it
Understanding presence
Is be-ing present.”
shine on
you crazy diamonds
Comments (13)
coincidences for me lately have been lung cancer. 3 separate people having the same thing and the only thing seemingly between them is me. thankfully one is getting better. and the other was a false alarm. i did mention the “coincidences” to several people. They didn’t seem to get the “awe” out of it that I did. And I only got the “awe” because it was so big. And so weird.
talked to my friend joy today too. i only mention that cause you wrote “joy” in so many words so often.
the silence is hard to navigate for people who have a lot of noise around them. lately i’ve had a lot of noise.
:sunny:
thank you for this. i will be back to read it again. :wave:
If you read the comments @ http://www.xanga.com/john/530736360/full-user-blocking.html you’ll get the scary feeling that these kids would be down for sending Jews to the ovens:eek:
Yeah, things have a way of repeating
To allow a single day to last a thousand years, now that is a moment and a Grace without expectation. Then the next moment arrives and so on and so on. Eternity is even now, yes.
Observation within the Light~a singularity~
Blessings this day, my Friend Dosmangoes~ :sunny:
in-joy-ing. i like that :love:
it’s SO noisy here at my work (a printing company) that i find little escape, unless i use my earphones, which i do, quite often.
i do however find quiet and presence at home while meditating and when i walk down to the beach path and hear the ocean break.
too many people never stop to hear the in-betweens and me? i crave them. :spinning:
))))))))))))))) :sunny: ((((((((((((((((( crazy love great exercise D love b
hi back. =)
:fun:
it is happening now
I used to work with very simple minded people… they could not predict and often did not remember ,and I ,like other people sometimes do found them uncanny and admirable on some levels…perhaps it was because in their eyes despite..” low ” iq’s I could see a person full and complete… perhaps it was because they were not so hindered by ego.
:goodjob::wave::spinning: