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    Bump, plus id like to add that the point of focus for #2 is not exactly in the direct center of the head, but more towards the rear close to the "hole" or soft palate of the head. Also this become more effective while holding a very subtle smile.

     

    Hmm interesting you mention the smile.

    I think putting active attention on your body and face in particular reveals much about how mind and body are linked.

    If you are thinking badly there's a feeling in your head and on your face... Does the thought create the physical discomfort or vise versa?

     

    Pay attention. If you're in a bad mood you are probably scowling and don't realize it.

    Sensing the bodies discomforts is preferable to blaming the mind?

  5. Posted · Edited by ATMA

    I don't think we can know. And somehow that is the point.

    Anything is possible because we don't know.

    Reality (not knowing) is a machine (law) which proves infinity (anything is possible).

    I think you have to end up just choosing what you believe and once you really believe it then you have to just live it.

    The most important thing for me is self progression. I want to be as ultimate as I can in every way I can.

    The problem is there is so many unknown possibilities it is hard to make myself believe completely in this one even though I know it is the best possible reality.

    This is why I seek spiritual discipline. I want the strength to self-confirm my desired belief in some form.

    So I can give up the dance of uncertainty and begin on certainty even if it is fabricated by my mind.

    We can't have truth without belief and that's somehow the rule. What we have is choice. You can choose to believe in something, and believing in it may or not make it into truth.

    Lastly, you may or may not change your mind suddenly, at anytime, for no reason at all.

    And so on and so on until you die.

     

     

    Ommmmm.

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    When my mind is at it's most enlightened state I find I have a tendency to unfocus my eyes. It's not that it's uncomfortable, quite the opposite. I can still focus them to read etc. but it requires effort and seems to break me out of my tranquility. Have any of you found this? Have you tried un-focusing your eyes intentionally? Seeing is believing... If you can adjust the way you see you can adjust the way you believe.

     

    Ommmmmm.

     

     

    PS

    I'd be extremely interested in the appearance of a bona-fide masters eyes. Has anyone here witnessed enlightenment in person?

  9. Posted

    It seems to me that one's energy level at a given time is the determining factor in how we can emotionally respond to stimuli.

    Let's take depression for example. When you are sad you feel tired... It's draining. I cannot remember a time when I was energetic and sad. Sadness doesn't energize us it makes us sloth-like. And it appears to work in reverse as well as I'm sure you noticed when you are far behind on sleep you may become susceptible to emotional outbursts (overly sensitive, irratable, etc) It also seems as though the primary emotions can be classified as 'draining' and 'energizing'.

     

    DRAINING:

    -Sadness

    -Disgust

    -Anger

    -Fear

     

    ENERGIZING

    -Joy

    -Trust

    -Surprise

    -Anticipation

     

    (Although fear and anger can both be temporarily energizing but are draining in the long run. On the contrary, surprise and anticipation can tax your nerves if subjected for a long period of time.)

     

    It seems the 'draining' emotions can occur at any time, regardless of energy level, but tend to occur more easily if your energy is low/and or you're tired. By this token it's also harder to enter 'energized' emotional states when you are tired/low on energy.

    So it would seem to master your emotions and avoid the low-energetic state you must conserve and accumulate your energy.

     

    My question is: are there any spiritual teachings that deal with this energy? What expends it? What increases it? What exactly it is? I'm not very well read and finding new philosophies is one of my reasons for joining these forums.

  15. Posted · Edited by ATMA

    I'm currently battling with a desire for a past mind-state. As i metaphorically chronicled in my 'shifting stairway' thread. I can only describe it as a kind of "bi-polar enlightenment'.

     

    Doing spiritual work I reach 'enlightened' states where I understand and exist in a much better way. It's great. I can feel truth and silent knowledge. In place. One. Progressing the right direction.

    However do to circumstance or something, I have slipped back into a more primitive state of duality in which I am struggling to kill the desire of wanting to be back in those superior mind-states. It's a self defeating prophecy IE wanting the mind-state prevents the mind-state. It's tiring and makes me impatient and doubtful and weak.

     

    I've tried to think back to my journey but it's like I've forgotten the revelations which caused my transcendence... I get fleeting glimpses and 'shift' into correct thought patterns for short amounts of time. I know this is duality and a battle with desire and the only way to cease the desire is to stop trying to cease it. Right? There's only a storm because I'm trying to make it calm. However this approach of 'letting go of dicipline' is what got me into this lull in the first place. I needed to try it for 'possible further progress' but it only sent me backwards and I'm trying to get out of it now as i've realized that approach is wrong for me.

     

    I'm just curious if any of you have experienced this 'bi-polar enlightenment' and if you have techniques for dealing with it or interesting tales of the past.

     

    Is being spiritual always a struggle? Does it get easier?

    Should I start the same approach which brought me here? Or try a new approach?

     

    Ommmmmm.

  16. Posted

    i think its better to try to be positive than to indulge in negativity

     

    but i tend to just feel my feelings as they arise so im not a big "fake it til you make it" kinda guy.

     

    i think its not the same as actually being happy, but its better than wallowing in sadness in other words.

     

    Do you have a self image or have you or have you eliminated it? Or is this your goal? Or are you goal-less ?

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    What is the correct approach here?

     

     

    Is it okay to view Bill Gates as a great man because of his vaccine work?

    Also some would say that his vaccine work is something else entirely mass-sterilization, cancer-causing etc.

    Then the others would deny it. They might enter into an argument.

    So it seems that judging someone can only lead to conflict as all opinions differ.

     

    It seems one should never invest anything in the affairs of the average man.

     

    It's obviously wrong to punish wrong but is it right to praise right?

    Or is the only correct approach (as always?) the approach of no-approach?

     

    Even asking this question seems being a drawback to approach of growth but that's outside the topic.

     

    I ask you this:

     

    Do you hate anyone?

     

    Nevermind that it's too easy.

     

    Do you have a hero?

  25. Posted

    you are sick, plain and simple, and you need serious psychological help before you do actually hurt someone.

    -Aarron

     

    http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?/topic/4237-insult-policy-reminder/

     

    I doubt I can reason with your inflated ego but I will say that i believe tullku (consciously or unconsciously) offers you an amazing opportunity for your own spiritual growth and you continually flub it out the window. These outbursts you continuously release on his threads are no help to anyone. They are detrimental to everyone EXCEPT tulku by bringing a dark energy to the boards and leading by example other members. They are even more detrimental to yourself. Be it non-verbal communication leaves much confusion, I find your posts regarding/to tulku to be very revealing of your current state in spiritual development. Tulku gives you an amazing opportunity to exercise your restraint. It's quite possible that is his sole intention on these boards, not just for you, but for anyone primitive enough to bite at his provocative posts in an impulse of ego wrath.

     

    I mean no offense even though some of my words seem insulting (primitive, less advanced, etc.) I would be a hypocrite to enter into a ego-wrath match with you so if that is you give into a rush of ego flood an assault me I suppose you should reread my post. I really believe this is all positive. Good luck.

     

    Ommmm.

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