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Watching Awareness. Awareness of Awareness. What pointers can you give me when meditating on watching awareness?

When it comes to meditation, I hear people say you need to stay grounded. But what does being grounded mean? Does it mean being grounded in the 5 senses? And if this is the case what of the highest meditation that dictates one should go beyond the senses?

Appreciate all your replies, all have been helpful.

I seem to be sleeping sometimes 12 hours. I also practice a lot of meditation. But then people say they only need 4 hours and advanced mediatators only needing the same has me wondering.

Ahh thank you for this pointer.

This has puzzled me too. To completely surrender to 'what is', but then want something else that is not here now. But that thing that is wanted, is it coming from past conditioning of the mind. And if it is entertained and chased after, is the being being led back to bondage?

I like this

Can anyone explain cutting the cords here for the benefit for all? Or point me in the right direction?

Astral dynamics seems pretty popular

Would you do the same as you do, if you didn't think?

But how do we know what is evil? We must judge something that it is evil. But how do we know to judge something that is evil. We must have a belief attached of what is evil. And so the distortion happens.

Apparently monks have had small birds come and land and sit on them.

Can I ask you. Can you judge something when you see something without thinking? When there is no thoughts, can there be any judgement on things? When there is no thoughts, can there be any labels attached to things that can be judged?

cool thread

I have heard that when one is ready a teacher will appear. I have also heard that the real teacher is the teacher inside of you. But I hear many things.

People are told to be natural. So they form an idea of what it is to be natural and hold it, instead of just being. Letting go of needing is a good one.

what is the nature of the mind when there are no thoughts.

Maybe infinite in possibilities with extremely limited being one of them.

It could be suggested that all is placebo, as all is mind.

Yes I am. I cannot change at the moment. So I guess I will accept being drained.

I am always feeling tired when I wake up in the morning from sleep. Some people at work always comment that I look drained. I am a shift worker and believe this has something to do with it. What would you prescribe me do to feel refreshed after I wake up?

I have to agree though, getting someone to heal themselves is a lot more preferable than just doing it for them if that's possible.

Have you ever had a real (not imagination) out of body experience? Some people describe on the brink of the energy body decoupling from the physical that they're sucked out from the naval area. Also on the brink of going out of body, certain physical sensations can be enormous. I have experienced a similar thing where it felt like I was being pulled out of my body and it was very frightening because I was totally unprepared for it. I have never had an out of body experience myself where I have been lucid. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/astral_dynamics/astral_dynamics.htm

Thanks very much for your replies. So even if you feel yourself humming and vibrating all over (I am guessing that this is chi I am feeling), and direct it in to someone, holding the intent to heal, there is no way of overloading their system?