dwai
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Existence is the phenomenon of being witnessed by a sentience. Life is the existence of sentience.
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Mudfoot, You have articulated this wisdom so well! Thank you for that... Indeed our natural tendency is to "try"...so we "try to meditate", "try to do energetic work", etc etc. The moment we apply too much effort, we are blocking the energies. If we don't apply any effort initially, however, it is no use. The cliched albeit valid truth is that effort has to be just right...not too much, not too little (like in the Goldilocks story...was it written by a Daoist?)
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In Hindu tradition 11-13 days is the period after which last rites are done. Cremation is done within 24 hrs of death. Then we have further ceremonies performed on the first year anniversary (auspicious date is determined astrologically).
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What is your Talent ? and did spirituality help refining it?
dwai replied to Shad282's topic in General Discussion
Meditation helps me meditate deeper and with greater efficiency. Talents unfold as we let the creative energies of the Dao work through us. My music became more spontaneous and satisfying to me (others usually don't like it ;-))...it manifests in the arts- 22 replies
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Difference between Intention, Visualization and Imagination?
dwai replied to Shad282's topic in General Discussion
Visualization/imagination is used until we develop power/intention. Then intention is used to do or undo, and visualization is then confirmation of the process. As with all such things, It's hard to express properly in words... -
Initially qigong is qigong. Then it becomes neigong, then shen gong and then just dao gong
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Difference between Intention, Visualization and Imagination?
dwai replied to Shad282's topic in General Discussion
Visualization is initially imagination. Afterwards it is only visualization as the visions are seen by an activated upper dan tien (or third eye). To be more precise, the senses pick up the energy and the brain presents an image. It may or may not look like that to another person. That's why the feeling of the energy is more important than the "vision". However there are some who can see the energy clear as day... Intention is the focus of the spiritual or heart mind. It is feeling and one sends the feeling to make something manifest or un manifest. Intention is not an intellectual/mind driven thing. -
The body is just a shell...the True Self never ceases to exist as it was never born.
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First we have to do away with our opinions and judgements and concepts of morality, right and wrong, good and bad. Essentially stop attaching to any opposite pole... When we can stop attaching to the opposites and stop taking any position we rest in alignment with the universe (Dao). We then become sensitive to how patterns emerge and dissolve - all is energy. We flow with that energy...that's how we can trust the universe...by letting go of our ideas of trust and distrust entirely and just follow the energy...
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Words of wisdom right there...
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Ayn Rand's objectivism is immature and impractical. Add to that it is brutally lacking in compassion or empathy. In my teenage I had devoured Rand's books (fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged). Objectivism had such a negative and nasty effect on my psyche, that had I not discovered Richard Bach at the same time, I would have been permanently damaged mentally... :\
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Or this one (from far more accomplished musicians than myself) --
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This is the best I could do with words...
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Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
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It's becoming clearer to me off late that when a meditation technique says "Rest your mind" on something (say the Lower Dan Tien), it is not the same as "think of something". There is a very clear difference between "resting the mind" vs "thinking". Resting the mind implies a passive attention. Thinking implies an active attention (at least that's what it seems to me). So, when a student is asked to "rest his/her mind on something", it means simply that. Rest the mind...like one would take an object and lay it down on another surface. It does not mean observe, scrutinize, study, etc. The act of resting the mind is non-descriptive, passive and does not exhaust us. The act of thinking is active and exhausts us. Thoughts? -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion
I'm far from being an accomplished anything My practice currently includes Taiji single form and neigong practices (standing and seated). Along with that, I moved from Jnana yoga (contemplation) to Ramana Maharishi's "Who am I" practice to at present "resting with the Witness" (as taught by Nisargadatta Maharaj). I find this is also very helpful in taiji practice as well... So "disappearing/merging/etc" means dropping the "self" and stabilizing in the "Self". That IS Sahaja Samadhi iinm...will it happen for me? Who knows....with God's grace maybe... -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
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remain still let comings and goings happen rest in void -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
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Indeed. Eventually resting becomes disappearing (or merging)... -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion
The ego of course -
I was just typing up a comment and then decided against it. But I would like to second this. After a point, it is mainly about the energy flow and following the flow. It is not even about harmonizing with it. It is truly simple...because you feel the energy and follow it. The forms are needed till they are not needed imho.
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Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion
Once I got over the misidentification with the mind, it was...although it took a little bit of practice. Resting the mind is different from focussing the mind on an object or just observing the mind. Resting the mind is what I got when I turned the mind around to observe the witness. What I got is stillness of the mind. Then over time it became evident to me that the mind can just "rest" without doing anything much. Sure it rises and wanders from time to time. But for the most part it is still. Contrast this with the effort needed to focus the mind on an object (one-pointed focus). The very thought of it is exhausting -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
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Yes indeed that is thinking. Its just passive. I don't know how else to explain it... -
Resting your mind on something is not the same as thinking about it
dwai replied to dwai's topic in General Discussion
What I meant is - When I rest my mind on something, my mind is still. When I think, my mind is moving. -
The more advanced taiji becomes, the simpler it gets imho. Sometimes it is just standing in the beginning posture and meditating for a long time
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To the OP - yes...nicely articulated. To Dawei - This is excellent - thanks for sharing
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