johndoe2012

I like listening to Tony Parsons http://theopensecret.com/

asks the mind

They were talking about following the knowing that comes out of nothingness, not following thoughts. The mind is the one that invents stories about how this is not possible.

The few times I have experienced flow it seemed self disappeared for a while and things became more spontaneous. However I think this is different than the full recognition of rigpa which is even more expansive and center-less and has the quality of lightness. All in my experience.

Healing others without using your own qi is very common. Both Reiki and other systems channeling divine energy do that. A 10 dollar book found in my signature can give you that ability.

One way of finding your purpose is to try everything with all your heart since it releases those patterns of purpose. You might be lead in a direction that doesn't suit you but that is ego thinking it is in control.

The Secret Smile is a good technique to open up for bliss which shows in the face.

The problem is the OP's insistence that because of modern society then people are not waking up. This is a belief and not true. In fact it is the reverse. Today people are waking up in high tech city centres like London. Because of the internet you can connect to awake people, just browse the satsangs on YouTube. Also the face of the young guy could easily be that of a poet with lots of life experience, there is nothing wrong with that.

I am not sure if I even have integrated knowledge from transmissions I received seven years ago, so there definitely can be a barrier to entry to the advanced stuff.

good idea

There are probably more people waking up today than 500 years ago due to the divine tools and transmissions being imparted. Though I prefer nature lately rather than technological society.

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For throat and heart I channel divine energy and work on my issues - being kind, being gentle, not harming others etc. There's a link in my signature to one system. You could also just ask the divine to help you and it will happen gradually.

The rising of the energy to the head could mean blockages from throat and down. So opening up the chest and heart would probably help. Looking at screens (pc, mobile) makes the head symptom worse. You could use yellow glasses in the evening to decrease blue light and increase melatonin production to help you fall asleep.

Source is this DVD? http://www.whitetigerkungfu.com/san_gong_meditations.htm

Yes imsomnia is a symptom of the incessant mind that keeps talking. I use some energetic tricks (from a lineage) to make me fall asleep. Eg channel essences of animals to myself since animals are not head heavy as humans.

Any measuring implies you yourself or the other is not the Self but the self, which means doubt is there.

If you knew the best decision to make, what would that be? Ask yourself this.

I still use the Reiki crystal transmitted by this book https://www.amazon.com/New-Reiki-Software-Divine-Living-ebook/dp/B00D3IP4EI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519815676&sr=8-4&keywords=brett+bevell Very handy because it can be programmed so you don't have to guide the energy consciously.

I think it was Paul Hedderman who made a joke about this: a person woke up by getting hit by a can in Walmart. Then others who wanted to emulate this by also getting hit in the head by cans in the exact same spot in Walmart.

Stop torturing yourself. This is religious non-sense.

You direct the process with mind, that is the problem. Mind directing things is following thoughts, and will never lead to awakening.

Only a trial-and-error approach can tell you. You can't tell in advance. Even embodied avatars like Amma and Mother Meera can give bad side effects, such is the nature of changing structures in your consciousness.

True, realizations like that are just more thoughts about the whole thing.

True. The slow approach can also be a cover for the ego-activity to keep on living and not completely die out - aka avoidance when we know we should be facing something but ducking it out until tomorrow. I have given up on meditation to bring any benefits but just merge with a chosen avatar and seek the help of divine beings to release what should be released. Some lineages have mapped out the whole awakening from top to bottom. So we no longer have excuses for not getting anywhere.