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I did some hemisync (brainwave sync) years ago. I helps your brain to enter a certain state of operation. One theory is that doing things that require or induce another state would probably go against each other. On the other hand, you can, for example, read a book in different states of awareness. In my school times, I learned for a test while listening to hemisync frequencies and I remembered some things almost word for word for a few days afterwards, unlike other times. I used 6 Hz for a while. You can use "Cool Edit" to create noise and add the frequencies, or add them to music. When I lie down, I can doze or just relax, not thinking about anything. When I do this listening to 6 Hz, the result is clearly different. I get quite lively imagery in my head. It is like the process of dreaming that clears your head and refreshes your mind, but the real dream state in sleep is supposed to be a lower frequency. 6 Hz is more for creativity and those things. (There should be info in the help file of Cool Edit.) So when lying down and listening to 6 Hz (brown noise), after some time the hemisync frequency part remained and the noise faded out a great degree, and the mentioned imagery started. In this state - if I don't go too deep - I usually can still react to outer influences, like when somebody talks to me, I can answer, but after the session I feel very refreshed. It actually seemed to have cleaned up my short-term memory.
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Interesting news... as real as a dream
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Citizen Kane with Guns would be my estimation. Mr Christopher "that's a very loud and busy soundtrack" Nolan seems to be becoming quite the thinking persons blockbuster maker. As all the noise and the missed oppurtunities to make it truly mind-expanding fade (after two hours at the minute) I'm reminded of the big daddy of all these types of films. It's called Mirror (Zerkalo,1975) , a Russian film by Andrei Tarkovski dealing with just this theme but more fleshed out, more personal, more universal. A screening of it literaly seemed to rewire my brain one night (as it did for a friend who saw it once too) and make the entire world seem like a dream reality. The Nolan flick even has what seems like a reference to it.
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What did the Tree Sprite get in return from Hatsumi's dogs? (We all know the story right?) See the Memorial book if in doubt Occasionally in a dream Peace, Robert
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In my understanding, what you described is very clear description of A&P. I also had many moments of bliss without bright lights (what exactly manifests will not be the same every time). Anyway this experience isn't that uncommon. Anyway hope this helps, by Kenneth Folk (another dharma teacher who is one of Daniel's best friends) http://kennethfolkdharma.wetpaint.com/page/The+Idiot%27s+Guide+to+Dharma+Diagnosis The Idiot’s Guide to Diagnosing the 16 Insight Knowledges One of the questions that yogis ask most often is “Where am I on the Theravada Progess of Insight map?” This is a legitimate question and there can be real benefit in knowing the answer. If you are able to align your own experience with the traditional descriptions of insight it helps you to have faith that this practice works, which in turn can motivate you to practice more. Furthermore, your teacher may suggest different practices depending on how far along you are in the process. Below is a simple guide, designed to be “idiot-proof.” It only includes the most obvious landmarks along the way. Familiarize yourself with these diagnostic criteria and use them to place yourself on the map. Case Study # 1: Report: “My meditation used to be good, but now there’s nothing but solid pain when I sit. I sometimes feel nauseous and I want to leave the retreat." Diagnosis: 3rd ñana, Knowledge of the Three Characteristics. “But I also have all kinds of cool insights about this and that.” Doesn’t matter. If you have persistent solid pain, you’re in the 3rd ñana. Case Study # 2: Report: “I had this incredible energy coursing through my body, tingled all over, saw white lights, and had unitive experiences.” Diagnosis: 4th ñana, Knowledge of the Arising and Passing Away of Phenomena. “But I had it while on drugs (or in a dream). I never even meditated.” Doesn’t matter. 4th ñana. Have a nice day. “But it was so real. I saw God. I know it was enlightenment.” No, it was the 4th ñana. Case Study # 3: Report: “At some time in the past, I had white lights, unitive experiences and delightful tingles. Now my meditation sucks and I hate everything.” Diagnosis: Dukkha ñanas 6-10, aka Dark Night of the Soul. “But I feel super enlightened.” Doesn’t matter. Dukkha ñanas. Thanks for asking. Case Study # 4: Report: I went through the 3rd, 4th, and dukkha ñanas (as described above) and now I feel fine every time I sit. Diagnosis: 11th ñana, Knowledge of Equanimity. “But I’m not having any insights.” Right. Knowledge of Equanimity. Case Study # 5: Report: I went through the 3rd, 4th, dukkha ñanas, and Equanimity ñana, (as described above), and then one day I was just sitting (or standing, or walking), there was a little blip, and I knew that something was different. It was as though a weight had lifted from me. I felt light and wanted to laugh for a couple of days. After that, my practice was noticeably different than anything that had gone before. Diagnosis: 14th and 15th ñana, Path and Fruition (1st Path). “But it was no big deal. More like an anticlimax. But it’s clear that some cycle was completed.” Exactly. Path and Fruition. Kenneth Folk 2009
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Exactly why would any reasonable person want unbridled population growth? Marketing and business opportunities? Conservatives love that one. Fusion power may be just another wet dream that eats billions (USD). ralis
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helping thouse who do not know much about taoism and are still young?
goldisheavy replied to mewtwo's topic in General Discussion
There is no relation to physicalism here. Physicalism is belief that the ultimate nature of everything is physical. However, let's say the ultimate nature of everything is psychological instead of physical, like in dreams. Do you think characters in my dreams can accurately gauge my state of mind? Absolutely not, unless that's part of the dream, which is very rare (in my case, it's so rare that it hasn't happened yet). How about the other way around? The same is also true the other way around. I don't know the state of anyone's mind in my dreams. Nor do I need to. I just need to know my own state, and that's more than enough. There is nothing else to know. Ego is nothing. Don't obsess on it too much. One thing I found was that I could leave myself behind, but not my family. Attachment to this world, as we know it, goes far beyond our personal ego. People waste so much time bashing the ego and considering it. Ego doesn't matter at all. It's neither here nor there. It doesn't help or harm anything for the most part. Ego has no role to play in spirituality, not a positive role and not a negative role either. The only important thing about ego is during mundane day to day life when you want to be accepted and respected, and when you feel someone else is seemingly too self-assured, you consider that to be egoism, since it may cause you to doubt yourself. If other people are not sure of themselves and stammer and stutter, that makes you feel good, because you feel confident next to someone who isn't confident at all. So when someone is assertive and opinionated, we feel threatened. In other words, seeing big egos in other people is an indication of having a fragile and a big ego oneself, and it's also an indication that you are busy with social jockeying. Spirituality, on the other hand, is not about social jockeying, and thus the sizes of egos just do not matter on the path. This is why, for example, ego is not mentioned even once in Chuang Tzu or Tao Te Ching or any other important document. The people who talk most about egos are modern people who are jockeying for a social position and not the ancient masters. And in Buddhism, any comparison of oneself and others, be it in favor of oneself, or in favor of the other, or neutral, all are frowned upon and all are called "conceit." So, for example, someone who thinks of oneself as lesser than others, is conceited in Buddhist understanding. So any comparison of oneself and others is conceit. This means any discussion of ego size, which necessarily must involve a comparison of some sort, is conceit from the Buddhist POV. So I don't know any tradition that really bashes the ego. -
Why care which tradition it comes from? Just do what works and The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep is a great resource. I doubt there is much difference between traditions anyway in this area, all you need to do is maintain your awareness during sleep which will happen naturally if you meditate regularly.
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Yes - all of those. But as you might be able to see, the bushmen don't hold the same posture, or get the same transmission - but they activate the same energy. It comes down to having that energy be activated. a,b,c and d are all ways of allowing the energy to be activated. In kunlun we don't want to do any contrived shaking - if you need some contrived movements to help you along, then loosen the spine and make small spirals with your waist as you hold the posture, keep your neck and head loose. The posture itself - having your legs up on the balls of your feet will start an automatic shaking of the legs - then you just let go and be patient and the rest of your body will follow. Regarding mixing practices - I know the mind loves to plan and perfect and improve-upon... but if you want to do this practice then leave the others alone for a while - and then if you still want to... after at least 2 months practice time, add other bits at a different time of the day and pay attention to how you feel. Regarding N/om - yes they often describe it as a needle or spike that gets hot when it activates... they say to store it in the belly. They also say that N/om can often come in from the top of the head, or in the belly, or in a dream, or from a song, or story or the earth. N/om from 'young maidens' is Drew's particular focus . Have a look around Keeney's site - check out some of the videos http://www.shakingmedicine.com/ Thanks for the Keeney interview link, Hundun.
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Spiritual practices to do while asleep?
Sloppy Zhang replied to mewtwo's topic in General Discussion
Well ld4all.com is a great place to start learning lucid dreaming techniques. The forum has a lot of good tips, info, and suggestions for things you can try. The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep is a very good book that I picked up after it was brought up in a discussion here a little while ago. Very good book and has techniques to integrate with the chakras as well as some meditation exercises- it pretty much teaches you how to integrate lucid dreaming into whatever work you are presently doing. -
Are you meditating or are you self-hypnotizing yourself?
Vajrahridaya replied to Birdoftruth's topic in General Discussion
As far as the power and intent of meditation with visualization... I'll just post some links and quotes. As far as mindfulness meditation like in Vipassana, it is suggested that one get acquainted with this quite early on and during the practices listed below. So really, one needs both Vipashyana and Visualization in Tantra. Generation Stage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Stage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Tantric Buddhism, the generation stage (T:kye rim; S:utpatti-krama) is the first phase of meditative Buddhist sādhana associated with the 'Father Tantra' (Wylie: pha-rgyud; pa-rgyud) class of anuttara-yoga-tantras of the Sarmapa or associated with what is known as Mahayoga Tantras by the Nyingmapa. An example of a 'Father Tantra' is the Guhyasamāja Tantra. The generation stage engages creative imagination or visualization as an upaya or skillful means of personal transformation through which the practitioner (sadhaka) either visualizes a meditational deity (yidam) or refuge tree before themselves in front generation, or as themselves in self generation, to engender an alteration to their perception and/or experience of the appearance aspect of reality.[1] The complement of the generation/development/creation stage is the completion stage (T:dzog rim; S:saṃpanna-krama). Front generation Front generation is a form of meditative visualization employed in Tantric Buddhism in which the yidam is visualized as being present in the sky facing the practitioner as opposed to the self-identification that occurs in self generation. According to the Vajrayana tradition, this approach is considered less advanced, hence safer for the sadhaka, and is engaged more for the rites of propitiation and worship.[2] Self generation Self generation is a form of meditative visualization employed in Tantric Buddhism in which the yidam is invoked and then merged with the sadhaka as an upaya of self-transformation. This is as opposed to the method of front generation. According to the Vajrayana tradition, self generation is held to be more advanced and accompanied by a degree of spiritual risk from the siddhi (mental powers) it may rapidly yield. ...................And the all important completion stage: Completion stage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Completion_Stage The completion stage (Tibetan:dzog rim; Sanskrit:saṃpanna-krama) is one of the two stages of Anuttarayoga Tantra. Completion stage may also be translated as perfection stage or fulfillment mode. The other stage of Anuttarayoga Tantra, which generally precedes the completion stage, is the generation stage (Tibetan:kye rim; Sanskrit:utpatti-krama). The completion stage is the second phase of the Vajrayana Buddhist sadhana, or practice texts, associated with the Anuttarayoga Tantra, which in Dzogchen correspond to the Inner Tantras: Mahayoga, Anuyoga and Ati Yoga. Although completion stage appears in the Anuttarayoga Tantra in general, it is especially associated with the Mother Tantras such as the Hevajra Tantra. Completion stage practices are therefore associated with the development of a Vajra Body, through practices that purify the movement of lung in the subtle body. Definition The Dharma Dictionary defines the 'Completion Stage' as follows: One of the two aspects of Vajrayana Practice. The meaning and depth of this principle changes while ascending through the three outer sections and the three inner sections of Tantra. For instance, the completion stage defined as the dissolving of the visualization of a deity corresponds to Mahayoga; the "Completion stage with marks" based on yogic practices such as tummo corresponds to Anu Yoga: and the "Completion stage without marks" is the practice of Ati Yoga.[1] The completion stage engages creative imagination or visualization and emphasizes the voidness aspect of reality as a skillful means of personal transformation. The completion stage employs the "mystic vortices" of the body, the cakra, the subtle energy of the subtle body, the five pranas or vāyu, together with the channels, the nadi through which the energy flows in order to generate the 'great bliss' (Tibetan: Dem Chog or bde-mchog; Sanskrit: Maha-sukha) associated with bodhi or enlightenment.[2] Dowman (1984: unpaginated), in elucidating the spiritual disciplines of the Mahasiddhas, links the completion stage with the Two Truths, voidness, along with a suite of advanced Mahamudra sadhana and other practices that are related to the Six Yogas of Naropa such as tummo: Fulfillment meditation includes "higher" techniques of meditation, which result in understanding of ultimate truth. But since relative and ultimate truth are two sides of the same coin, creative and fulfillment stages both lead to the same goal. Fundamentally, fulfillment meditation techniques entail the perception of emptiness in form, or the dissolution of form into emptiness: the dissolution of the creative stage vision into emptiness is technically a fulfillment stage practice. Examples of fulfillment mode yogas are dream yoga, the yoga of the mystic heat, Mahamudra meditation, the yoga of the apparitional body, the yoga of resurrection, clear light meditation, and the yoga of uniting skillful means [upaya] and perfect insight [prajna] to create the seed-essence of pure pleasure.[3] "Seed-essence" is a rendering of tigle and changchubsem = 'seed-essence' = yang life-force = white bodhicitta. Seed-essence (Sanskrit: bija-tattva) is cognate with bindu (Sanskrit) and gankyil (Tibetan). Dowman (1984: unpaginated) further maps the instrumentation[4] of "fulfillment meditation" in relation to the Mahamudra kundalini raising of the 'phowa of Great Transference' ("ultimate liberation") through the cranial fontanelle at the 'Bardo of Death' and a subsidiary preparatory sexual yoga: The system of visualization vital in fulfillment meditation is that of the subtle body. This imaginary subtle body consists of psychic nerves - nadi, their focal points or energy centers - cakras; the energy that runs in the nerves - prana; and the essence of prana, known as "seed-essence" or bindu. A central channel, or nerve, runs from the sexual center to the fontanelle, and the left, rasana, and right, lalana, channels run parallel joining the central channel, the avadhuti, at the gut center. Converging from all parts of the body like physical veins, subsidiary nerves enter the central channel at the five focal points of psychic energy - the sexual, gut, heart, throat and head centers. Visualization of this system allows the yogin to manipulate the energies relating to the various centers for different mundane purposes, but the highest aim is to inject all energy into the central channel and up to the head center where ultimate liberation is achieved. The key to this system relates right and left channels to skillful means (male) and perfect insight (female) respectively, and the central channel to their union - Mahamudra. In an important sexual yoga, with or without a sexual partner, red and white seed-essence, bodhicittas, are mixed in the sexual center to rise up the central channel as kundalini. This is the yoga of uniting pure pleasure and emptiness.[3] Dalton (2003: unpaginated) states that: The perfection stage practices are often divided into those without signs (mtshan med) and those with signs (mtshan bcas). The former refer to practices in which the enlightened view is accomplished instantaneously, without any effort, “like a fish leaping out of the water.” The latter – the practices with signs – are generally the perfection stage practices known collectively as “channels and winds” (rtsa lung). Here, the practitioner works with a system of channels within one’s body, through which are moving the “winds” – subtle energies closely related to one’s mind. [5] Berzin (2008: unpaginated) frames the energetic process of the completion stage and in so doing, mentions the Clear Light, the Illusory Body, and the Rupakaya: On the complete stage, we cause the energy-winds (rlung, Skt. prana) to enter, abide, and dissolve in the central channel. This enables us to access the subtlest level of mental activity (clear light, ‘ od-gsal) and use it for the nonconceptual cognition of voidness – the immediate cause for the omniscient mind of a Buddha. We use the subtlest level of energy-wind, which supports clear light mental activity, to arise in the form of an illusory body (sgyu-lus) as the immediate cause for the network of form bodies (Skt. rupakaya) of a Buddha. -
WHich of the 5 elements would you associate with the color pink?
devoid replied to Pietro's topic in General Discussion
I do not associate any of the 5 elements with the color pink - as simple as that Why, because I associate the five elements with white (metal/lungs), blue/black (water/kidneys), green (wood(liver), red (fire/heart) and finally yellow (earth/spleen). Are you sure you're actually looking for one of the 5 elements? (rather than perhaps a chakra, something you saw during meditation, in a dream, etc.) -
Is Tao an Ontological Essence of Life?
voidisyinyang replied to Stigweard's topic in General Discussion
Hey check out Michele Feynman -- she went to Tuva to fulfill her dad's dream -- throat singing shamanism http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/08/090811_world_stories_bombs_stamps_throat_singers.shtml -
the every man's dream bright stars before summer dawn mountains dark and blue illusions shattered bright stars before summer dawn mountains dark and blue (thanks, Cow Tao, for keeping me straight. I was at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center yesterday for a one-day sitting, and when I walked down the road at 4:30am, the sky was just lightening- I'm cheating, but both are true!)
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Heck, I wanted to rejoin this conversation but so many posts have flown by I don't know where to start. So just a couple of quick points: Marblehead : feel free to respond to anything said to me by the way. The thing about the Big Bang - and I think this is worth saying because its important about origins - people think of empty space and then a big explosion like a billion supernovas or something similar - this is completely wrong. There was no space or time before the Big Bang - both space and sequential time as we experience it came into being with the Big Bang. This is difficult to think about because it runs counter to our experience of the everyday world - but love it or hate it that is the theory (a theory I might add which is supported by all empirical observations so its not just some mad scientists dream. The consequence of this is that when you think of the origin ... then you have to think f the beginning of time itself and not just a very large number of years. The same goes with space ... space itself is expanding as a result of the Big Bang not just things expanding in space. When we talk about beginingless time then perhaps we could say all the time there ever has been since there was time at all (if you see what I mean). Vaj, Can I call you Vaj? or perhaps the diminutive Vajinho (but that starts to sound vaguely anatomical LOL) - I don't think I am confusing Tao with my Buddhist influenced mind (whatever that is) - I think that people write and speak about the Tao in a lot of ways because that is possible. Sometimes this may sound like some kind of irreducible underlying cause or whatever - but sometimes it doesn't. What Taoism or certainly philosophical Taoism brings (to me) is a great and profound wisdom about the world and ourselves what I might call a sagacity. This wisdom is not fooled into thinking it is something it is not. If you try to pin it down to something like an ontological essence then you will get very quickly confused. That is because while such an idea might be encompassed by the Tao it is not the Tao (or an adequate definition of it).
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the every man's dream coming and going alight airs of ecstasies
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but the fruits are sweet.. and tempting are the delights.. the every man's dream..
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I found this book reccomended at the end of Path Notes and so far (i'm about halfway through) it's a been a very interesting and well written read. -Based on the feeling i get from the authors words it would seem that he is quite down to earth (so to speak ) and a legit source of information. -In a nutshell it's about dreamwork, exploring the dreamscape and interpreting ones dreams. Recorded my first dream yesterday morning. -See you on the other side fellas.
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Yeah flying dreams are great fun. I've been also having them more frequently lately. I got that from Bodri and Nan's EXCELLENT book "Measuring Meditation" available on http://meditationexpert.com -- there's a chapter excerpt there for free.... So the flying dream is from chi in the brain -- also most of the light experiences -- seeing light while meditating is just chi in the brain -- or the "wind" sensations. Master Nan, Huai-chin says that the full lotus shows the body channels are open -- you have to make sure the body channels are open before the third eye opens up. So I rely on the full lotus for my meditation -- and then combine that with fasting for better results. But at first the "small universe" is the foundation of the practice -- you can get a 1/2 hour small universe practice c.d. for just $11 from http://springforestqigong.com -- I only mention it because several people on taobums have corroborated that this c.d. is particularly excellent for doing the "microcosmic orbit" or "small universe" practice. There's also an hour c.d. that's just the small universe. So flying dreams means you're sublimating your jing or electrochemical energy into chi and that's an excellent first step in the practice. Then when you start having precognitive dreams it means the chi energy is turning into shen as the yin spirit body -- and during sleep there are spacetime travels. This is part of the "astral tube" experience -- and not REAL astral travel which is actually an advanced yoga practice. In fact in "real" meditation you can not put it into words -- as Master Nan, Huai-chin states. People see stars during the day -- the light is dark blue but very bright and intense (not just the blue or violet light seen while chi is in the brain). I never reached the real Emptiness level of nirvikalpa samadhi -- except just for a little bit -- but then I also received the laser-love or shen transmissions from Chunyi Lin. So if there's an energy master who can do the shen laser transmissions (which is very rare) then you are getting energy straight from the nondual realm and this is the way to open up the third eye straight from the upper tan tien emptiness meditation. Gurdjieff calls that the Number 4 person -- who has a "permanent center of gravity" in the center of the brain -- but to reach the Number 5 person for real astral travel is actually very difficult and very few achieve that state of a real qigong master. Jim Nance did achieve that fully open third eye state for real astral travel with the supervision of Chunyi Lin. That's how the lineage is carried on with a teacher having one student who is supervised so that the third eye is fully opened. I just sit in full lotus several hours a day but only in hour or half hour segments -- and while I'm doing that as the energy builds up from my lower body then my pineal gland "flexes" and the vagus nerve and carotid artery pulsate on my neck. Then the energy as chi and shen is transmitted out of my third eye into people around me who need the energy. But to do this as the "macrocosmic orbit" you have to keep your body extremely pure -- this is why qigong masters are on the "modified bigu" diet which means fasting one day a week and then eating one little veggie meal a day. That also means relying on external sources to maintain your jing energy -- and that's where the real secrets of yoga and qigong are held -- where the taboos are, etc. Otherwise you have to rely on food which is an impure source of jing energy that then has to be converted to chi -- but to convert food to chi means you also have to leach the toxins from your brain and body. So this is why the "Taoist Yoga" book states that the diet should be NO SALT because even salt is a poison. Anyway Master Nan, Huai-chin states that the spiritual and the material realms do not mix -- so to be able to integrate the two is a very tricky proposition.
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Hey all, It seems sleep paralysis is rather popular on the net, especially in the Christian community. I remember having 1 or 2 experiences like that when i was younger, one where I was being drained of energy by a purple and green snake O.o But anyway, they all say it's demonic attack usually because of "opening yourself to demons" which of course is done by doing ANYTHING thats not in the bible. Personally, the ability to see entities (as i believe SP is more than just a dream) would be a sign of progress, though it's a shame so much negetivity seems to accompany it. I was just curious what people's views on it were. I've heard theories that it's alien abductions (the movie "The fourth Kind"), that it's demons, that it's subconsious projections, energy vampires, ghosts... So yeah what do you guys think? Have you ever had one? Do you know how to make them stop?
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I have heard it is the body's defense mechanism that limits the its movements to twitches and movement of the eyes in deep sleep and dream. Sleep walking would be an example of that mechanism breking down. It is the body's wisdom. Bill
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Endless experiences, including what you just said... deep calming and "WOW" energy stuff. Sometimes I repeat "Om Mani Padme Hum" while in the dream state in layers very fast. Sometimes filled with light. Sometimes I would see mantras in my dreams done in graffiti lettering. LOL! I used to do graffiti as a youth. I have lots of experiences of mantra, energy and visions through mantra. It's very good to give oneself over to awakened mantra. Yes... always! Due to going deep into mantra one can always call on it's power at any time in life. Mantras are reflective of the meaning. You focus on the meaning during repetition and you have it blessed by an awakened person in a particular lineage and it will carry that beings intention and you will feel it if you really connect to the lineage through your good karmas. You can always make good karmas through focus, even if you don't feel it at first, but you give yourself over to it understanding that you will feel something good eventually through focus. You always get what you focus on. Mantras hone the mind, bring it into focus on a particular intention. There are plenty of mundane mantras, both positive and negative that people repeat deep within and you will find these out through repeating a mantra blessed by awakened lineage. Through this your own subconscious blocks will come to your awareness. Yup! Yes, more to them like seeds of power and connection to deities... yes, yes. Very much so. Om Ah Hum Vajraguru Padma Siddhi Hum!
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It's OK to be crazy. Don't worry too much. I also think dreams come true for people who are slightly crazy. If your mind is too sane, it means it is too rigid and too inflexible for dreaming. You need to be flexible, loose to dream well. That's why I say being a little crazy is good. But sometimes you have to be completely crazy. Not even just a little, but a lot. And that's OK too. Try to relax and pay attention in a relaxed manner. Don't worry too much about sanity or what's proper. Try to enjoy your life as it is.
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Certain instances of Buddhist harping...
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan replied to 3bob's topic in General Discussion
makes sense!! Actually,. i used to HATE it, i was scared it meant i was going insane and that i would wind up being taken away by "officials" and put in a rubber room (mind you was 12, and heard that when people stop dreaming they go insane - i beleived it maybe too much - or maybe im too insane to realize ), but eventually, after getting stoned, i embraced it and found it to be quite relaxing actually. Though insomnia doesnt help But overall.... i miss life... i havent experienced life except in minutely small dosages for over 18 years. Last summer was 3 consecuative months of REAL reality, until i fell in love with a girl i had never seen before except once.... in a dream... Dreams dont come true. they jsut dont. they lie to you and trick you into wasting your life and then when they finally present the pay off, they strip it away from you and piss in your open heart wound. It's too late for me. i must exact compensation from the innocent, as the guilty are not within reach! Dont blame me, i didnt ask to be here or be lied to, or go insane. im just a product of YOUR world. I of course speak out to my inevitable victims and their families and above all, the "powers that be" who run the economy and society. They (The "PTB") are to blame, not me, i am just a byproduct of their evil. I will fight it for as long as i am able, but i must warn you, after 12 years of fighting to retain my sanity and express respectful conduct, one day soon, the long haired and easy going hippie will kill all humans. Sounds funny, heck even im laughing, but i have to express this is a very true and real warning. i am losing it, and i know it, and... sadly... short of me finding a mate and getting the heck out of this society and living off the land in peace... there is nothing anyone can do at this point to stop it. -
It's not "just" semantics. The word "semantic" refers to "meaning." (or the study of meaning). Meaning is the most important "thing" in a sentence. Syntax and grammar are less important. So if you said "it's only just syntax" I could understand that. If you said "It's only just grammar." I could even understand that. But when you're saying "It's just semantics" that's like saying "Oh, it's only just meaning." Just meaning? What else is there more important than meaning? Let's continue. You don't think you wish these things because you don't understand the full extent of your wish. You're just not cognizant of the grand scheme of things. It's true that you do wish for all these things, but there are other things you wish for much more. Those other things are interfering. In other words, you wish is fragmented, and the individual fragments of your wish are complicating, or even making entirely impossible the fulfillment of some of the other fragments. I'll give you a simple example. You most likely wish that each person have a free will and an independent mind. That's one thing that will complicate finding your romantic match. You also wish for the world to have physical qualities. That also complicates things, because now things must make sense. A woman can't just appear at your door -- that would not make sense to you, because the world you have built up with your wish demands that such things be either impossible or extremely, extremely improbable. And it is your wish for that kind of world that makes thing this complicated. If you give deep thought and consideration to the full extent of your wish, you will realize that everything is exactly as you want and has always been. The key word there is "full". Not partial! There are many things you take for granted. There are many things that you only notice when they are gone. These kinds of things are also your wishes. When you ignore a thing and begin to miss it when it's gone, that thing was your wish and you didn't know it, because you took it for granted. This means that many of your wishes are hidden from you, because you just think "that's how it always is" -- you take them for granted. You probably don't think gravity is your wish either, but should gravity go missing you will quickly find you want yourself some gravity quickly, and you want it a lot more than you want a romantic partner. Your dreams should be much easier to influence than the appearance of a partner. Why don't you try this: before you go to sleep, resolve to have a dream and to remember it. Be serious about it. Mean it. Believe it. And don't get too worked up about it, because being obsessed about something could be an indication that you believe it is hard to achieve. Try this. You're the only one who has access to all the hidden corners of your own consciousness and subconscious. There might be things buried in you that make your life more difficult than it has to be. For example, maybe you used to commonly have nightmares, and then your mind learned to black everything out as a defense mechanism. You might have fear of dreams. Or there might be completely different reasons that are buried deep down that cause that blackness. You are in a much better position to find all that than me. You are the one who is intimate with your own consciousness, so even if you may not know it perfectly, you stand the best chance of figuring things out. You can get some hints from others, but other people can't solve anything for you in the end.