RE: An Invitation Try this Near Impossible but very simple Meditation Challenge which even The Experts Fail at + Philosophy/Spirituality Discusssion
Thanks for the post!
Good points about 'trying' and 'effort' getting you nowhere. I heard Alan Watts (on YouTube) say that if you try to do something, then you don't know how to do it, else you'd be doing it and not 'trying' to do it.....the effort of trying to do something (especially if it is a 'task' like emptying the mind) will usually involve thought. This just spins around conceptually and can actually speed the mind up no?
The wise and experienced seem to say (as per my readings and understanding and my own experience of the phenomenon of 'mind emptying') that the mode of mental non-engagement is that of slipping into the role of observer. The observer just observes - without judgement and without engagement. The observer observes the mental activity and the moment of observation is itself the cessation of that particular bit of activity......
And alongside this arises an interesting question. Who is the observer?
Namaste
Another way to describe it would be non-interaction or equanimity. Things are as they are. Let them be. When it's necessary: act. When it's necessary: decide. But don't carry preconceived notions. I haven't exalted myself in this practice. But it's a path that has brought me great results.
__In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen.
In reference to the heard, only the heard.
In reference to the sensed, only the sensed.
In reference to the cognized, only the cognized.
That is how you should train yourself. When for you there will be only the seen in reference to the seen, only the heard in reference to the heard, only the sensed in reference to the sensed, only the cognized in reference to the cognized, then, Bāhiya, there is no you in connection with that. When there is no you in connection with that, there is no you there. When there is no you there, you are neither here nor yonder nor between the two. This, just this, is the end of stress.__
Source: https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.1.10.than.html
Also the greatest text I've every found in my lifetime: http://diamond-sutra.com/
Hope I added something to your life :-)
Happy steeming!
You have indeed Bhai :), that goes without saying since we're all connected, and, at the deepest of depths, all is one.
I wish no more for myself (and for you, and everyone and anyone this may resonate with) than to remove the barriers to going with the flow - the harmonious current of life, in all its beautiful forms, revealed and concealed in equal measure. In that space there is no you, no me.....just......
Peace and thanks!