Thursday, November 29, 2012

my spiritual path in brief



No two spiritual paths are the same. Mine has had many influencers over the years.  A quick brainstorm this morning generated the following key points:

·         Start:
o   Make time ‘to stand and stare’ (or ‘just sit’)
o   ‘Stop the mind from wandering’
o   Be mindful of fleeting thoughts and feelings – be the witness
o   Let the mundane mud settle – appreciate the inbuilt clarity

·         Engage in basic conditioning:
o   notice what your are noticing – be the witness
o   accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative – be the director
o   take time to mindfully respond rather than mindlessly react
o   Just sit; drop off body and mind; calm down

·         Consider and appreciate:
o   Interbeing and connectedness (eg biogeochemical cycles)
o   Multicause and multieffect (from quantum to cosmos)
o   the impermanence of all created things (yin/yang)(birth/life/death)
o   the Oneness (vital force) that manifests in so many ways (evolution)

·         Experience:
o   the joy/bliss that accompanies the non-egoic state
o   the joy/bliss that accompanies being out of space and time
o   the inadequacy of words to communicate the nature of joy/bliss
o   the ‘higher/better/wiser’ thoughts and feelings that originate in the unconscious (the numinous muse)
o   the present moment as a wonderful moment (your true home and refuge)

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