The lack of expectations can create very powerful experiences.

I have been dealing with a cold for a while now as the weather changed and at the same, crucial, time my diet slipped.

The other night I went to sleep and as I did I pulled up the warm-heat/light feeling from Dreamscape starting in my feet and then brought it into my chest where a cough was developing.

I felt this heat-glow the entire night and I kept half-waking sort of like checking it and giving it some more fuel…..

Needless to say my cough is now gone, it died down that day and by the next (today) is completely vanished. This is no mere coincidence as I took no medicine and in the past once a cold entered my chest it was hacking for several days at minimum.

Last night I ran the program again, this time because I had done it once I had some expectations and in many ways tried to force it more….nevertheless I had the warm glow going in my sinuses on and off throughout the night, not constant like the first time though.

When I went to sleep my right sinus was completely blocked, no air in or out…. when I awoke it was completely clear as if there wasn’t a problem in the world!

About an hour after waking, however, then the mucous started to run and has been running all day….. I see myself over the end of this very quickly now.

In the foundation module Eric speaks frequently about some of the benefits of meditation.

The first time through the whole process of meditation I never experienced any of these supposed benefits however that time of my life was very emotional and it may be that meditating managed to keep me going at all as much of the time I wanted to give up and die.

This time through, after a full year complete break from all spirituality and having just returned a month or so ago….. things are very different!

The other night I sat down to read a book on myofascia, a book I have been trying to struggle through in my attempts to better my knowledge of the workings of the human body in my desire to be a successful CST Trainer
Previous times of reading this book I managed a page, maximum two before I could no longer focus and lost concentration, I also had to go back and read several times generally to even come close to getting it.

However this time I sat down and started reading and was suprised at how easy the information was assimilating… I was reading this book almost like a fictional novel! I was astounded, not only that but my girlfriend kept interrupting me to ask questions yet still I managed to keep focus……

It is just impressive to see this particular ‘benefit’ begin to occur.

As an aside also lately I have been feeling in increasingly high spirits, increasingly happy for myself rather than dependant on the circumstances of the day.

It is a good feeling.

Monkey.

Whilst this was not a full blown experience and there were no accompanying visuals… today after doing some more reflection on “Foundation” as I was walking back to the class I had a distinct feeling that there is like threads coming out of the heart centre that connect with… well everything.

These connections are obviously more strongly associated with ones general surroundings and to a lesser extent the local area of inhabitance but I feel that in some way we are connected to it all.

It is from this connection that we literally navigate the universe… begs the question, are we moving or is everything moving around us?

Monkey.

What is the difference between the brain and the mind?

The brain is an organic construct and entirely physical. It is located within the cranium (der) and is the ‘hub’ of the central nervous system. It is the controller of the physical body allowing it to function in the physical dimension, it is also the receiver of sensory from the five major senses.

The mind, however, is said to also be what many people call the ’soul’. It is another, or truer, self. This is where things get complicated as it appears that not everyone has a soul or mind in that it is self-reflection that causes the creation of this extra thing we can call the “mind”. Whilst one is alive the mind is inter-connected with the brain and the physical, using the physical vessel as a means to explore the physical dimension.

This is still quite hazy for me now that I sit down and try to reflect on it…. nevertheless here is an analogy I thought of some time ago:

Think of a person as a computer. The hard drive is the brain (along with memory space, etc)… the keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, internet connection, etc are all the inputs and outputs that allow the computer to interface with the ‘world’ so to speak….. the mind is the person sitting at the keyboard.

The struggle is remembering that we are the person rather than the computer itself.

Why is meditation necessary?

Meditation is most often a means for relaxation. In this day and age we are bombarded with stress from a thousand different directions, meditation is an oppurtunity to drop all of that for a while and find some serenity.

For spiritual purposes meditation is important to learn to quiet the mind and achieve states of ‘non-thought’ an ability to think without words, very important for further spiritual work.

What are some forms of ancient meditation?

Walking in nature, singing, chanting, etc are all forms of meditation that could be considered ‘ancient’.

Why is reflecting important for growth?

Our thoughts affect our ‘tonal’.

Self-reflection is a means to look at oneself, to ask the question “is this all I am?”

Asking this question and contemplating on what or who one really is causes one to naturally become more spiritual. To ask these questions is to immediately consider that there is much more to life than what appears on the surface. It is this line of though, I think, that makes available higher and higher levels of consciousness.

Wow this is a lot more difficult than I thought… it’s amazing how little I actually know!

I look forward to reading comments and creating a dialogue contemplating these, and the next round of, questions.

Monkey.

I was just having an afternoon nap and during this nap I had a dream in which I was watching an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ( one that was made in my mind). I knew exactly what was going to happen at each point in the movie (having the feeling of watching it before.

2 interesting things happened, 1: in the movie Arnie was lacking a bit of confidence in himself, however reassurance came from another character about his abilities and to not worry his “strength” would come back to him. Sure enough his “strength” did come back to him ( a little self belief).  At this  point there were two “bad” guys and they wanted to get him for helping a family or something. It seemed the “bad” guys had used Arnie. Whilst they used his “strengths” they also somehow manipulated a self doubt in him thus the lack of confidence. He then knocked the ”bad” guys into the sea from a pier and proceeded to runaway with the family. They got to this kind of lab where they hurriedly got together some strange equipment but just before they were ready to fly away in a strange contraption the ”head bad guy” came in. This was Arnies chance to show himself he still had what it takes. The guy came at him with a hypodermic needle and they fought for a while but it didn’t take long for Arnie to over power him and make him stab himself before jumping in the flying conraption to fly away.                                                                                                                    2:When he had his belief back he took on the “bad” guys and kicked ass and when he was flying away in some sort of flying contraption that looked like a flying tent, and that started off the size of a football and when thrown increased in size to seat five. Anyway there was a youngish kid in there with him who was asking a question or something (unfortunately can’t remember but may even have been like a doubt-full question/remark) about energy, Arnie answered or told the kid that if he worked with energy and played with it more regularly it would become more “real” and he could play with/use it.

Tiger

I’ve started keeping a book which I use to write down all my rampant thoughts, which in most cases involve some kind of planning.

I will do this whenever I feel the thoughts build up too strongly.

Putting it on paper seems to dispel it from the “playlist” of the babbler, especially if it is then resolved on paper.

I call it  “The Babbler Book”

I think it will be a very effective tool.

I will keep it handy, and use it before meditation also.

Monkey.

I’ve been feeling a bit off lately… not sure what. For several days now I feel the same, not worse and not better… perhaps, if anything, a little worse (sorer throat/more swollen glands).

Anyways last night I was having difficulty sleeping as my head was racing… I decided to ‘downshift’ and move into the heart chakra.

I noticed that from here there is a ‘thinking’ happening too, but its not the same. It’s more like if you watch the bars showing the different sound frequencies when listening to music. There are no words, just feelings.

Whenever there was a big enough ’spike’ in this emotional centre there was an accompanying thought that arose from the brain/babbler area.

These spikes or bars could go on both sides of what you could consider a ‘neutral’ line in that some were obviously what we could consider “positive” and some were what we could consider “negative” although when observing without the babbler these labels mean nothing… they are just frequencies, some higher and some lower.

Then, as I think my lymphatic system is impacted, I had to go to the bathroom…. frequently…. again I observed a message of some sort coming from the base centre and coming up to the brain… although as I was attuned without thinking I ’knew’ the message before I even thought it.

This centre is considerably more ‘primitive’ in the way it interprets data. It is another thing altogether, different from the ‘frequencies’ of the heart and the words of the brain….. it seems to be more bodily-sensation based.

I feel that every single cell of the body likely has an “I” of some sort wrapped up with it. Although obviously as one divides up the body further the more primitive it’s ability to send and receive data.

I guess this fits in very well with the Taoist idea that each of the organs have their own ‘intelligence’, because in many ways they do.

Interesting experience.

Monkey.

I’m yet to relisten to “The Ties that Bind” and re-enter the world of energy programs in objects…. however I have noticed something interesting.

I noticed it first with road signs.

As I drive around on the motorbike and try to look at the auras of everything, mostly people, sometimes I look at a road sign. This always has an easy to see aura and there has been something kind of fixed or permanent about its energy…. I can’t explain it.

Today I realised its because it has a very solid ‘program’.

A road sign, and all other signs and advertisements in fact, have an intentional program. The program is there when its made and I suspect that every person who looks at it and verifies the program (by the acknowledging the writing on the sign) reinforces that program.

In other words the program is stable and not liable to fluctuations of the same extent that other objects must be….

As for people, well they vary as quick as their thoughts or emotions.

Monkey

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