03-25-2011, 12:00 AM
Sedna wrote:
Gonzo wrote:
Sedna wrote:
Nice work identifying all these. How about this, how about try to identify the part of you that is aware. See if you can't come up with a description of that part of you. It might be revealing.
Would you like to have an astral experience?
Identifying that part which is aware is akin to the emperor asking Bodhidharma who stood before him. I have to give the same answer: "I don't know."
As for an astral experience, that has been a goal for some time, yet to be accomplished. Lucid dreaming to me seems very similar, the difference being that apparently astral experiences have as their environment the same as waking reality, whereas in lucid dreams, the environment is a creation of the dreamer.
I can help you with that if you like.
Identifying which part of you is aware is a good stalking exercise, if you are up for it (you seem to me to be), and because it is something clouded for you at the moment it might help to start off by going through a process of elimination. As an example, ask yourself if your awareness comes from your foot...you might get some surprising answers. Yes awareness is coming to my foot now too. And it's about to go somewhere if you persist in offering to teach Gonzo like the old days.
Gonzo wrote:
Sedna wrote:
Nice work identifying all these. How about this, how about try to identify the part of you that is aware. See if you can't come up with a description of that part of you. It might be revealing.
Would you like to have an astral experience?
Identifying that part which is aware is akin to the emperor asking Bodhidharma who stood before him. I have to give the same answer: "I don't know."
As for an astral experience, that has been a goal for some time, yet to be accomplished. Lucid dreaming to me seems very similar, the difference being that apparently astral experiences have as their environment the same as waking reality, whereas in lucid dreams, the environment is a creation of the dreamer.
I can help you with that if you like.
Identifying which part of you is aware is a good stalking exercise, if you are up for it (you seem to me to be), and because it is something clouded for you at the moment it might help to start off by going through a process of elimination. As an example, ask yourself if your awareness comes from your foot...you might get some surprising answers. Yes awareness is coming to my foot now too. And it's about to go somewhere if you persist in offering to teach Gonzo like the old days.