06-23-2006, 12:00 AM
A few excercises: Turning off the internal dialog.
Look at things differently. From different perspectives than usual.
Get up before sunrise and take some time listening to the world around you. Birds, traffic, yourself breathing, ...it doesn't matter. Just Be Still in your mind and Observe. Don't get involved and don't put preconcieved notions on anything. Don't say in your head "that's a Red Wing Blackbird" or that's a Harley.
Disconnect and just absorb the sounds and sights that you are surrounded by. Feel it, hear it, taste and smell it, but don't talk about it in your head.
When you talk about somthing in your mind, you reinforce your description of the world. An erronious description in that it is only Partial.
When you stop the incessant talking, you open up to the truth that there is more to the world than you're used to being aware of.
Bright Flame
Look at things differently. From different perspectives than usual.
Get up before sunrise and take some time listening to the world around you. Birds, traffic, yourself breathing, ...it doesn't matter. Just Be Still in your mind and Observe. Don't get involved and don't put preconcieved notions on anything. Don't say in your head "that's a Red Wing Blackbird" or that's a Harley.
Disconnect and just absorb the sounds and sights that you are surrounded by. Feel it, hear it, taste and smell it, but don't talk about it in your head.
When you talk about somthing in your mind, you reinforce your description of the world. An erronious description in that it is only Partial.
When you stop the incessant talking, you open up to the truth that there is more to the world than you're used to being aware of.
Bright Flame