08-27-2008, 12:00 AM
"Then whatever "consciousness" we can bring is all good. Rather than struggle with it, which is really futile we try to wake up to what's
really going on.
Even if it's just a tiny bit, we have to make lots of tiny efforts, rather than one big effort. "
I think to GENTLY bring your mind back to your goal (inner silence) is the key. Over and Over again. To familiarize yourself with the "territory".
To struggle or use force is to bring on the opposite effect. Even to watch yourself wander away over and over again is interesting and enlightening to some
extent.
Get small, get precise. Even the most subtle movements of mind become apparent. Bring it all to a single point. That point is above your head and if you reach
it, look up it's source is even higher.
The water wears down the stone. Our desire to be still makes it come about. It cannot be stopped, only diverted for a time.
really going on.
Even if it's just a tiny bit, we have to make lots of tiny efforts, rather than one big effort. "
I think to GENTLY bring your mind back to your goal (inner silence) is the key. Over and Over again. To familiarize yourself with the "territory".
To struggle or use force is to bring on the opposite effect. Even to watch yourself wander away over and over again is interesting and enlightening to some
extent.
Get small, get precise. Even the most subtle movements of mind become apparent. Bring it all to a single point. That point is above your head and if you reach
it, look up it's source is even higher.
The water wears down the stone. Our desire to be still makes it come about. It cannot be stopped, only diverted for a time.