My dreams were cathartic last night. I dreamt about flying in violent storms - in fact I was aware of flying and was in control and enjoying it in the of hurricane weather!
Then, at dawn, I had one of my favourite experiences. Again I hate to put it into words because words are inadequate and limiting. Its like I press the 'Fx' or 'esc' in the middle of booting up 'sue'. This time I extended that 'suspension of consciousness'.
In this state its like 'I' haven't been born yet. I don't have a sense of 'I'; I don't know where I am or what day it is. I am in a state of 'unknowing'. And I love it. It feels like the zen beginners mind, or closer to purusa with the conscious mind out the way so that the pure awareness is doing the seeing. I love being here. The place before all the old 'maps of mind' get installed.
Friday, 29 May 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Something in the Air
The last couple of days I have been feeling out of synch. Like there is an ill wind or the stars are somehow out of alignment ; well that's the only way I can describe this feeling in words.
Actually, I am a pretty contented person (santosha), generally satisfied with relatively little and simple pleasures in life; nevertheless life needs its little eddies and whirlpools. It's in these currents that we find our gifts.
Something is 'clearing me out
for some new delight.' as Rumi says. I posted that poem, feeling this force even then.
'The dark thought, the shame, the malice,meet them at the door laughing,and invite them in.' Funny that Rumi's words have ingrained themselves into the substrate of my consciousness. I will open myself to 'my guide from beyond'.
Actually, I am a pretty contented person (santosha), generally satisfied with relatively little and simple pleasures in life; nevertheless life needs its little eddies and whirlpools. It's in these currents that we find our gifts.
Something is 'clearing me out
for some new delight.' as Rumi says. I posted that poem, feeling this force even then.
'The dark thought, the shame, the malice,meet them at the door laughing,and invite them in.' Funny that Rumi's words have ingrained themselves into the substrate of my consciousness. I will open myself to 'my guide from beyond'.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
The Reason for Today
I just read this in JW's book (see below), a quote from wonderful Joseph Campbell. Its deep truth made me cry:
"Do you ever have the sense of... When you are following your bliss .. Of being helped by hidden hands?"
Campbell: "All the time. It is miraculous.I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time — namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."
"Do you ever have the sense of... When you are following your bliss .. Of being helped by hidden hands?"
Campbell: "All the time. It is miraculous.I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time — namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."
Surprise>synchronicity
I am two thirds through reading Joe Jaworski's book 'Synchronicity; the inner path to leadership' and i've had a light bulb moment. The book has just started talking to me.
Raja yoga, my main spiritual path, like many spiritual paths is a solitary one, it is an inward journey. The mind-body has a strong centrifugal force (especially for us extraverts!), yet practice turns and hones this into a centripetal one; everything focuses towards the centre.
Nevertheless, partly from belief and partly through direct experience, I feel that this journey to the centre of the self aligns and opens the body-mind energetic system. This moves the individual self to be one (perhaps in terms of energetic vibration/ entrainment) with a 'collective intelligence' (jungs collective unconscious comes to mind).
And this is what JW touches on in the 16th chapter. 'human beings have an innate capacity for collective intelligence. They can learn and think together, and this collaborative thought can lead to coordinated action. We are all connected and operate within living fields of thought and perception. ... Humans possess significant tacit knowledge - we know more than we can say. The question to be resolved: how to remove the blocks and tap into that knowledge to create the kind of future we all want.?'
Wow, JW just about tapped into my entire meta purpose there (see prev post)- no wonder I am buzzin. The blocks are clear; amongst them our limited realisation of self, our restricted (rather than open) maps of the world and our untapped energetic field (for you left brainers HRV, brain waves in delta rather than theta etc).
By moving to a state of energetic and physiological coherence we open ourselves to dialogue with the universe.
JW quotes the wonderful physicist, David Bohr when he compares this 'dialogue' to superconductivity. 'in superconductivity electrons cooled to a very low temperature act more like a coherent whole than as separate parts.' (note to self; read more DB philosophical stuff!).
Whilst this opening, this collective dialogue, starts with the individual, it is, after all, about energy, so undoubtedly someone(s) 'vibrating' at an influential frequency can influence the energy of the system.
Hmmm... I hope this doesn't sound too much like a Star Trek script (!) ... I feel this truth very deeply, but putting it into words falls short; as JW says 'we know more than we can say'.
Raja yoga, my main spiritual path, like many spiritual paths is a solitary one, it is an inward journey. The mind-body has a strong centrifugal force (especially for us extraverts!), yet practice turns and hones this into a centripetal one; everything focuses towards the centre.
Nevertheless, partly from belief and partly through direct experience, I feel that this journey to the centre of the self aligns and opens the body-mind energetic system. This moves the individual self to be one (perhaps in terms of energetic vibration/ entrainment) with a 'collective intelligence' (jungs collective unconscious comes to mind).
And this is what JW touches on in the 16th chapter. 'human beings have an innate capacity for collective intelligence. They can learn and think together, and this collaborative thought can lead to coordinated action. We are all connected and operate within living fields of thought and perception. ... Humans possess significant tacit knowledge - we know more than we can say. The question to be resolved: how to remove the blocks and tap into that knowledge to create the kind of future we all want.?'
Wow, JW just about tapped into my entire meta purpose there (see prev post)- no wonder I am buzzin. The blocks are clear; amongst them our limited realisation of self, our restricted (rather than open) maps of the world and our untapped energetic field (for you left brainers HRV, brain waves in delta rather than theta etc).
By moving to a state of energetic and physiological coherence we open ourselves to dialogue with the universe.
JW quotes the wonderful physicist, David Bohr when he compares this 'dialogue' to superconductivity. 'in superconductivity electrons cooled to a very low temperature act more like a coherent whole than as separate parts.' (note to self; read more DB philosophical stuff!).
Whilst this opening, this collective dialogue, starts with the individual, it is, after all, about energy, so undoubtedly someone(s) 'vibrating' at an influential frequency can influence the energy of the system.
Hmmm... I hope this doesn't sound too much like a Star Trek script (!) ... I feel this truth very deeply, but putting it into words falls short; as JW says 'we know more than we can say'.
A rumi poem sums it up
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~ Rumi ~
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~ Rumi ~
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Commitment
A meta purpose is a meta commitment to our true path. Our 'tao'. It is a commitment to our calling or our higher purpose (isvara pranayadama).
In order to reliably commit ourselves to something in the first place, we need to understand what our true values are; what it is that is important to us in life.
A meta purpose is a vow we make with our true self (our soul, if you like). And once we have found ourself on this path of transformation, our other commitments in life won't feel exactly right unless we have clarity about our meta purpose. Unless we are authentically living true to our calling, we will feel there is something missing.
For me this means a deeply 'ordinary' life. I can get on with the busy-ness of running my own business - driven by my values of to connect, to communicate, to serve and to be challenged. Yet at the same time, the most important thing in my life - my commitment to 'raja yoga' and self transcedence is honoured through my daily practice of the eight limbs.
In order to reliably commit ourselves to something in the first place, we need to understand what our true values are; what it is that is important to us in life.
A meta purpose is a vow we make with our true self (our soul, if you like). And once we have found ourself on this path of transformation, our other commitments in life won't feel exactly right unless we have clarity about our meta purpose. Unless we are authentically living true to our calling, we will feel there is something missing.
For me this means a deeply 'ordinary' life. I can get on with the busy-ness of running my own business - driven by my values of to connect, to communicate, to serve and to be challenged. Yet at the same time, the most important thing in my life - my commitment to 'raja yoga' and self transcedence is honoured through my daily practice of the eight limbs.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Meta Purpose
What makes us do what we do? What makes the difference between those people who can make a plan to change their lives and achieve it and those who fail to follow through? Quite often the things that get in our way are linked to our values and purpose in life. Values are those deeply held beliefs that drive and influence our action. But purpose is of a higher order. And meta purpose is our life purpose.
My meta purpose is : 'to connect, communicate and be of service to myself and others with the ultimate aim of achieving self transcedence for the benefit of all'.
Blimey, now I've written that down it sounds Very lofty! Perhaps I should change it.
My meta purpose is : 'to connect, communicate and be of service to myself and others with the ultimate aim of achieving self transcedence for the benefit of all'.
Blimey, now I've written that down it sounds Very lofty! Perhaps I should change it.
Living in the Moment
What does it take to live authentically, with vivacity and playfulness whilst remaining content and peaceful in the midst of busy-ness? We all live busy lives; but busy doesn't have to mean stressed. We can be fulfilled and content in the midst of our lives. This is my mission!
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