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Basic Practices
Basic Practices
1. Walking the Shadow
If possible, take a walk in a quiet countryside environment or in a location where you will not be disturbed by too much human interference.
A sunny day is required [not too difficult in the Mediterranean yet more challenging in UK].
The practice is simply to walk in a direction that allows you to see your shadow on the road / path ahead of you. Set a specific time frame for the practice and walk with your entire focus on the shadow in front of you. Breathe into it totally, ignoring any attempt to interpret whatever comes [physical sensations / emotions / thoughts etc]. Just walk, watch and breathe.
At the completion of the exercise, thank your shadow for its participation and also the Sun for its provision of light.
2. Light on Water
This practice will require a sunny day and is most beneficial when there is a light breeze in the air. Locate a body of water [lake / pond / river / stream / sea / ocean / puddle etc] and find a place where you can sit undisturbed for a period of at least 20 minutes. You will need to be in a position where you can observe the reflection of the sunlight on the water.
Take some moments to breathe gently, yet with purpose, at the beginning of the practice. Then, allow the focus of your eyes to become very soft or even gently blurred.
Looking in this way, begin to gaze at the point on the water where the sunlight and ripples created by the soft breeze interact. Remember to breathe through the nostrils, directly from the stomach.
Allow yourself to become filled by the patterns created by the interplay of light and water. Breathe into whatever becomes visible.
At the conclusion, thank the sunlight, water and the location where you were sat.
3. Merging streams.
If possible, locate a place where two rivers or streams come together to form one larger river or stream.
Before beginning the practice, acknowledge the two individual streams and then the one that exists as a result of their merging.
Begin by taking some moments to breathe with awareness and feel yourself present in that location.
When ready, bring your attention to the point where the two streams merge to form the single larger stream.
Continue to breathe deeply as your gaze upon this point. Notice any changes in your visual awareness.
As you breathe ever more deeply, acknowledge that you are that midpoint, you are the fusion of the two separate streams into one flowing body of water.
After 15 minutes expand your field of vision to include all three streams. At this point, the encouragement is to let go totally and allow the presence of all three streams to be felt in the lower stomach area.
Upon completion , thank the rivers / streams for their support.
4. Gazing the Gaps
This practice can be done in any location. I find it most beneficial when supported by a natural environment, yet this is simply personal choice.
The whole emphasis of the practice is to bring the visual attention not onto the physical objects seen in your field of vision, but onto the gaps between them.
Begin by scanning your immediate environment, breathing gently as you do so. As you continue, acknowledge any areas that attract your attention. Select one of these as the focus of your attention.
Once the area is selected, acknowledge the physical shapes present in that location, then bring total awareness to the spaces or gaps between them. Breathe into the space for up to fifteen minutes. Every time your awareness wanders from the gap and focuses on the physical object / shape, simply take a deep breath and return to focus of the gap.
One situation where I find this practice to be particularly intense is when the gap gazing is focused on the space between the crowns of neighbouring trees. This is emphasised when the sky is devoid of cloud or during dusk and dawn.
5. Birds in flight
Following the flight of birds as they move through the air is a practice that can lead to direct observation of the dot-infused matrix that subtly permeates all aspects of the horizontal experience.
Gazing through softly-focused or gently blurred eyes can lead to visual confirmation of the presence of this matrix.
Select an area where birds are common. Gardens and parks in urban areas are just as supportive of this practice as are fields and woodlands in the countryside.
As you prepare for the practice, breathe deeply for several minutes to energise your system. Connect with the immediate physical environment, acknowledging the earth upon which your feet are placed. Feel yourself grounded as you breathe, becoming a representative of the landscape and offering yourself in service as a bridge between the earth and the air, the land and the sky.
Once you feel ready, scan the air for any birds. When one or more are seen in flight, simply follow their movement whilst continuing to breath deeply into the abdomen. Acknowledge any changes in the visual field that occur.
The most beneficial conditions for this practice are found early in the morning or during evening twilight. Coastal areas are particularly supportive as they provide opportunities for observing birds in flight for long periods of time.
Regular repetition of this practice may lead to a rewiring of the visual cortex and an increased potential for direct experience and observation of the matrix.
6. Wind and leaves
This is another practice that, in my experience, stimulates direct observation of the earth's magnetic energy grid or matrix.
The conditions most supportive of this practice are a sunny, windy day when the trees are in full leaf.
As with the previous practice, use deep breathing to connect with the local environment before beginning. Choose a location where you are able to observe the tree [s] from a distance of approximately 30 metres.
When you feel suitably tuned in to the landscape, allow the eyes to soften or gently blur. Whilst continuing to breathe deeply yet naturally, allow your attention to settle on the movement of the leaves of the tree[s] you have selected. It is most beneficial to look towards the crown of the tree[s], particularly the outer-most leaves who define the apparent limit of the tree's physical form.
It is there, right on the edge, where the movement of the leaves can stimulate an visual experience of the magnetic grid. It is possible to observe the tree and anything that exists in your field of vision as being constructed of million upon million of vibrating dots. It is also possible to see the physical form of the tree super-imposed upon a light-grey grid of varying geometric design.
Monday 17 September 2012
Raindrops
Raindrops
A single raindrop.
A single drop of rain
Wet falls in the calling
Of a swollen heart.
Between the beats
Where sleet can sometimes
Colder go and trembling turn
The air itself to snow,
A song sits still, sits silent
In the shining of its eyes.
"LOVE I AM" it starts to sing,
"LOVE only and the Heart of Man,
I breathe and breath
Knows death no more,
I Was, I Will, I AM."
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