Reclusland

And I’ve been busy elsewhere trying to get the non-digital aspects of my life in order.  So just a few minor revisions and clarifications here on some of my recent thoughts:

1) Mediation (continuation of this):
Turns out that there’s an easier way of doing this.  Rather than trying to do all these things together, I was pointed toward a simpler kind of practice during my face-to-face interview at the retreat.   The key mistake with all of what I said before is the “trying”, which as a huge Star Wars fan, I really should have realized…  “Do or do not, there is no try”, right?  So yeah, less pressure cooking, more letting the breath lead me.  I just have to calm myself down enough to find the point where the breath breathes and I just listen to it.  Not that the other practice didn’t get me some good results, but balanced movement is the key here, I think, to stop the old automation from sinking in.

2) EarthOS -> CosmOS via MandalaOs:
This would be better described, I realized, as EarthOS<->ManadalaOS<->CosmOS.   Or to simplify:

E<->M<->C = squared circle…

A bit corny, perhaps, but I think it’s worth mentioning for the funny coincidence alone…

3) Intro to “The Informational Body”:
Don’t know how I could have forgotten these terms in my little introductory list:
- The Invocation Holy Guardian Angel as described by Alan Chapman, who’s advice, when stripped of it’s occult qualities, sounds a lot like “Sit down and shut up” of Zen Master Dogen…
- The 6th, 7th, and 8th Conciousnesses are involved here, although I think what I am describing here may be more of a process of going from the 6th to the 8th, when looked at this way.  See Mind Monkey and Journey to the West.
- Also, the very concept of connecting the divine and the earthly through the human mind pretty much IS what yoga means. It is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning “to control”, “to yoke” or “to unite”. Translations include “joining”, “uniting”, “union”, “conjunction”, and “means”.

4.  And as for mind moving through time at the speed of light, I’m not so sure about that now.  I’m still sure that it works best when doing so, I’m just not so sure that it is doing so, not yet…

Anyway, enough of me making revisions.  To bed for now; I will catch you after morning meditation…