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Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: October 26, 2014, 1:46 am
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Dear Members:
Some folks think I am against techniques, I don't know where
they get that from because SA is certainly a technique. I am all
for techniques under the following circumstances.
1.) They are not designed to get you to worship ANY BODY or ANY
THING.
2.) You are stuck in some manner and it looks like a useful
method to move you further.
3.) You understand it's only a tool, once the 'whatever it
happens to be' is loosened up, you get on your way and DROP that
technique.
These are important points. If you are in agreement, then here
is another technique which might loosen things up for you and
will (in most folks) demonstrate something of value. If you
aren't going to actually do it, please stop reading go back to
what you where doing before. If you trust me ::) and are
willing to give it a try, then here goes.
Start with the usual, sit down somewhere quiet, close eyes and
take a few relaxing breaths. Keep in mind the purpose of this is
to discover something, not to install something. Hence, I will
not tell you what to look for. You can find darn near anything
if you go looking for it, except keys, they are the exception
for me.
Alright, I would like you to get a sense of the sounds in the
room. Just get that there are sounds and you are hearing them.
No tricks here. No need to analyze them, just hear what is going
on around you. Can you get a sense of their being a 'you'
perceiving a 'sound'. Once again, no tricks and don't analyse,
just experience it. Take a moment to sense this.
Now, sense what you are feeling. No need to discuss it in your
mind, just sense, perhaps the feeling of pressure on your
backside, a breeze, coolness or warmth. Simple once again. Enjoy
for moment.
Next, you guessed it, you can do this with eyes open or closed.
Get the sense that you are seeing something. It doesn't matter
what you are seeing, just that there is a perceiver perceiving
something in the nature of seeing.
Simple and childlike, no analysis required.
STOP RIGHT HERE. I want you to go back and actually do this,
just for a few moments, but do it NOW. Thank you in advance.
Al right, now you know what to do, the exercise. Go back to that
state you where in, a 'you' perceiving some sense. The important
point is there is a perceiver and he/she is preceiving
something, easy peezy. Now gently let there just be perceiving,
let go of the you concept that is perceiving and let the just be
perceiving. The sense are still involved, but release the 'you'.
It's not required for perceiving to happen. This is not
something you think about and discuss in your head, just let it
go. You can always get it back and I will show you that in a
moment.
Can you get a sense of just perceiving happening without the
'you' component. Once you have that, perhaps just a sense or
maybe a very lasting concrete experience, either will do,
because that's not really the point.
Next, create the you again. It's just a string of memories with
a name attached. So, go back to there being a 'you' perceiving
those experiences. Reconstruct the 'you' if you will. Nothing
complicated here. Think, 'There is a me perceiving these
senses/experiences'. Get this before moving on. You may even
feel compelled to be an excellent student and do it two or even
three time, right now.
O.K. I'm going to suggest that you have found something here, or
perhaps, upon closer examination, will find something. But,
first of all, take inventory of what you experienced, no long
winded inquiry or conversation, just something you noticed.
Remember, do not proceed unless you have done the preceding
exercise. This is only of value if you have work this up to
here. YOU, yes YOU, I know you have just been reading, so I want
YOU in particular to go and do it now before reading another
word.
O.K. now the last part.... what did you notice?
See part 2.
#Post#: 3345--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Fear
Date: October 26, 2014, 2:46 am
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Siick.
#Post#: 3356--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: bear
Date: October 26, 2014, 6:35 am
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I don't know if it was the inner silence or the coffee but I
feel more at ease now than a while ago when I was waking up.
#Post#: 3368--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: know1
Date: October 26, 2014, 9:21 am
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I noticed that initially there was an "I" making assessments and
assumptions about what the sights and sounds were i.e. "thats a
fly buzzing, thats a window with morning light coming through
it". As the "I" started to recede these thoughts became
compartmentalized concepts "fly" "buzzing" "light" 'coming"
"through" "window" became false, dream constructs, building
blocks of a "matrix" appropriated by "me" in an effort to soothe
fear of separation and to delineate, make concrete or known the
unknown.
As I moved deeper into no self the buzzing became an infinite
vibration rippling across space in an equally infinite ocean,
the above concepts "fly" "buzzing" et al had now become like
soap bubbles expelled from a fear based consciousness trying to
contain elements of experience so as to understand and
consequently subdue it's fear which I could now see emanated
from being a separate entity within this infinity. The construct
of or labeling of "fly buzzing" encapsulated it into it's small
bubble which now allowed self to falsely believe it "knows" what
a fly and buzzing are.
Labeling kills, ends the essence and experience of what is
labeled, consequently limiting consciousness's exposure to a
minuscule part of the "whole".
Fear drives the entire construct. The experience is very
difficult to express in words, when I began bringing back the
"i" these words, "fly" "buzzing" et all now felt empty, like
empty tupperware containers, nothing, no nourishment at all.
This was an amazing discovery. Apologies for the length of this
:-\
PS. The world seems more vibrant this AM, more "alive" more
dimensional somehow...
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Mike
Date: October 26, 2014, 9:59 am
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That was weird. When I first tried to percieve the sound and
sight there was a very distinct "me" component but when I tried
to have a "me" when opening my eyes and looking at the tv there
was very little "me" to see. I think my brain likes to do the
opposite of what I want it to do. Maybe it's stupid. Or maybe
it's the ADD. Yeah, I was diagnosed with that by a questionable
doctor long ago, but it would explain why I can't successfully
zen meditate for more than a half second at a time.
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: guest98
Date: October 26, 2014, 3:02 pm
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I followed directions best I could. Mind is pretty busy because
I feel sick and haven't slept much. Anyways, here's what I
noticed...
I noticed that I feel sick, and have a sore throat. But when I
look for the sore throat, I can't actually find it's location.
In fact, the soreness disappeared.
I also notice that I feel that I exist in the face and head
region. I feel like I am located behind the eyes.
I can feel my hands and my feet. But they don't feel real, or
like they are located anywhere. I can't tell the distance
between "me" and the feet. I can't actually find any boundaries.
Inside and outside has blurred.
My hands and feet seem to appear at the same time that I put my
attention on them. In fact, I can alternate back and forth like
that. Putting attention on my left hand, hand sensation seems to
appear. Putting attention on my right foot, foot sensation seems
to appear.
I relaxed for a bit to see if I could just let sensation happen
without a "me" but my attention kept wandering. I don't know if
it matters if the mind is busy or not.
I wanted to know if I could feel the sensation in my hand and
feet at the same time but it's really hard to say right now.
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Matthijs
Date: October 27, 2014, 5:24 am
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What did i notice? The absolute simplicity of this. The internal
war stops. Crying. Peace.
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: mariam
Date: October 27, 2014, 11:55 am
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i noticed the breath. then sound. what is sound? movement,
change in energy, then emanating vibrations through the air
meeting various external and internal surfaces of the ear.
you said not to analyze, but the tendency to i-dentify was
strong.
back to just listening. openness. attention. potentiality.
lifting. then labeling. i, re-reading your words to be sure i
have followed the indications.
disassemble, reassemble...
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Fear
Date: October 27, 2014, 1:33 pm
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I dunno, a rant, i mean, what the hell is this? Telling us to
sit and imagine dropping an I, stopping a thought, what the
hell? It cant be done. How can I stop I? All I can do is observe
it, observe this dumb to hell process. Its lunacy, this whole
damn place is insane, and now more? WHy? How is this different
that sitting in class and repeating lessons on geography? How is
this different than work? WHat the hell? Really? What could this
possibly do? I have the feeling this is all backwards, like
whoever of you idiots falls for this is seriously deluded and
out of his damn mind and in none of the "awakened" sense,
hypnosed by this as much as with anything other. To hell with
this.
THeres my 5 cents.
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Re: Jed rant on techniques part 1, Do before posting any more
DIR By: Fear
Date: October 27, 2014, 1:36 pm
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Shit, I cant even observe, even that is auto as much as is
everything else, as much as dog wags its tail and the swan flaps
its wings. There is nothing I can do because there is no one to
do it. That my last fucking 9 months, thats why. Because. Jesus
H Christ.
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