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Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: January 29, 2019, 5:48 pm
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Hi Jed, this thread is to document my journey and hopefully get
some of my questions answered. First question. How does my
practice look considering my current level of insight and what
would you recommend?
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METHODS
Breathing exercises 1x-2x daily
Rupert Spira awareness practices
Meditative stretching 1x daily
Psychotherapy 1x week
CURRENT LEVEL OF INSIGHT
The mind is automatic. No thinker.
Body is just doing. No doer.
There are no "things". There is just sensation, perception,
sound, etc.
Nothing lasts, all life is suffering, therefore nothing in life
can actually make me happy.
Life has no inherent meaning.
CURRENT OBSTACLE
Existentially anxiety
GOAL
Find out what's really real
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Total word count: 115 (hehe)
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: Jed McKenna Date: January 29, 2019, 7:26 pm
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Hi Ivory:
Thank you for your post and welcome to the forum.
Sounds like you are pretty organized, I wish you could share
some of that tendency with me.
What my concern is, is the psycho-therapy. If it's something you
want to keep private, the use cambodianashram@gmail.com.
Have you read any of Nisagardatta's work/books?
Best wishes on your journey.
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: January 29, 2019, 8:29 pm
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I was diagnosed with bipolar II rapid cycling a few years back.
Came at me out of the blue and had no idea what was happening to
me. There's a possibility that this bipolar thing is really just
dark night of the soul. I've read about others with similar
accounts and there are a lot of similarities. That said, I don't
think I'm ready to give up therapy. I will consider it once I
feel more grounded. Until then, this is the responsible thing to
do.
I read I AM THAT way back in the day but it didn't really
resonate with me. I have no idea what Niz means by "THE I AM".
What does he have that Rupert doesn't?
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: Jed McKenna Date: January 30, 2019, 5:45 am
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It may well be an oscillating DNOTS, time will tell. What does
Nis have that Rupert doesn't, I don't have a clue. But this is
not about what anybody has, it's very much about what one does
not have and does not know. Nis has the smallest amount of these
two that I have ever observed. Have nothing and know nothing.
Love ya,
Jed.
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: January 30, 2019, 6:48 am
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Thank you. What would you suggest I read regularly? I AM THAT?
Or something else?
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: January 30, 2019, 12:29 pm
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Jed, here's how I practice my breathing exercises. It's
basically a combination of relaxation, focus, and inquiry. Will
you let me know if you have any suggestions?
Let go of any tension in the body. Notice the in breath and the
out breath at the belly. Keep noticing and relaxing any tension
in the body. Notice the sense of "I AM" (I feel like I exist in
the forehead). Stay with that sense of "I AM" for a while. Now
keep breathing. Switch attention from the belly to the nose.
Stay with the breath while maintaining periphery awareness of
the sense of "I AM". Develop stronger focus by staying with the
breath. Now relax and stay with the sense of "I AM" a little
longer. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Basically I switch focus between the breath and the sense "I AM"
in a relaxed fashion.
What do you think so far?
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: Jed McKenna Date: January 31, 2019, 12:07 am
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All good work. I would suggest you practice you breathing much
less than you do you ''I am''. Just a little breath to relax and
focus then go straight to I am. If you lose focus a little more
breathing then right back to I am. You are doing pretty much
than anyways. Anything by Nis is good, all of it and some great
youtubes on him.
Best wishes,
Love ya, Jed
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: January 31, 2019, 12:33 pm
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Thanks Jed, that was very helpful. The practice is very simple.
If this is all I need to do, then why in the **** do people have
so many questions? I mean, breathe, abide in the I AM, remain
curious. How hard is that? I AM THAT arrives tomorrow. Amazon
rocks. I'll stay in touch, we'll see what comes up as I read
through it.
Take care
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: Jed McKenna Date: January 31, 2019, 11:20 pm
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Sounds excellent. Don't fret about what others do, focus on your
''I am''.
Best wishes.
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Until truth dawns
By: guest98 Date: February 21, 2019, 1:18 am
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Something interesting happened today. I was lying on the couch
just breathing and paying attention to the senses. Not really
focused on the I AM but just observing. The interesting thing is
that it seemed that sensations were just appearing in space.
Even more interesting is that I could see and feel
simultaneously. It was almost as if I could "see" the sensations
in my body. I think it may be more accurate to say that seeing
and feeling were the same thing. Hard to put into words. I'm
excited to explore this further though. I'll keep you posted.
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