Guest guest Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 It is a simple strategy: close the eyes and you lock the doors; the energy cannot move out, it moves in. So blind people become very imaginative. They can talk of color although they have never seen it. They can talk of light although they have never seen it. But still, howsoever beautiful their imagination, it is untrue, it is not real. Osho: From Personality to Individuality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I agree with the stated perspective. However, one may also begin, after some time, to meditate with eyes open. Once the mechanics of meditation have been completely absorbed by the meditator, or even if one initiates meditation with eyes open, specific kinds of benefits may accrue. Open eyed meditation can allow the meditator to fuse the 'inside' with the 'outside' such that, in time, the imagined distinction or 'difference' between inner and outer disappears. Shaivite monism, I believe, supports the principle that truly no difference exists between "differents" if you will, and that the recognition that only one "I" exists and embodies/bespeaks all existence comprises the sacred realization that frees the little 'i' to recognize itself as the one "I." Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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