Digest Number 176

[Guest guest]

The Loneliness feeling Ingrid and others experience is the detachment

from the reenforcements of the world, the postive and negative feedback

of the world, and so forth.There is a "lonely feeling" in any

transition, beit a divorce or any other life changing event.By stripping

down to the basics and entering "that void",the Universe begins to

expand, love pours forth and a feeling of ONENESS will repace that

loneliness.Loneliness is just a stage in that ascension path.

 

Raja Manesh

"Turn a Tiny Spark into a Mighty Blaze" (today's wisdom)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/5800

[Guest guest]

Hello this evening

 

- and I want to thank all for the lovely WARM words which have reached me

here! What kind of meditaion ?? I use that which I learnt through one of

Chopras books ( about 4 years ago ) which he calls " mindful meditation."

But I have been long searching and have read Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the

Bhagavad-gita . Also Transcendenatal Meditaion. Basically I sit quietly on my

special chair hands on my knees and am just quiet and have learnt to listen.

Concentrate on my breathing and am aware to let my thoughts pass by just

becoming aware of what I think. It is like my thoughts dance by. At first ,

of course, I became acutely aware of much pain which was truelly unpleasant

but I found courage to look at those unpleasant thoughts , which caused

headaches in the true sense of the word. I also found a great need to become

quiet within my daily routine and began to speak less and became quiet

reserved and I felt the deep need for this . Kahil Gibran wrote :"Your pain

is but the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." I can

give credit to that!

 

I have read over and over again that we need the place of stillness within ,

being non - judgemental , not to critisise . With the meditaions ( morning &

evening ) this has become easier and easier and along with the releasing of

pain comes this quiet joy & peacefulness. It is almost ( only almost) to good

to be true to feel so "protected" by life. I suppose the worst barrier for me

was to believe that I actually WAS expieriencing this which was a deep desire

of mine.It becomes clearer and clearer that we hardly "need " anything to

make us happy but we can certainly enjoy that which we have. It is a strange

feeling at first but I guess now that I have heard that this is where it`s

at, I can really let go of the last of my resistances to it. Wonderful has

been for me to learn that it has always been there ,only covered up by daily

stress. I do still have times of great doubt but I am learning to overcome

this by letting it pass by doing what I have explained letting it all pass by

without becoming attached. I have only been on the list for a just over a

week and have been so inspired by the togetherness that I have felt. Thank

you all so much for the love and sharing that I have felt in this short time

..I admit quite openly here that it was quite something to get myself to

write about my experiences but I am now glad that I did. Once I read the

healing meditation that was mentioned for eating disorders I began practicing

it. The breathing brings energy into the lower part of the body that is what

I need. Well that is about all for now .

Thanks so much Susan & Zenbob!

 

Ingrid

[Guest guest]

Dear Ingrid,

 

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. It is very useful to

explain what you have done and the experiences that resulted from it. I am

leaving your whole letter because others might want to read it again. I

read it several times and printed it out to share with other students.

 

I invite others to share the techniques and the process that have lead them

to experience higher degress of awareness.

 

Sat Nam,

 

RAttana

 

 

What kind of meditaion ?? I use that which I learnt through one of

> Chopras books ( about 4 years ago ) which he calls " mindful meditation."

> But I have been long searching and have read Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the

> Bhagavad-gita . Also Transcendenatal Meditaion. Basically I sit quietly on

my

> special chair hands on my knees and am just quiet and have learnt to

listen.

> Concentrate on my breathing and am aware to let my thoughts pass by just

> becoming aware of what I think. It is like my thoughts dance by. At first

,

> of course, I became acutely aware of much pain which was truelly

unpleasant

> but I found courage to look at those unpleasant thoughts , which caused

> headaches in the true sense of the word. I also found a great need to

become

> quiet within my daily routine and began to speak less and became quiet

> reserved and I felt the deep need for this . Kahil Gibran wrote :"Your

pain

> is but the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." I can

> give credit to that!

>

> I have read over and over again that we need the place of stillness within

,

> being non - judgemental , not to critisise . With the meditaions ( morning

&

> evening ) this has become easier and easier and along with the releasing

of

> pain comes this quiet joy & peacefulness. It is almost ( only almost) to

good

> to be true to feel so "protected" by life. I suppose the worst barrier for

me

> was to believe that I actually WAS expieriencing this which was a deep

desire

> of mine.It becomes clearer and clearer that we hardly "need " anything to

> make us happy but we can certainly enjoy that which we have. It is a

strange

> feeling at first but I guess now that I have heard that this is where it`s

> at, I can really let go of the last of my resistances to it. Wonderful

has

> been for me to learn that it has always been there ,only covered up by

daily

> stress. I do still have times of great doubt but I am learning to overcome

> this by letting it pass by doing what I have explained letting it all pass

by

> without becoming attached. I have only been on the list for a just over a

> week and have been so inspired by the togetherness that I have felt. Thank

> you all so much for the love and sharing that I have felt in this short

time

> .I admit quite openly here that it was quite something to get myself to

> write about my experiences but I am now glad that I did. Once I read the

> healing meditation that was mentioned for eating disorders I began

practicing

> it. The breathing brings energy into the lower part of the body that is

what

> I need. Well that is about all for now .

> Thanks so much Susan & Zenbob!