Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman " <anders_lindman> wrote: > > Know Thyself means to recognize that part of you that is your past: The " you " is nothing other then its own past.... " it " can never know itself.....Its forever a mini-second behind itself. > knowledge, relations, experiences, ideas, wants, don't wants e t c. > This past is the separate 'you' and it is all fine except that > this 'you' is a limited fragment built up from genetic inheritance > and social conditioning. This fragment exists in you as an illusion The " you " (I amness) is the illusion. > of separation which creates tension in body and mind. Over many years > this conflict has - among other things - built up a muscle tension in > your body. You may not even be aware of the contractions in your > body. Stiffness and numbness is often not recognized because that is > the standard sensation of how the body feels for many people. > > It is not muscle tension that is the sole problem. The main problem > is that there is an unbalance in the body (and in relation to the > mind). Some muscles are too tense, while others are too relaxed. > Consider the muscles that control the eyes. In a relaxed state, these > muscles are neither tense nor relaxed; they are half-tense. This > means that your eyes are resting at a position looking straight > ahead. When you look to left, then some of the muscles controlling > the eyes become more tense, while the other muscles becomes more > loose (streched). So, relaxation of the body is not just about > letting all muscles become limp as a rag. When we breath, there is an > advanced coordination of muscle tension and streching going on, and > when the breating is in balance there if no effort involved. Only > when the extraordinary complex network of muscles in the body is out > of synch is there effort. > > Tense painful areas in your body is a result of other muscles being > too relaxed or numbed. When your mind and body are in balance you > will feel tremendously alive and light as a feather - moving around > will be like walking on air. That, at least, is my idea. :-) > > /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Nisargadatta , " toombaru2004 " <cptc@w...> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman " <anders_lindman> wrote: > > > > Know Thyself means to recognize that part of you that is your past: > > > > The " you " is nothing other then its own past.... " it " can never know itself.....Its forever a mini-second behind itself. But the " you " is also feelings and sensations in the moment, or? Maybe depends of how one define " you " . > > > > > knowledge, relations, experiences, ideas, wants, don't wants e t c. > > This past is the separate 'you' and it is all fine except that > > this 'you' is a limited fragment built up from genetic inheritance > > and social conditioning. This fragment exists in you as an illusion > > > > The " you " (I amness) is the illusion. Maybe the I-amness is an illusion, but awareness/amness must remain in some form or else there would be no experience at all! /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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