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 Posted - Jul 07 2005 : 5:42:08 PM
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505 From: Ramon Sender <rabar@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:02pm
Subject: How many hours, etc. rabar94114
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jim_and_his_karma wrote:
> "like excellence in any field, there is no magic buttons, no short cuts (some
> systems are more efficient than others)"
I liked a lot of what you posted, Jim. Although I also do not believe in
'magic buttons,' I think it's important to find a way to stay centered
throughout the busy daytime hours, and for this reason I am constantly
looking for methods that can be used at the office, in the bus, while doing
the laundry, taking care of the kids, etc.
Here's a report on some current investigations that I sent a friend today:
I read recently a quote of D. T. Suzuki that said (paraphrased)
that more people have achieved satori via the Shin Buddhist (Pure
Land) chanting of the Nembutsu (Namu Amida Butsu) than have
via Zen meditation. This surprised me, because I always had identified
Suzuki as a Zen master, but led me to read up on Shin Buddhism - the
Pure Land School, quite an amazing tradition with their own famous
mystics that tend to be illiterate peasant types - childlike innocents -
very touching, really.
Anyway, if this is the case, thought I, I9ll change to the Nembutsu
mantra, but put each syllable on the nursing tug on my soft palette
and uvula that I habitually practice in time with my heartbeat. This
combination is truly as blissful as I can stand, although I'm working
on increasing my bliss tolerance!
I9m also continuing my magnetized water experiment - whirling
water in a glass blender with 24 very strong earth magnets taped
in a certain sequence on the outside. Yesterday9s freshly whirled
water (remineralized distilled and also colloidal gold added) gave
me a fifteen-minute unbelievable rush9! This morning9s 4 oz.was
milder, so perhaps it drops in strength gradually. But the freshly
whirled (I even lowered the length of time I whirled it from 3
to 2 minutes) is truly amazing! Information on constructing your
own 'whirler' at:
http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus...rcharger.htm
We also showed two documentaries at our Odd Monday lecture series.
One was titled The Tibetan Yogis9 and promised to show hitherto
unseen yoga feats. Most of the film was about the Tibetan diaspora,
with a few interviews with interesting lamas, but then got to
the promised display with one lama who was leaping in the air
in the lotus, plus making some seriously interesting sounds on
his warm-up pranayama exhales. I mostly was studying the
frequently fierce concentrated stares9 on the paintings displayed.
Hm,9 thought I. A fierce stare really implies a one-pointed
concentration. Maybe I9ve been missing something not going
deeper into tratakam.9 So now I stare fiercely,9 smiling and
frowning, holding the facial bandha9 for a minute or so while
doing the Nembutsu9 rhythmically on the uvula-nurse. I allow
my eyes to blink usually, although if I close the lids around the
stare I can keep them moist by pooling the tears behind the
lids. I guess it9s more of a facial squinch9 - it looks pretty funny!
I get good energy from the various lower chakras.
especially the heart, and then relax all muscles, widen the eyes
- and meditate.
You might ask, Why in the world go to all the trouble?9 I guess
I9m still searching for the easiest access for the greatest number
of people.9 I9m impressed with Suzuki9s comment, but can9t resist
adding my own little uvula exercise that has served me so well.
The silent Nembutsu (or any mantra, of course) plus the gentle
tugging on the uvula and soft palate (babies do this when they
nurse in their sleep) in time with the heartbeat, of course can
be done anywhere, anytime, with no one around you the wiser!
Perhaps the uvula is 'the magic button!' It serves no physiological
purpose according to all the scientific studies I've read. What I
usually say is, "Let's thank the Divine Mother who, in her loving
concern for all her lost children,' placed her nipple in the back
of our mouth so that we could always remain blissfully attached
to her!"
I'm not kidding, by the way. This is not so much a 'path,' as a blissful
roll in the flowery meadows of Mt. Meru. Can I be the only one so happily
gifted by She Whom Manifests First?
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