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Awareness

Posted April 8, 2009 in Awareness.

AWARENESS

I knew I was spending a fabulous time in the right side of my brain. That was great. But I also had to figure out how I had done it.

Yogis torture themselves in many ways, and for very long periods of time; from sitting in the lotus position and not moving for days at a time, to standing in one leg for years until one leg atrophies and the other deforms. Taoist “immortals” also have very brutal ways to overcome themselves, some of which are deadly.

If you put yourself in a situation of self-inflicted pain, or intense discomfort, long enough, you will eventually find the inner resources to escape from it by activating the right side of your brain. That is what abused kids and other victims of torture do to survive! But, come on! We have already created enough pain in our lives by randomly manifesting undesirable situations, to go ahead and create more, intentionally!

All these methods looked too painful for me! It should not be necessary to abuse myself to the extreme just to inhabit a part of myself that was there already. So I wondered… was this the only way?

This is what I found. Yes, you need to:

· Silence your thinking process

· Transform the patterns of fear and all other dysfunctional mental patterns.

· Eliminate the inner “judge”

· Meditate joyfully

Here are the steps necessary to begin with the process. None of them hurts or is uncomfortable. You just have to wish for healing, commit to the process, and give it time.

FIRST AWARENESS EXERCISE:

FINDING OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE

This exercise has three parts. The duration of this session should be fifteen minutes to half an hour.

Answer these questions one by one. Please take your time. It is important to identify the separate aspects of yourself:

1. Are you your body?

2. Are you your feelings?

3. Are you your thoughts?

You will find that you have a body, you have feelings and you have thoughts.

But behind all of the above, there is still you, the Observer, the one who thinks, the one who feels, the physical one.

The one who can say: I have a body. I have feelings, physical feelings and emotional feelings. I have a mind that generates thoughts.

A. Sit down where you are comfortable. Look at your body, inside and out. Feel the blood running through your veins, feel the air caressing the cilia in your nostrils when you inhale, close your eyes and see the holographic image of your body in the position you are in right now. Pay attention to your feet and the way they stand against the floor, inside of your shoes. Wiggle your toes. For a moment think of how your neck supports your head and how saliva feels sliding down your throat when you swallow.

And now, scan your body. How does it feel? Is there tension? Where/How does it manifest? Is there pain somewhere? Try to hear your heartbeat. How about your scalp? Look at the thousands of hairs growing out all the time. Roll your eyes 180 degrees around their sockets, and your tongue inside your mouth, behind the teeth and over the teeth. Think of your liver, and remember what a fantastic laboratory it is. And your lymphatic system! WOW! All this magnificent body, all those systems of systems are YOURS. Yes, this is your body.

NOW YOU ARE AWARE OF YOUR PHYSICAL SELF!