--My ex-wife worked with David Clay, when he was an administrator at MIU; he became frustrated with what he felt was incompetence in the administration at the time and said, when he was resigning, that it was liberating when he stopped "Banging his head against the wall".
In a way, that is what 'stress' does in the nervous system (although 'stress' tends to be a 'catch-all' phrase which just means blocks to enlightenment. What are the blocks to our enlightenment? What blocks the light of pure consciousness, which is our birthright to come shining through? Where did these blocks come from, and how can they be best released, so that we may enjoy the enlightenment that is our birthright? How do we stop banging our head against the preverbal wall? And just learn to be. It all has to do with brain functioning... Coherence in the brain, synchronous brain functioning. I mentioned a few posts ago, this technology of holosync; the founder of the technology, Bill Harris, claims to have reached enlightenment through this technology. I have been using these CD's for about two years now; and they seem to have deepened my experience. He sells the CD's (they're not cheap), in a series of increasing power and depth of coherence. His goal, as he has experimented with this technique for quite a few years, is to get the brain, to not only function coherently between all parts, but to get the brain, to function at heretofore unheard of frequencies, from alpha, to beta, the theta, and then extremely low theta vibrations, that he says correlates to 'collective consciousness'/ in other words, he feels, that at extremely low theta frequencies, is the seat of group 'think', group consciousness, and that one can 'tap in' to the root of group think, at these, most subtle and quiet levels. Like TM, by going to the highest first, that is: to get the brain to be coherent, forces the body, to purify itself, in order to support this higher and more coherent functioning of the brain. Bill Harris, has done some remarkable work in this area, and has written much on the subject of stress release, and higher states of consciousness. When one is in the presence of someone in a higher state of consciousness, the same thing happens. The vibration of coherence extends and radiates (in all directions, as Maharishi points out) and has the effect of creating coherence in and of itself. As was mentioned in an earlier post, the blocks to enlightenment are best release when faced directly. Another technique, I learned from someone, has to do with focusing on the place in yourself, in the body, where there is uncomfortableness, pressure or discomfort; as this is the seat of where blocks lodge in the nervous system. The technique, is just to 'be with' the feeling in the body, until it shifts. By allowing your awareness to be with the feeling in the body, it brings energy there, where the block is; most time the block is a tightening in the body, due to some past trauma, or overload, where at the time, it was needed as protection, and survival, but the tightness, now serves only to block all of your energy from flowing. So, part of the syndrome of these blocks, is that we agreed when we began holding these blocks, that somehow they were necessary for our survival; most of the root of these go back to early childhood, when we were do small and vulnerable. So, when the tightness is released, it can feel disorienting, as we have held this for years, and they have become part of us. With all of the other techniques I have learned through the years, still Maharishi's teaching forms the basis of my understanding of enlightenment, and all of it's manifestations. I also, have many beautiful, and fond memories, of living in Fairfield, in the seventies, and eighties, with my ex-wife, and children who were born there, and the visits of Maharishi in those days, and the friends and the atmosphere which at times was sublime, and provides me with a reference point, of how life could be. Robert. - In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Rory: > > > > > Excellent question; I would have to say No... more a case of > > > > > witnessing and unraveling the bodymind's samskaras/habit- > patterns > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > As in, releasing stress? > > > > > > Yes, with the proviso that it is (at some points) not at > > > all "automatic," nor will simple TM and "normal" activity > necessarily > > > do the trick. Sometimes we have to consciously face our pain, > using > > > all of our inner resources -- not simply meditate away from it :- > ) > > > > > > > Perhaps this will allow things to happen faster, but how do you > know it > > (the TM plus activity thang) won't work at all? > > Oh, I don't; anything is possible; I am only speaking from personal > experience. If it comes to that, *anything* can work; divine grace > is *that* good. As Judy says, even bus-fumes can free us. > > It was my experience that at a certain point, adherence to a "path" > was obstructing the realization of the perfection of what IS. Belief > in the "automatic" progress of TM-plus-activity had to go in favor > of bringing all my resources to bear on taking care of the pain in > front of me Now. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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