Eckhart Tolle

Tape 5 

Some of you and it even may be your first retreat and even to be quiet for a whole day may bring up resistance, unhappiness, may even trigger the pain-body.  "I can't take any more of this."  Who says?  "Well, this thought says it." 

And then (garbled words) cessation of that thought and this moment is fine.  Until the next thought comes up.  <Play acts something> and then that subsides and again ...."Ohoooo," and another wave comes.  Thought wave.  And then, perhaps the old pain that lives in you - as it does in most humans - awakens temporarily.  The pain-body, - the accumulation of all emotional pain - suddenly there's a turbulence inside and when the two get together.  There happens to be a thought, "I can't take any more of this" or a thought "This is dreadful, this rain, will it ever stop?" Whatever the thought is.  And in that moment emotional energy of old pain wakes up and links up with that thought .  (laughter)

Scott Kiloby

 

June 5th

Awareness

Be clear about what awareness is.  Take a moment to pick two objects within your view in the room.  Make sure the objects are at least three feet apart.  Let's say it's a lamp and a door.  When you are looking only at the lamp or only at the door, there is focused attention.  For the most part, attention is directed primarily at the object while the surrounding objects seem vague in the periphery.

Now, instead of focusing on one of the particular objects, notice the space that holds or allows both objects but is focused on neither object.  This is a gentle space that simply allows.  It isn't focused on the lamp or on the door.  This space just recognizes itself as that which allows those two objects, and all other objects in the room, to just be as they are.  This is spacious awareness.  It is what knows the present moment directly.  This is what you are.

When these reflections invite you to notice thoughts, emotions, experiences, states, or other objects or movements, it is not an invitation to place focused attention on those objects or movements.  It is an invitation to recognize this spacious awareness and see that these things are appearing and disappearing in it.  As you become comfortable knowing that this awareness is what you are, it is realized that the objects or movements in awareness are not separate from awareness.

Michael Brown

30. Why do we only begin the water sessions in Session Seven?

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To facilitate this intent, our first objective is to reactivate physical presence. To accomplish this we apply a combination of the breathing technique, the Presence Activation Statements, and the reading materials with their inherent perceptual tools. Through the power of the present moment awareness we accumulate we activate our second objective: Reawakening mental clarity. Mental clarity in the context of The Presence Process is, comprehending the nature of our predicament in a time-based paradigm and the necessity to extract ourselves from it. Or, realizing we are responsible for the quality of our experiences.  

Health: It's All About Consciousness

Ivan

The Medicine of Meditation

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If you want to relax, close your eyes and witness your thoughts, emotions, dreams, and any tension in your body. Don't get involved, just observe. Observing the traffic in your mind and body will bring you into a relaxed way of being. With relaxation, you are in the energy of surrender, trust, acceptance, and letting go. You are going with the flow of being - with the divine. You are flowing in the ecstasy of Now.

Thought

As your thoughts become quiet, relax your body. Notice any tension in your head, neck, shoulders, torso, legs, and so on. Bring awareness to any tense body parts. Say to these areas, "Relax!" Scan your body, examine it, listen to it. Let there be a deep relation between you and your body. If your body is relaxed, your mind will spontaneously relax, as will your heart. As we

move deeper into our heart, we gain trust in our One Self. From here we can dive into our center, our essence of being, and totally relax in One Self.  

Chapter 81

Root Cause of Fear

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Q:  How do I come to know that my experience is universal?

M: At the end of your meditation all is known directly, no proofs whatsoever are required.  Just as every drop of the ocean, so does every moment carry the taste of eternity.  Definitions and descriptions have their place as useful incentives for further search, but you must go beyond them into what is indefinable and indescribable, except in negative terms.  

After all, even universe and eternity are mere concepts; the opposites of being place and time-bound.  Reality is not a concept, nor the manifestation of a concept.  It has nothing to do with concepts.  Concern yourself with your mind, remove it's distortions and impurities.  Once you had the taste of your own self, you will find it everywhere and at all times.  Therefore, it is so important that you should come to it.  Once you know it, you will never lose it.

But you must give yourself the opportunity through intensive, even arduous meditation.