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22. The Nowist 6/7/03
“Exploring is no strain. You might have to
do the same thing again and again, but each time you discover new facets of it
which makes you younger.”
Chogyam Trungpa,
Crazy Wisdom
pg118
Be Here Now! The title of Baba Ram Dass’s Book always had special meaning for me. I feel, that being in the body and being here now is easy. Doing full breathing is a good habit for being in the body and being aware of the immediate space. If there are spaces in the body that feel dense or solid the breath is sent there to feel less conflicted in the body. Then our body naturally plays with the expansion and the now.
This simplicity of breathing and being with the body has levels of expansion that I feel, help us maintain higher chakra levels, while functioning on the physical plane i.e. Being more fully in the body.
The now opens up as emptiness and we can feel everything more directly. Exploring the space of now with all that it brings while feeling the breath is easy, as Rinpoche explains, there is no strain. Staying with the breath is certainly encouraged by Thich Nhat Hanh and Charles T. Tart.
“Discovery is related with energy that feeds you constantly. It brings your life
to a very full, healthy state. So each time you explore, you gain new health.
You constantly come back to a sense of being up to date in your experience of
the world, of your life. So the whole thing becomes constant rejuvenation.”
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
There it is, couldn’t be simpler if you’re a Nowist.
Posted by harmon at June 7, 2003
Comments
If I may, once the sub-personality we normally refer to as the ego mind has seen the truth of what you say, is it impossible for it to go back to its old suboptimal way, or is it something that we have to work with, day by day by day, perhaps to meditate or to stay real-time here and now, or just to pray?
Posted by: Jordan on June 7, 2003 11:55 PM
As we reference the breath and feel the body more and more we start to break the gripe of ego or self mind. Since breathing to me is a constant awareness, I am aware of the habit of the mind to grab attention. This is a day to day occupation since we are always getting feed back from the environment. Sitting meditation is important but also working in real-time is where it is at for me.
Rinpoche would say that it is like going down hill in a car with no break, once started we are destined to come home. We can make this experience simpler by working with our body and breath as an immediate reference point. As you know I call breathing a double-edged sword since it brings us to the immediate and we can also use the breath to keep the body open. In this fashion the ego mind losses its foot hold on us.
As you have said; “When a person discovers "What Works" for them (or is likely to), and when they implement "What Works" in balanced, sustainable ways, then they are likely to undergo (rapid or slow) positive transformation, they will begin to maximize their human (and trans-human) potential, and they will be able to serve themselves, their family, their community, and the entire world in more powerful and productive ways.”
Thank you Jordan for your response.
Posted by: Harmon on June 8, 2003 05:58 AM
Did I say that? Sincerely, Harmon, I love reading what you write ... it seems to stop my mind, in real-time, almost as if the mere reading of your words are able to get me to come to my own breath/body/mment more fluidly and instantly.
Posted by: Jordan on June 8, 2003 06:35 PM
Jordan thanks for the kind remarks. I have been reading your past journal entry’s and feel that we are being co-influenced by the presentations and responses to each. We are touching each other Internet fashion.
I got the image of looking for smoke signals from over the hill. Jordan has just sent up another signal, and there is Ruth’s response. Lance is sending one and the sky accepts all these patterns. Smoke signals from wood gathered by each hand and then fired. I am warmed by these distant fires.
Posted by: Harmon on June 13, 2003
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