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# FW: Deep Meditation?

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- To: "BardonPraxis" <BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: FW: Deep Meditation?
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:48:23 -0700

    Dear Friends,

    I received the following query via private email from a list member but
    since it seemed so apropos to the BardonPraxis, I am forwarding my reply
    to the list.
    ============================

    >>> If I may, I'd like to intercept your discussion with Persephone, and
    ask what seems to be an easy question:
    >> Is there a way for a newbie to contact Divine Providence for guidance
    in this matter. <<
    > Yes, through deep meditation and introspection. The answer is always
    inside of you. Open yourself to your intuition and listen closely to
    your conscience. These are the avenues by which the Divine continuously
    speaks to us. <
    Prior to locating IIH I'd not had any experience with meditation. So my
    meditational experiences are totally derived from the IIH Steps 1 & 2
    exercises, and I feel a little uneasy about "ad libbed" meditation! ;-)
    By that I mean that the IIH meditations are full of purpose: the
    student knows the desired outcome before entering the meditative state
    (eg, "10 minutes without thinking is my goal"). So I'm not accustomed
    to using meditation for "unknown" outcomes. Indeed, as a *consequence*
    of the IIH training, my thoughts rarely stray into the unknown.
    Franz occasionally says in the text "those who meditate deeply on this
    statement will find its true meaning", and you've used the phrase "deep
    meditation" here too.
    I realise it sounds silly to say, but how does one meditate "deeply"?
    I'm trying to understand it in the context of the IIH meditations;
    could it be comparable to the One-Pointedness exercise from Step 1?
    If so, how does one focus on their theme - with *great* mental control -
    yet still allow just enough freedom for new, unexpected insights to
    emerge? For surely our early IIH training has taught us to block any
    tangential thought? <<<

    There is a degree of artfulness required for this sort of exploratory or
    information seeking meditation. And yes, it is a form of
    one-pointedness in which one opens oneself a bit more than in the Step
    One exercise proper. Here, you need to play around with your boundaries
    and let in thoughts that, at first, appear unrelated. When such a
    thought arises, examine it closely and pursue it just long enough to see
    if it bears relevant fruit. If it doesn't, then dismiss it and return
    to your primary focus. But if it does prove itself relevant in that it
    expands your thinking on a matter, then incorporate it into your
    meditation and see what all it reveals.

    Another form of meditation that's a bit less structured than
    one-pointedness is to intensively think about the question or idea at
    hand. Look at it from every angle your mind can conjure and give your
    mind absolute freedom to explore every nuance. Don't hem in your mind
    at all other than to keep it focused upon the pursuit of this one
    question or concept.

    A third option, which I especially encourage, is the transition from a
    one-pointedness meditation, to an emptiness of mind and then back to the
    one-pointedness. Upon return to the one-pointedness, many new thoughts
    are likely to emerge that will lead your one-pointedness in the
    direction of deeper discovery. This is especially effective when it
    comes to exploring questions about your own self because during the
    emptiness of mind you are opening yourself directly to your own "higher"
    levels of cognition and awareness -- levels that thinking obscure, but
    which, once tapped, thinking can give form to.

    >> And if "the answer" does emerge during our meditation, how do we
    recognise it as such, and not as just another bit of mental
    surface-noise? <<

    Well, by experimentation. If a thing feels like an answer, then test it
    to see if *in practice* it is an answer. Whether it proves to be an
    answer or not, learn from your experiment and apply what you've learned.
    In other words, take risks and learn from them. By doing this, and by
    being committed to this process of 'trusting and testing', you *will*
    learn how to discern between mental noise and genuine insight.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    12 Apr 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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