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# Re: EOM and Joy

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] EOM and Joy
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 15:22:23 -0700
- References: <b96ae1+85vi@eGroups.com>

    Dear RM,

    >> I have been practicing "emptiness of mind" for about 6 weeks now. On
    a good day, my mind stays free of all but the most fleeting thoughts for
    minutes at a time. Lately however I have started to experience something
    new. As my mind empties of thoughts and (more or less stays that way) I
    have started to feel strong emotions (mostly joy). I can, with some
    effort, put that out of my mind too --- but should I? Is this emotion a
    distraction in the sense Bardon means it or is it OK to simply let this
    feeling flow through me while I practice EOM? <<

    Sorry, but you can't have a true *emptiness* of mind when you're
    experiencing strong emotions. These are indeed "distractions" in regard
    to the EOM exercise. However, that doesn't mean they are without value.
    I suggest that the next time this occurs, you shift gears, exit your EOM
    and enter into a one-pointedness with these emotions as your focus.
    Explore them through one-pointedness but not through EOM.

    When pursued over time, the EOM exercise will reveal different layers of
    the mind. The first layer that's mastered is the level of thoughts in
    Step One, but there are other layers as well, such as that of pure
    emotions which you've just encountered. If you also treat this layer as
    a "distraction" and learn to ignore it in the same way you have learned
    to ignore thoughts, then your EOM practice will reach an even deeper
    state.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    05 May 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
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    - From: "Regulus Magus" <RegulusMagus@...>

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