Thank you , Tenzin .Posted by Tenzin (here)
For ANY meditation subject: to first establish a completely relaxed state before everything else.
Visualization is ideal for anything that deals with this 'matrix'. Protection, success, whatever.
To get out of the matrix, stop thinking and go as deep into calm as possible. Let go of body, and mind.
For this and other posts .
I would like to expand on this thought by adding the word : Practical ( or, Practise )
Doing something that helps you into just being .
Something physical or practical .
There are unnumerous different ways to the same end .
One of the most meditativelycharged days I have had lately ,
was when a friend and me decided to go out in the
neighbourhood , and follow a river (or stream)
Physicaly , in the surrounding landscape .
I can not show you images , cause we decided to
not bring a camera , just to experience, and remember .
I will try to give a short description .
We started by a water half an hour walk down the valley .
( here are also mountains around )
The river run down the steap valley from close to the house ,
where three rivers join , and many streams follow .
We started where the river enter the water , and spendt the next
three and a half hours following the river back up the valley ,
trying to walk , and climb , in it , as much as possible .
Jumping from rock to rock or wading if that was best possibility .
Slow and easy with many stops and some detours .
(there are magic mushrooms growing on the field close by)
After some mile and an hour the body was in tune and mind at ease.
And sharpend . It is a challenge to climb a river free of accident .
Just being there , going with the flow , or rather against it ..
Up through the terrain , the river being the road , or a path .
After two hours we found a magnificent space by a small waterfall .
Nature had put a fallen tree in a perfect position for a bench .
Some small fish (trout) was swimming in the pond by the shower .
We enjoyed some time of sitting there , still . Being .
Meditating , I guess it could be called .
(in the mind)
- so ,
Doing .
Also .