captive audiences, an alternative view
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07/08/2017, 20:36:37
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Hi Lesley,

Interesting comments, but when I sit, I don’t use breath as
a focus whatsoever and I do allow thoughts and feeling to arise unimpeded (though
‘introspection’ is likely too fancy a word for what I practice).  

It is tough to describe what happens, but it is kind of like
awareness just simply gets to be aware if itself, but is not really even an ‘experience’ in
as much as an experience implies that there are at least two things in play: an
experiencer plus an object of experience. 
I would describe what happens more like ‘resting in myself’ or something goofy and
new age sounding like that.  I don’t consider it a ‘spiritual’ practice anymore and am not that interested in
framing what it is or isn’t.

Generally, the ‘sensation’ I get is very, very pleasant and I tend to ignore unusual phenomena and sensations (like seeing light) that may come up, unless somehow compelling and then I might pay attention.

It’s my habit to sit for an hour or two daily, but if I miss
days (like to catch an early flight or if I lived a bit too well the night before
and have to get moving at a reasonable hour), it’s no big deal.

I did quit sitting for a couple of years about 15 years ago
as a reality check and to see what might change, but then went back to it, no big
deal.

I find creative solutions often get tapped when I sit, or I
become aware of them as I start the shift into my day.  It’s as if my brain works better if I give it
some space, as opposed to trying to shove it around.

I heard a cool story about how Thomas Edison had techniques
he came up with to access alternate cranial footpaths and solve scientific problems.  Like, at night he’d sit in his favorite rocking
chair on a wood floor, resting his arms with a metal spoon held between the thumb
and forefinger of one hand.  He’d concentrate
on a particular problem he was trying to solve as he grew sleepy, and at some
point he’d drift into sleep, relax his grip on the spoon which would fall to
the floor and wake him up.  He claimed to
have some eureka, problem-solved! moments he attributed to accessing subliminal
states of consciousness using tricks like this.  I suppose he recognized how ‘intelligence’ can
emanate out of the deep end of the pool, without much splashing.

Mike






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