Adventuring into Your Deeper Potential by daizy4 Blog entry

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by daizy4

Adventuring into Your Deeper Potential

A suggested method...from creating a space...to body posture and breath...to receptivity...to self-love...silence...fasting...and mantras

Date: 1/3/2006 2:29:49 PM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 2433 times

Dhyana: Adventuring into Your Deeper Potential

It can occur within a flash of spontaneity or be deliberated upon in the fertile grounds of intention. It is the unlocking of your inner spirit and the discovery of your true identity. Whilst most people appear to be content with having a focus on the external world and events, for those who feel the courage to peer beyond the veil, untold riches beyond imagining await.

A suggested method

1. Create the space.
This is more important then many realise. Set aside an area as a "sacred space". This may only take a few minutes and doesn't have to be the same place every time. You may be as creative or Spartan as you feel inclined. Use of cushions, incense and religious/spiritual paraphernalia (i.e. crystals, etc) can be helpful, but are not necessary. Creating the space is more of an inner and less of an outer experience. Eventually it should be possible to create a space for dhyana no matter where you are physically…

2. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and breathe deeply.
It sounds simple, but the more simple the solution, the more deceptively powerful it can be. Most struggle and suffering originates from the over-complication of our lives. The most direct way of counteracting this is to focus on simplicity: closing your eyes, breathing deeply, and letting go to the flow.

3. Be receptive to the wholeness and perfection of the universe.
One of the most powerful tools of self-empowerment is "all is good". Holding tightly to this positive perspective polarizes your consciousness to be a magnet; attracting the best things in life to you.

4. Loving yourself : self-love
Many people don't know what love feels like. If you are fortunate to have had the experience of love, directing that experience inwards is not only self-empowering, but is also fuels the fire, enabling you to give more to others.

If you are not fortunate to have a good grounding in love, there are solitary steps you can take to having that experience. The following steps may sound corny, but they are very effective when pursuing them in full sincerity.
1) Be self-comforting. Try talking to yourself in a gentle way, softly or silently.
2) If you are alone and in a private place, try hugging yourself and/or lying in a foetal position.
3) Experience self-caring very deeply, verbalise this and direct beautiful, nurturing statements such as "I love you" to yourself.
4) Consciously and verbally communicate self-forgiveness to yourself.
5) Communicate to yourself that you never mean it if you accidentally call yourself a name or hurt yourself.
The above steps are very effective, especially when done at least once a day. You should feel profound difference after 2 weeks.

Supplemental aids to Dhyana:

1. Silence
A minimum of 6 to 8 hours of this is needed to achieve the full effect of silence. Being in silence for days at a time have been used to great effect by some very special people. Be conscious of who you break your silence on, for the recipient of this blessing receives healing and energizing transference of energy in direct proportion to your length of silence.

2. Fasting
Fasting is a cleansing and transformative experience. Without the distraction of having to eat, it is amazing how deep and far you can go in unlocking your inner secrets.. An effective fast for the courageous is Stanley Burrough's Master Cleanser Fast. It's a 10 day fast where you drink a lemonade mixture of lemons, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It's a very effective and powerful cleanse.

3. Mantra
Mantra is an method of using concentration and verbalisation to achieve transcendental states of consciousness. Popular in the East, mantra is not yet a part of mainstream Christianity. Any word can be used for this purpose, even "Jehovah" or "Jesus".. some of the more traditional mantras include:

" "Om" - The fore-most name of God in the Hindu scriptures
" "Om Namaha Shivaya", a non-literal translation is "Om and salutations to that which I am capable of becoming"
" "Om Padme Mani Hum" - it is said that all the teaching of the Buddha are contained in this mantra and it has no direct English translation.
" "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare" - the mantra of the Hare Krishna movement, which is believed to bring you unity with Krishna, an physical incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu the Preserver.

How to use a mantra:
There are different methods to using a mantra. A recommended method is to sit quietly and comfortably with your eyes closed. The idea is to chant, focusing your mind only on the chant and on nothing else. By emptying your mind and keeping it still in such a way, it welcomes transcendental experience and can lead to intense experiences of bliss and tranquillity.