Speech always comes encapsulated in a body, a form. And so the body and form becomes a vehicle for speech.
Form is everything that is conceptual, that is created in our minds.
Speech, when it comes, it comes from nowhere, and it passes , going nowhere, with thoughts that arise and fall.
Speech, when it comes, it comes from nowhere, and it passes , going nowhere, with thoughts that arise and fall.
Thoughts are form, thoughts are concept. If thoughts were a fire speech its tools and causes and conditions its base.
When speech leaves the form of body it gets into feelings, it transfers into feelings. You can see it conveying to feelings. You know it because feelings tell you so. It tells you when it says to you that you feel good or bad in body and mind.
When speech leaves feelings it gets into perceptions. It’s expressed through what you sense. You can see it conveying into and conveying on in perceptions. You know it because you are told what you perceive, of what you like and not.
And then comes the realization of speech itself, that speech has become a vehicle for speech. Speech is in fact a formation, a body, when it conceptualizes and creates form.
When you observe the body and the mind, you can observe the transcendence of speech of body in body, feelings in feelings, perceptions in perceptions, creations in creations. Then, as you observe speech in speech, and perceive in speech, you will see that it passes to neither nowhere nor nowhere not. And so you remain speechless.
You have now come from a vehicle of form when you started to a vehicle of formless.
When speech leaves the form of body it gets into feelings, it transfers into feelings. You can see it conveying to feelings. You know it because feelings tell you so. It tells you when it says to you that you feel good or bad in body and mind.
When speech leaves feelings it gets into perceptions. It’s expressed through what you sense. You can see it conveying into and conveying on in perceptions. You know it because you are told what you perceive, of what you like and not.
And then comes the realization of speech itself, that speech has become a vehicle for speech. Speech is in fact a formation, a body, when it conceptualizes and creates form.
When you observe the body and the mind, you can observe the transcendence of speech of body in body, feelings in feelings, perceptions in perceptions, creations in creations. Then, as you observe speech in speech, and perceive in speech, you will see that it passes to neither nowhere nor nowhere not. And so you remain speechless.
You have now come from a vehicle of form when you started to a vehicle of formless.
This is something you can observe. It is a transmutation, a very subtle one that is usually unnoticed. You are now completely relaxed, you feel so, so very completely relaxed.
And, as I speak to you now, I have come back to you from the formless and become form, in the grosser form, in the gross body, a body with all its pulls and tugs, pulls and tugs from the five poisons (of hate aversion, desire and greed and attachment, delusion, pride and jealousy). It is a realm of desire, imbibed in the five poisons. And what I speak now comes from and through the grosser forms of body and speech that it uses to make known its presence.
And, as I speak to you now, I have come back to you from the formless and become form, in the grosser form, in the gross body, a body with all its pulls and tugs, pulls and tugs from the five poisons (of hate aversion, desire and greed and attachment, delusion, pride and jealousy). It is a realm of desire, imbibed in the five poisons. And what I speak now comes from and through the grosser forms of body and speech that it uses to make known its presence.
The finest level speech is knowledge, just knowing it all, and speechless.
When we are at a certain point, during the transmutations and transitions that I described above, we will realize that before we become formless, we have the ability to leave our forms, both speech body and physical body.
And, during this transition and transmutations, when we are at a certain point, we will also realize that if we pursue (not through will / volitional concentration) on an object of form in gentle observation, then we will come to the state of fine form rather than perception and no perception.
To reach a state of body and mind that permits you this divine observation requires you to leave all of your worries behind and bring your ego mind home to rest. These worries, or pulls and tugs, are known as hindrances. It is easy to reach this state if you can sleep with awareness, a sleep that I would like to refer to as divine sleeping.
Divine Sleep :
Sleep when you are not really sleepy and when you are not extremely physically or mentally tired. Sleep on your side if you must, but sleeping on your back is best. Sleep with awareness. You can do that with a simple meditation exercise. It is easy but needs practice. Let us see what it is.
Imagine that everything in our mind can be made into a big radiant white ball of the size of our palm. We pass this ball down through our body from the head, through the neck, to the heart. Then we pass it downwards to the navel, and we pass it down and out of our body through our sex organ, and then hold it between our legs, when we transform the ball into a black colored ball. Keep our mind on the ball. Settle our mind "in" the ball. Deposit it there. And, we will begin to fall asleep.
And then, you will see that your breadth change from short to long. And with that you will experience pleasant bodily feelings. And as you observe, resting your mind on the black ball, you will see your breadth become fine, gradually changing from coarse to fine. becoming deep and deeper, easing into almost no breath, just effortless breathing. And you have awareness.
You can see it all happening. This is sleep with awareness. And so I am tempted and so use the word "divine sleep".
And now, if your mind now dislodges itself from the ball you will have dreams with awareness, very conscious of your presence as the observer. You can hasten this process if you bring your mind to rest on your neck.
At sometime in our lives, some of us may have experienced this. And then after it all we may have realized that we had slept for a short while, maybe 3-4 hours but we are completely relaxed, rested, and rejuvenated.
In this state of body and mind it is easy for you to observe the stages of transcendence and transmutation of speech. If you continued to concentrate on the ball to a point that you observe your energy converging on the lower part of your abdomen below the navel, then you can project your consciousness out of your body.
The stages of transmutation I mentioned may have been apparent, to some of us, in the practice of the Anapanasathi meditation.
When we are at a certain point, during the transmutations and transitions that I described above, we will realize that before we become formless, we have the ability to leave our forms, both speech body and physical body.
And, during this transition and transmutations, when we are at a certain point, we will also realize that if we pursue (not through will / volitional concentration) on an object of form in gentle observation, then we will come to the state of fine form rather than perception and no perception.
To reach a state of body and mind that permits you this divine observation requires you to leave all of your worries behind and bring your ego mind home to rest. These worries, or pulls and tugs, are known as hindrances. It is easy to reach this state if you can sleep with awareness, a sleep that I would like to refer to as divine sleeping.
Divine Sleep :
Sleep when you are not really sleepy and when you are not extremely physically or mentally tired. Sleep on your side if you must, but sleeping on your back is best. Sleep with awareness. You can do that with a simple meditation exercise. It is easy but needs practice. Let us see what it is.
Imagine that everything in our mind can be made into a big radiant white ball of the size of our palm. We pass this ball down through our body from the head, through the neck, to the heart. Then we pass it downwards to the navel, and we pass it down and out of our body through our sex organ, and then hold it between our legs, when we transform the ball into a black colored ball. Keep our mind on the ball. Settle our mind "in" the ball. Deposit it there. And, we will begin to fall asleep.
And then, you will see that your breadth change from short to long. And with that you will experience pleasant bodily feelings. And as you observe, resting your mind on the black ball, you will see your breadth become fine, gradually changing from coarse to fine. becoming deep and deeper, easing into almost no breath, just effortless breathing. And you have awareness.
You can see it all happening. This is sleep with awareness. And so I am tempted and so use the word "divine sleep".
And now, if your mind now dislodges itself from the ball you will have dreams with awareness, very conscious of your presence as the observer. You can hasten this process if you bring your mind to rest on your neck.
At sometime in our lives, some of us may have experienced this. And then after it all we may have realized that we had slept for a short while, maybe 3-4 hours but we are completely relaxed, rested, and rejuvenated.
In this state of body and mind it is easy for you to observe the stages of transcendence and transmutation of speech. If you continued to concentrate on the ball to a point that you observe your energy converging on the lower part of your abdomen below the navel, then you can project your consciousness out of your body.
The stages of transmutation I mentioned may have been apparent, to some of us, in the practice of the Anapanasathi meditation.
Amazing!! This is so good!! The term "...on the ball..." has something to do with this possibly: ))
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! This is so good!! The term "...on the ball..." has something to do with this possibly: ))
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