Here is a great example of the Tibetan Dzogchen “Pointing Out Instructions” (The “Looking Directly at Mind” meditation) based on a passage from Ken Wilber’s “One Taste.” Enjoy!

The Deathless, Eternal Presence or Awareness that is already Buddha or Pure Mind is fully available in any state or stage of conciousness, including your own present state of awareness right now. (It is also known as the “Ground Consciousness” or “Dharmakaya.”) So I’m going to talk you into this state, or try to, using what are known as “pointing out instructions.” I am not going to try to get you into a different state of consciousness, or an altered state of consciousness, or a non-ordinary state. I am going to simply point out something that is already occurring in your own present, ordinary, natural state.

From David Titterington’s blog
Learn more about Ken Wilber @ his website, The World of Ken Wilber, and at IntegralNaked.

Lucid dreaming is consciously perceiving and recognizing that one is in a dream while one is sleeping, sometimes leading to control over the “dreamscape”, or the faux-reality dream world within a dream. Stephen LaBerge, a published author and expert on the subject, has defined it as simply realizing that one is dreaming while in a dream. Other authorities contend that in order for the state of a dreaming person to be lucid, that person must have control over his or her dreamscape (because simply having the mental idea “I am lucid” could be a creation of the subconscious itself and not a real “rational” thought). Lucid dreamers, called oneironauts, report being able to freely remember the circumstances of waking life, think cogently, and act deliberately upon reflection, all while experiencing a dreamscape that seems vividly real.

University of Texas at El Paso Professor Weston Agor, director of that college?s public administration program, developed an intuition test that he submitted to 10,000 corporate executives. Based on the results, Agor concluded that ?without exception top managers rated significantly higher than middle-level or lower-level managers in their ability to use intuition on the job to make decisions.?

Other findings from Agor?s survey support the research evidence generated by precognitive dream experiments that show how belief and emotional openness tend to multiply and intensify the phenomenon?s effects. ?Intuition becomes more efficient as we become more open to our feelings and more secure through experience in its ability to provide the correct cues,? Agor declared. ?The first rule is to believe it. The second rule is that practice makes perfect. The third rule is create a supportive environment in which intuitive skills are valued.?

By undertaking a yoga practice, I discovered that my body became more sensitive to the physical symptoms of intuition. My intention in undertaking yoga had been to develop flexibility, balance, and strength in both body and mind so I wasn?t ?living in my head? so much of the time…

Phenomena Zine

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!”

“Like this cup,” Nan-in said, “you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

101 Zen Stories

Transcendental meditation has been found to extend lifespan in a study that tracked hundreds of high blood pressure sufferers for up to 18 years.

The study, conducted by Robert Schneider of the Maharishi University Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention and colleagues, found that transcendental meditation reduced death rates by 23%.

“Research has found the transcendental meditation program reduces risk factors in heart disease and other chronic disorders, such as high blood pressure, smoking, psychological stress, stress hormones, harmful cholesterol, and atherosclerosis,” says Schneider. “These reductions slow the aging process and promote the long-term reductions in death rates.”

Better Humans

An interesting way of unfolding the mysteries of the inner process is through dream yoga. A successful seeker in dream-work must be stable enough in presence to avoid being swept away by the winds of karmic emotions and lost in the dream. As the mind steadies, dreams become longer, less fragmented, and more easily remembered, and lucidity is developed.. Waking life is equally enhanced as we find that we are increasingly protected from being carried away by the habitual emotional reactions that draw us into distraction and unhappiness. Dream -work can instead develop the positive traits that lead to happiness and support the seeker in the spiritual journey.

Here is a quick primer, if you are more interested in the study of Tibetan Dream Yoga please read “The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep” by Tenzin Wangyai Rinpoche. It is the best conversion of Tibetan thought into western laguage that I have found.

By collecting thousands of cases of children who spontaneously (without hypnosis) remember a past life, Dr. Ian Stevenson offers convincing scientific evidence, if not proof, for reincarnation.

In each case of children?s past life memory, Dr. Stevenson methodically documents the child’s statements. Then he identifies the deceased person the child remembers being, and verifies the facts of the deceased person’s life that match the child’s memory. He even matches birthmarks and birth defects to wounds and scars on the deceased, verified by medical records. His strict methods systematically rule out all possible “normal” explanations for the child?s memories.

ChildPastLives.org via Daily Grail

In this article the author discusses the nature of a form of creative intelligence which he claims communicates by way of symbols, archetypes & synchronicities. It also deals with the current consciosuness shift taking place on the planet as humanity awakens from its physical slumber and readies itself for spiritual/psychic awakening.

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