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Aug 25, 2009, 2:37:14 PM8/25/09
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Astralhereticus
Paradox Enlightenment Technologies. _d 24 August 2009
Introduction.
A TECHNOLOGY allows one to ACHIEVE a PRACTICAL result quickly and
EFFICIENTLY.
PARADOX is the perfect CATALYST for ENLIGHTENMENT.
Paradox exists on the BOUNDARY of what IS and what IS NOT.
It forces a state of NO-MIND experiencing NO-THING.
It UNIFIES DUALITIES -- perceiving the FIGURE and GROUND
simultaneously.
A BOUNDARY is an INTERFACE between two realms and is the RICHEST in
COMPLEXITY.
The HYPNAGOGIC state, (SLEEP vs. WAKEFULNESS), is the most CREATIVE.
One must wade through this distracting clutter and find the POINT of
STILLNESS at the boundary.
Focused ATTENTION holds one at that POINT.
Zen LOGICAL PARADOX – a practical Enlightenment Technology.
Rinzai KOAN ZEN meditation is a logical PARADOX that TRAPS the mind in
a feedback LOOP trying to find an ANSWER to a DUALITY (which is
LOGICALLY impossible) freeing it to find its INTUITIVE TRUE NATURE.
Mokusho (Soto) NON-THOUGHT ZEN meditation is simply sitting in silence
allowing all thoughts to pass through without attachment.
Breath counting is sometimes used to focus the mind away from thought.
From: http://www.reonline.org.uk/ks5/tt_alinks.php?282
"Zen Buddhism.
Ch'an or Zen Buddhism holds that Buddhism is ultimately beyond
philosophy, or the study of texts but is about the direct experience
of the ultimate reality achieved in zazen sitting meditation. Zen
developed out of India through China into Japan and Korea. In Japan it
reached its most developed form through the introduction by Dogen
(1200-1253). Zen Buddhist monks congregate in monasteries following a
strict and simple rule. Zen is based on the realization of the
enlightened self. Zen seeks to awaken people not through scholarly
study but zazen, sitting meditation, which leads to the unifying
ground of existence through self-forgetting. Although Zazen may not be
thought of as a method for enlightenment but is enlightenment. This is
thought to be a return to the true Buddhism.
Zen has two main Japanese schools: Soto and Rinzai. The Soto school of
Zen uses mokusho zen, silent illumination through a sparing use of
koan and a preference for the practice of zazen. The Rinzai school is
one of the major schools of Zen in Japan. Rinzai is notable for a
range or practices including shouting, striking, and exchanges between
master and student. It also uses Kanna Zen, or koan introspection,
such as "what is the sound of one hand clapping?""
Doing ZAZEN: http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/how_to_do_zazen.html
Mudra PHYSICAL PARADOX – a practical Enlightenment Technology
rediscovered.
Traditional hand meditation MUDRAS are symbolic GESTURES which have,
over time, become rituals and poses.
http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com/mudras.html
http://www.yoga-training-you.com/hand-mudras.html
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/index.01.htm
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/index.02.htm
STILLNESS exists at the THRESHOLD of FEELING.
The FEEDBACK loop between the SENSORY and MOTOR cortex established
ONLY when BARELY touching thumb to forefinger (Yoga Chin Mudra),
http://www.yogajess.com/2007/08/09/chin-mudra/ ; thumb to thumb (Zen
-- Cosmic Mudra -- hokkai-join),
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/images/how_to_do_zazen/htdzazen08.jpg
; or, flat palm to flat palm (Universal prayer position),
http://www.newhopeministries.org/media/image/Logos/praying-hands.gif
creates a PHYSICAL PARADOX to focus and free the mind from suffering
through self-forgetting -- ENLIGHTENMENT.
The LONG-LOST SECRET of these methods is NOT to PRESS, but to just
BARELY FEEL, moment to moment, actively CORRECTING for the LOSS of
touch and for the ONSET of feeling -- one should be just at the
THRESHOLD of feeling.
This FEEDBACK with TIME DELAY creates an OSCILLATOR – settling at some
natural optimum frequency with MINIMAL amplitude, balancing on a
manifold between two states – like balancing a round pebble on top of
a saddle using minimal movement – this is the POINT of STILLNESS.
This practical TECHNOLOGY has been lost and was the TRUE purpose of
these three meditation MUDRAS.
Traditional Cosmic Mudra practical note:
For maximum thumb tip sensitivity, the thumbnails must be trimmed
right back as well as the thick skin at the very tips. Follow up with
an emery board or a pumice stone to thin the skin further.
Thumbs should not overlap as in this Dhyana Mudra, which is an
ineffectual pose:
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Dhyana.htm
Since the thumb pads are naturally more sensitive than the tips, a
modified Cosmic Mudra with thumbs relaxed and the thumb pads barely
touching might be more effective, as in the Buddha Mudra, but not
pressing as hard.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Buddha.htm
The Yoga Gyan Mudra can be modified slightly so the thumb and index
finger are relaxed and the pads, not the tips, are barely touching.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Gyan.htm
Fingers lightly interlocked, with palms apart and thumb pads barely
touching, is another practical position.
A steepling prayer, or Hakini mudra, with fingertips touching lightly
and thumbs just barely, like the left position in the image below, is
also effective.
http://healing.about.com/od/touchtherapy/ss/healinghands_6.htm
The fingers do not need to be absolutely straight, to prevent muscle
strain.
The thumbs can be perfectly inline, tip to tip, or can be more
relaxed, with the upper pads barely touching, but not pressing as hard
as in the traditional Hakini mudra.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Hakini.htm
Lying down, with arms at the sides, and the thumb and forefinger pads
barely touching is an EFFORTLESS position – one can remain at the
threshold without trying and without falling asleep.
The simpler and the more RELAXED the method, the better.
Physical Background:
“Merkel nerve endings and Meissner's corpuscles are most densely
clustered in the highly sensitive finger tips, and less so in the
palms.”
Merkel nerve endings are concentrated “beneath the ridges of the
fingertips that make up fingerprints” --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkel_nerve_ending#Functions
“They are the most sensitive of the four main types of
mechanoreceptors to vibrations at low frequencies, around 5 to 15 Hz.”
“Because of their sustained response to pressure, Merkel nerve endings
are classified as slowly adapting.”
“Firing during the static phase can continue for more than 30
minutes.”
“Merkel nerve endings are extremely sensitive to tissue displacement,
and may respond to displacements of less than 1 μm.” – that’s why
Braille is so efficient.
Meissner’s corpuscles respond to light touch but adapt rapidly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner%27s_corpuscle
Computer-generated BROWN NOISE is helpful in masking noisy
environments.
“Try it, you’ll like it.”
Happy Awakenings.
Astralhereticus
I would like to post the following message to your group.
Thank you.
Astralhereticus
Paradox Enlightenment Technologies. _d 24 August 2009
Introduction.
A TECHNOLOGY allows one to ACHIEVE a PRACTICAL result quickly and
EFFICIENTLY.
PARADOX is the perfect CATALYST for ENLIGHTENMENT.
Paradox exists on the BOUNDARY of what IS and what IS NOT.
It forces a state of NO-MIND experiencing NO-THING.
It UNIFIES DUALITIES -- perceiving the FIGURE and GROUND
simultaneously.
A BOUNDARY is an INTERFACE between two realms and is the RICHEST in
COMPLEXITY.
The HYPNAGOGIC state, (SLEEP vs. WAKEFULNESS), is the most CREATIVE.
One must wade through this distracting clutter and find the POINT of
STILLNESS at the boundary.
Focused ATTENTION holds one at that POINT.
Zen LOGICAL PARADOX – a practical Enlightenment Technology.
Rinzai KOAN ZEN meditation is a logical PARADOX that TRAPS the mind in
a feedback LOOP trying to find an ANSWER to a DUALITY (which is
LOGICALLY impossible) freeing it to find its INTUITIVE TRUE NATURE.
Mokusho (Soto) NON-THOUGHT ZEN meditation is simply sitting in silence
allowing all thoughts to pass through without attachment.
Breath counting is sometimes used to focus the mind away from thought.
From: http://www.reonline.org.uk/ks5/tt_alinks.php?282
"Zen Buddhism.
Ch'an or Zen Buddhism holds that Buddhism is ultimately beyond
philosophy, or the study of texts but is about the direct experience
of the ultimate reality achieved in zazen sitting meditation. Zen
developed out of India through China into Japan and Korea. In Japan it
reached its most developed form through the introduction by Dogen
(1200-1253). Zen Buddhist monks congregate in monasteries following a
strict and simple rule. Zen is based on the realization of the
enlightened self. Zen seeks to awaken people not through scholarly
study but zazen, sitting meditation, which leads to the unifying
ground of existence through self-forgetting. Although Zazen may not be
thought of as a method for enlightenment but is enlightenment. This is
thought to be a return to the true Buddhism.
Zen has two main Japanese schools: Soto and Rinzai. The Soto school of
Zen uses mokusho zen, silent illumination through a sparing use of
koan and a preference for the practice of zazen. The Rinzai school is
one of the major schools of Zen in Japan. Rinzai is notable for a
range or practices including shouting, striking, and exchanges between
master and student. It also uses Kanna Zen, or koan introspection,
such as "what is the sound of one hand clapping?""
Doing ZAZEN: http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/how_to_do_zazen.html
Mudra PHYSICAL PARADOX – a practical Enlightenment Technology
rediscovered.
Traditional hand meditation MUDRAS are symbolic GESTURES which have,
over time, become rituals and poses.
http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com/mudras.html
http://www.yoga-training-you.com/hand-mudras.html
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/index.01.htm
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/index.02.htm
STILLNESS exists at the THRESHOLD of FEELING.
The FEEDBACK loop between the SENSORY and MOTOR cortex established
ONLY when BARELY touching thumb to forefinger (Yoga Chin Mudra),
http://www.yogajess.com/2007/08/09/chin-mudra/ ; thumb to thumb (Zen
-- Cosmic Mudra -- hokkai-join),
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/images/how_to_do_zazen/htdzazen08.jpg
; or, flat palm to flat palm (Universal prayer position),
http://www.newhopeministries.org/media/image/Logos/praying-hands.gif
creates a PHYSICAL PARADOX to focus and free the mind from suffering
through self-forgetting -- ENLIGHTENMENT.
The LONG-LOST SECRET of these methods is NOT to PRESS, but to just
BARELY FEEL, moment to moment, actively CORRECTING for the LOSS of
touch and for the ONSET of feeling -- one should be just at the
THRESHOLD of feeling.
This FEEDBACK with TIME DELAY creates an OSCILLATOR – settling at some
natural optimum frequency with MINIMAL amplitude, balancing on a
manifold between two states – like balancing a round pebble on top of
a saddle using minimal movement – this is the POINT of STILLNESS.
This practical TECHNOLOGY has been lost and was the TRUE purpose of
these three meditation MUDRAS.
Traditional Cosmic Mudra practical note:
For maximum thumb tip sensitivity, the thumbnails must be trimmed
right back as well as the thick skin at the very tips. Follow up with
an emery board or a pumice stone to thin the skin further.
Thumbs should not overlap as in this Dhyana Mudra, which is an
ineffectual pose:
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Dhyana.htm
Since the thumb pads are naturally more sensitive than the tips, a
modified Cosmic Mudra with thumbs relaxed and the thumb pads barely
touching might be more effective, as in the Buddha Mudra, but not
pressing as hard.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Buddha.htm
The Yoga Gyan Mudra can be modified slightly so the thumb and index
finger are relaxed and the pads, not the tips, are barely touching.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Gyan.htm
Fingers lightly interlocked, with palms apart and thumb pads barely
touching, is another practical position.
A steepling prayer, or Hakini mudra, with fingertips touching lightly
and thumbs just barely, like the left position in the image below, is
also effective.
http://healing.about.com/od/touchtherapy/ss/healinghands_6.htm
The fingers do not need to be absolutely straight, to prevent muscle
strain.
The thumbs can be perfectly inline, tip to tip, or can be more
relaxed, with the upper pads barely touching, but not pressing as hard
as in the traditional Hakini mudra.
http://healing.about.com/od/east/ig/Mudra-Gallery/Hakini.htm
Lying down, with arms at the sides, and the thumb and forefinger pads
barely touching is an EFFORTLESS position – one can remain at the
threshold without trying and without falling asleep.
The simpler and the more RELAXED the method, the better.
Physical Background:
“Merkel nerve endings and Meissner's corpuscles are most densely
clustered in the highly sensitive finger tips, and less so in the
palms.”
Merkel nerve endings are concentrated “beneath the ridges of the
fingertips that make up fingerprints” --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkel_nerve_ending#Functions
“They are the most sensitive of the four main types of
mechanoreceptors to vibrations at low frequencies, around 5 to 15 Hz.”
“Because of their sustained response to pressure, Merkel nerve endings
are classified as slowly adapting.”
“Firing during the static phase can continue for more than 30
minutes.”
“Merkel nerve endings are extremely sensitive to tissue displacement,
and may respond to displacements of less than 1 μm.” – that’s why
Braille is so efficient.
Meissner’s corpuscles respond to light touch but adapt rapidly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner%27s_corpuscle
Computer-generated BROWN NOISE is helpful in masking noisy
environments.
“Try it, you’ll like it.”
Happy Awakenings.
Astralhereticus
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