Paradox Enlightenment Technologies -- Concise.

[Astral Hereticus]

Paradox Enlightenment Technologies. _e 25 August 2009

Introduction.

A TECHNOLOGY allows one to ACHIEVE a PRACTICAL result quickly and
EFFICIENTLY.

PARADOX is the perfect CATALYST for ENLIGHTENMENT.
It 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.

Rinzai KOAN ZEN meditation is an ancient PRACTICAL Enlightenment
TECHNOLOGY using 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.

Doing ZAZEN: http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/how_to_do_zazen.html

Mudra PHYSICAL PARADOX meditation is a PRACTICAL Enlightenment
TECHNOLOGY REDISCOVERED.

Traditional hand meditation MUDRAS are symbolic GESTURES which have,
over time, become simple POSES.

http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com/mudras.html

The LONG-LOST SECRET of these methods is NOT to PRESS hard at all, but
to just BARELY FEEL, moment to moment, actively CORRECTING for the
LOSS of touch and for the ONSET of sensation; to be just at the
THRESHOLD of feeling.

“STILLNESS exists on the BOUNDARY 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.

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 original
purpose of these three meditation MUDRAS.

For maximum thumb tip sensitivity in the Traditional Cosmic Mudra, 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.

The 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 is 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

“Try it, you’ll like it.”


Happy Awakenings.

Astralhereticus