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Recieved: 2002/07/04 16:28
Subject: [K-list] Transcendent Reality
From: Christopher Wynter
On 2002/07/04 16:28, Christopher Wynter posted thus to the K-list:
Someone who has been my list for some time wrote to me ..
" I have gone for a walking meditation each morning for the last
three weeks or so. I live in an urban neighborhood with central
parks every couple of blocks -- large ancient trees so lots of
animals. The city does a nice job of public gardening to boot.
It occurred to me this morning that often on these walks (where
the aim is to go no-where, but to be in each step, in each breath)
that I slip into this transcendent state.
As I returned to the house this morning, I could feel the gingko
and oak trees sweeping my energy field with theirs. I was able to
smile and non-verbally thank them. That makes "sense" to you
doesn't it? There were squirrels and mockingbirds that sang with
me this morning, and in that last leg of the trip, I began to tone
on my outbreath. A new develoment. Shortly after I began the
toning, I noticed the sweeping of the trees over my head."
Some time ago, I posted an exercise on this list which was taught
to me by a Taoist Priest - a simple walking meditation. Until I
got used to it, it was probably the hardest exercise that I have
ever "done" .. until, eventually, "it done me" .. and then it was
so easy that it became a way of being.
I posted this little bit earlier, but I am repeating it here in the
context of this essay ..
" Within us, we carry our own band, orchestra and symphony and
vocal chorus. There is drum of the heart beat .. echoing through
every cell of your body .. the symbol of your reason_for_living.
Then the wind instruments created from the sound of your own breath
in the act of breathing .. the sound of the blood moving through
your own veins and arteries, the sounds of the neurons firing in
your nervous system, the sounds of the tendons and muscles
stretching and relaxing as you go about all of the functions and
processes of every day life ..
I've listened to a lot of CD's - and none I have heard has ever
been able to capture the majesty of the inner orchestra as
witnessed from a still mind .. until the sound merges with the mind
in the stillness of total cell-f_absorption. The simplest way to access transcendent reality is to walk.
Walk no where, with no purpose except to experience the walker
in the process of walking .. one foot in front of the other ..
Look at no-thing .. don't become distracted by focussing on
anything .. allow your vision to broaden .. and you will see
everything .. all of the things you would have missed if your
attention had become transfixed on some-thing.
Listen to no-thing .. don't become distracted by all of the
sounds around you, but let them pass through you .. and as you
do, you will hear things that you never would have before.
The same applies to your senses of feeling, taste, smell ..
and the emotions that arise from within you ..
As you place one foot in front of the other, allow yourself to
become aware of the whole mechanism of your walking - the
pressure of the individual points on the ground, the flexing of
the tendons and muscles, the movement of your skin, the way
the weight transfers all of the way up your body and down again
as you take another step ..
be aware of the majesty of the inner orchestra responsible for
each fluid motion .. and how each movement is part of the breath
and each breath part of the beat of the Universal Heart. Chaos only exists for those who do not understand
The Streams of Consciousness that are
Life_Be_ing_Life in the Moment_of_Living.
== Christopher Wynter
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