| | Author: han2sen
Various phenomenon have arisen - vivid dreaming, active waking state samadhi, micro or mini out-of body, divine eye, divine ear, also what the call LOA - law of attaraction - but that is not my explanation for why events happen as you need them, not entirely anyway. You know what I mean, standard yogi stuff.
The most notable phenomena in my estimation is the sustained experience of loss of the normal sense of self and temporary obliteration of the normal subject-object relationship of experience. This was not while meditating, but while reading and computering, and having tea.
Another major case was the entry into advanced state of absorption where there were no thoughts or feelings or discursive mental activity. In fact coming out of it produced an intense reverse amnesia, remembering only in stages what just happened, who I was, where I was, what i was doing, etc.
Anyway, I am serious in that I really have no preconception about this, in fact I am still trying to figure out what vipassana is. I think elements of it i have naturally been doing since 2000, but other elements which are standard Satipattana sutta I have never even heard of.
My theory is that there is no rapid expansion of consciousness, no special technique, just sustained practice over time, only increasing as i have the daily capacity to continue at that level. If anything, that is an almost manic obsession I have, not to fly off into the unknown, but rather to maintain control. I am just now learning to let go a little.
This has nothing to do with what think about enlightenment. Maybe it helps it a little, training the mind. After the mind gets trained, then it has to learn to see. And then it has to actually see what is there, to use a metaphor. Enlightenment is understanding and wisdom, not fancy mental states. |