When the Call to Attain the Highest States of Human Consciousness is Heard…
I notice that indeed,
people still walk around like they are ether casing after something,
Or,
Something is chasing after them.
It’s as if they are trying escape from something or avoid something else.
Even on the beach when I take long walks
Sure, there are folks walking for exercise
Good on em’
But,
Lot’s of these folks are walking like they are carrying the weight of the world
Hunched over, back arched, head pointed down. Teeth gritted,
smile decades faded into a scowl now persists as their resting face.
Even on one of the worlds most beautify beaches
They carry their personal dreads like heaps of heavy baggage.
Each time I see one of “them”…
I straighten my back, I allow a big natural smile
And I enjoy each step.
I walk slow
Perhaps to make up for all those years of running around.
Always late for work, late for play, late for everything and yet
Never feeling like I ever arrived.
True,
When I worked for ‘the man…
Once I rushed into work…
I’d kick back and hang loose the whole day
😉
I recall when I quit working for someone else
I never got a break
I’d say:
I haven’t had a days rest since I quit workin‘!
:-O
Now that I’m almost 64 my knees and joints aren’t so agile
So,
Even if I wasn’t planning on doing a walking meditation
I need to do some sort of therapeutic slow walk.
Ether way
I walk … Zenfully
When the call to attain the highest states of human consciousness is heard
And the volition to follow through with earnest
One needs to put all other distractions aside.
24/7
During transitions of deep sitting ‘Insight’ meditations and Jhana states
A walking meditation allows one to remain in the “ever present moment…”
In Advaita Vedanta… I Am
I Am That – that which is not this or that, but everything and nothing at all.
We are like a mirror the mirror does not think about what it reflects
It simply reflects what is present
without adding commentary, bias, or agendas
When we sit
We just sit.
We don’t think or analytically contemplate
We don’t pine about the past or fret about the future.
We just sit.
If a thought arises
be aware that it arises and passes away.
There is not permanence.
It just… Is.
“We”don’t do… “We” just…
Be.
When we walk slowing in meditation
We are not in a brain dead zombie state
We are just aware.
Being aware of the countless things
in each fraction of a second that
Arise
And pass away.
Walking slowly becomes a natural gait..
Similar to learning meditation
The focus on the breath, exclusively is fundamental
Being mindful of each small motion of entire process of
Breathing
Is now translated into
walking.
Spend some time to notice each moment that arises
And also,
Notice when they pass away.
When it feels natural
Allow yourself to broaden your awareness
Starting with the mechanisms of foot motions
Then,
To the flow in which your walk is going
Notice the beauty
Perhaps it’s the fresh air beach air or forest air
Or just warm or cold air
If a bird chirps or car can be heard
Take notice
Then let it go… don’t let it start a mental conversation
Just Be.
You’ll notice things, sensations, thoughts, feelings
You’ll also see, feel, or somehow connect with whatever arises
On my forest mountain bike riding
The newborn leaves seems to pull in my full awareness
I feel it like I observe my own well being.
Then,
I amthe old leaf, then, the falling leaf and leaves just below me and
the compost of leaves below that
Layers and levels of …Me!
Inseparable… Non Dual as experienced in nature.
This is a form of Samadhi.
The localized perception “I” have of Me, an embodied me my ego creates
Becomes
Disembodied.
There is no stronger attraction to any of the particular leaves
There is simply an acceptance of what Is
There is no longer a perspective that is coming from any other location…
It’s like:
Boundless Spaciousness… but way beyond the material base perspective.
The material lineage of our bodies goes back over 13.8 billion years ago
to the latest Big Bang – which carries a lot of history.
But,
The Eternal True Nature of who it is we could be...
There are vast amounts of material written about the philosophies of our True Self.
But just to put it into a reality we can collectively understand
Whatever happens when our bodies flat line
Some traditions of Zen and Advaita Vedanta
masters that invited their disciples for the final days
Took note that their masters were able to convey that
Nothing Changes
To a fully Enlightened being
One that abides in the True perspective
Maintains unshakable Equanimity
that is unaffected by the chaos of this life.
Seeing the inseparableness with all that Is…
This perspective
Is what Never Changes
Speaking to those that had a near death experience…
No, they didn’t almost die
They died.
And got better
Awareness was still and always aware
To the Enlighten Masters
Nothing Changes
But,
To all the rest of us ‘sentient beings…
Most of us just have absolutely no way to relate to such a perspective.
There really is nothing to compare this material life
And the timelessness of Consciousness.
We just have to enjoy whatever solace there is to know.
Everything is Always Already Alright
So
Don’t waste your time here in this life memorizing so called ‘sacred text…
Sure,
Learn it, practice it… then forget it
Just live it.
Whatever happens after we are liberated from this body
Will remain ‘Ineffable…
As far as the body goes
It’s like H2O when H meets up with two Oo.
It’s water it has no other addenda
Our molecules don’t have an agenda
If they can contribute to someone’s garden
All the better.
The other aspect of who we think we are
However groovy it will be
There will be no ego that jumps up p& down with glee
This is awesome I’m jumping with glee!!
All the ways most of us have come to measure glee or happiness
Will not even be an option.
It will be much, much simpler than our simplest imaginations
😉
And for now
That’s gonna have to be
Good enough.
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