Vacancy of thought

["Radziel" <radziel@...>]

Ave,

Have past experience, but am working on Step 1 on IIH, as have just of late
fortunately stumbled upon Bardon's work. So, when exercising "thought
control" meditations in the past, there have been many methods, but the one
that is the most basic yet most rewarding is the focus on the breath.
Watching it enter and leave, watching the movement of the abdomen pulling
and pushing, rising and falling. The duality of it all, can easily hold
unwavering attention for quite some time. In IIH's Step 1, this method would
probably fall under the "single-thought" version of the meditation. However,
after about ten minutes of focusing on the breath, it's as if it becomes
automatic without losing the intense focus. Like that's where the mind is
at, but it's not thinking about it, it's just happening. This, state of the
meditation, seems like it would fit in the "vacancy of mind" version of Step
1's meditation. Though, it seems like this approach is different than that
illustatrated by Bardon, for he says that in this last step of the
meditation, all thoughts should be energetically dismissed. In the method
illustrated above though, there is not a chance for thoughts to come
through, because the focus is on the breath, that is the sole thought. Then,
from the "1" thought, it transmutes to the "0" thought, just out of
calibrating and aligning, if you will, the planes of self. Perhaps, this is
exactly what is meant by the Step 1 meditation, and this was all just
further description for it. In any case, this may be of some help to others.

PaxAmoreLvx,
Justin
AV




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