Thank you for the ideas, Rawn. On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 15:04, Rawn Clark wrote: > Dear Debra, > > >> I can only speak of my own experience. I think replacement is the > key. One way to stop the 'words' in one's mind is to replace them with > images. I open up my mind's eye and just let the images flow. I focus on > seeing rather than hearing. It is possible that I have misunderstood the > intent of this exercise, though. Is it truly possible to completely > empty the mind? I would suspect that only happens at death. << > > :) Yes, it is possible to empty the mind of thought and you don't have > to die to do it! ;-) I recommend that you let go of even the images. > The replacement is good as a way to help sever the connection between > your awareness and the word aspect of thought (that aspect of thinking > which most of us are addicted to), but this is not a true emptiness. > > You might find my "Center of Stillness Meditation" and my "Self-Healing > Archaeous" helpful in this regard. These can be found at > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/MP3-Links.html > > My best to you, > :) Rawn Clark > 07 Sept 2003 > rawnclark@... > rawn@... > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis > http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >