On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:24 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:

> I'm wondering whether there might be a better model
> for witnessing than a simple binary ON/OFF switch.
> How about more of a rheostat control?  You move the
> slider on the light switch to its first position and the
> light clicks on.  But you can control how *brightly* the
> light is on by moving the slider further up the scale.
>
> Is it possible that there are varying "degrees" of witnessing,
> seperate-but-equal levels of appreciation of the same
> phenomenon?

In the oral tradition of practice from both Gaudapada (one of the Holy 
Trad.) and yogas from the tantras all seem to share at least three 
different types of witnessing: witnessing at the level of the ajna, the 
throat and heart chakra. The quality of presence at each is quite 
different, so they are taught for integrating different types of 
experience and different states of consciousness. In some of them the 
sense of witnessing is almost too "bright" for good sleeping yet are 
more suitable for waking, where the brightness is more welcome. And 
still others will bring presence to the dream state.



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