Edgar, I like it! - ED
--- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Bill, et al,
>
> There is a deeper meaning to 'jumping into the abyss' which I'll try
to explain in words.
>
> It has to do with the feeling of free falling in the mind. One of the
characteristics of the mind's illusory construct of the physical body is
that the mind rigidly locates its simulation of self inside the physical
body and tries to keep it there (OBEs confirm this mental mechanism
momentarily dissapearing). This is an impediment to freeing
consciousness in Zen where the consciousness should float freely and not
be centered in the body or more specifically the head. Jumping into the
abyss is a metaphor for freeing the consciousness from being crammed
into the head and pinned there by the mind's illusory cognitive model of
reality.
>
> Presumably sky divers, astronauts and bungee jumpers etc. get glimpses
of this but the technique I use is to meditate in front of a waterfall
on the falling water. When the mind concentrates on the falling water at
some point consciousness suddenly releases its grip and falls with the
water while simultaneously staying in the same place. It's the
experience of freeing the consciousness from being pinned into the
dimensionalization of space and from being stuck inside the physical
head.
>
> If this isn't clear let me know and I'll try to clarify it....
>
> Edgar
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