這是一個在靜定下,擴展自我覺知、讓自己邁向對「真正的自己」的覺知,體驗自己確實能有意識地進入一種大我意識(Self Conscious)的好方法。它並不難懂,但它的價值不在了解這觀念,而在實際去體驗和練習。只要你有意願,每一個人都能在靜定下,做深呼吸,練習讓自己的心智空白,讓呼吸引領你進入內心,喚起和體驗自己的大我意識。
聽神談【如何感受和看見你「真正的自己」?】
如果你不曾在你自己身外看見它,你便完全無法在你自己內心覺知它。如果你不曾在你自己內心看見它,你便完全無法在你自己身外在覺知它 (You cannot become aware of anything outside of yourself without seeing it inside of yourself.) 。兩者可以同時做到,並且一直都是如此。
當你向外在世界保持開放時,當你在它裡面移動或穿過它而移動時,保持你對周遭一切的敏銳覺知。觀看事情就好像你以前從沒看過它們的樣子。讓每個片刻都可以是一種靜觀(meditation)。看看在人行道上的裂縫、樹的葉子、花朵的花辦、人群裡的臉。練習看它們全都是你 (Practice seeing them all as You.)。
只是看見你自己在那兒。別問你自己你在那兒做什麼,或你如何到那兒,或你怎麼可能在那兒,只是看見你自己(Self 大我) 在那兒。稱那為「你自己」。
別說:「只不過為了上帝的恩典,我才去那兒。」倒不如說:「因為上帝的恩典,我到了那兒。」
「我又來了,做一個身無分文的流浪漢;我又來了,做為一朵田野裡的花;我又來了,做一個盛氣凌人的配偶;我又來了,做一個壓迫人民的異域獨裁者;我又來了,做為那一株小草。」
只是看著你自己在「每一個地方」。並當你看見自己在那裡,知道自己在那裡,而在那裡的東西你都能「在你之內看到」時,微笑以對。
每天撥一點時間去到你的內心世界。當你在通往這內在世界移動時,放下所有外在世界的思維和影像。允許你的心智變成空白,做深呼吸,並集中精神在你的呼吸上。讓你的呼吸成為引領你進入你內心的聲音。
摘自《重新定義神》第4章
You cannot become aware of anything within yourself without seeing it outside of yourself, and you cannot become aware of anything outside of yourself without seeing it inside of yourself. Both things can be done at once, and always are.
When you are open to the Outside World, when you are moving in it and through it, keep keen your awareness of everything around you. Look at things as you have never looked at them before. Make every moment a meditation. See the cracks in the sidewalk, the leaves on the tree, the petals on the flowers, the faces in the crowd. Practice seeing them all as You.
When you are open to the Outside World, when you are moving in it and through it, keep keen your awareness of everything around you. Look at things as you have never looked at them before. Make every moment a meditation. See the cracks in the sidewalk, the leaves on the tree, the petals on the flowers, the faces in the crowd. Practice seeing them all as You.
Just see yourself there. Don't ask yourself what you are doing there or how you got there or how it's possible for you to be there, just see your Self there. Call yourself that.
Do not say, "There, but for the grace of God, go I." Rather, say, "There, because of the grace of God, I go."
"There I go again, being a street person without money. There I go again, being a flower in that field. There I go again, being a domineering spouse. There I go again, being a dictator in a foreign land oppressing my people. There I go again, being that blade of grass."
Just see yourself everywhere. And smile when you see yourself there, knowing that you are there, and that what is there is in you.
Now then, set aside time each day to go to the world within. As you move through this Inside World, lose all thoughts and images of the Outside World. Allow your mind to go blank. Breathe deeply and simply concentrate on the sound of your breath. Make your breath your mantra—the sound that takes you within.