Aldous Huxley - meditation

Aldous Huxley's Island

Meditation is one of the ways in which one co-operates with those gratuitious graces - mystical experiences.
By cultivating the state of mind that makes it possible for the dazzling estatic insights to become permanent and habitual illuminations.
By getting know oneself to the point where one won't be compelled by one's unconscious to do all the ugly, absurd, self-stultifying things that one so often finds oneself doing.
It helps ones to be more intelligent on the deeper level of concrete expereinces and personal relationship.
It is ok if u have no talents or cleverness. The intelligence will help u in living, understanding people and helping them - growing more senstive and skilful.
Cleverness and talents can sometimes gets in the way as you may tempt into habitual symbol-manipulation and become an obstacle in the way of concrete experiencing and the reception of gratuitious grace.

Soul - similar to what was said by Sadhguru. The so called dumb ones can reach spiritual heights much faster cos they provide less obstacle.
Saying that, I too provide obstacle. Fear of losing my chinese culture, my family tradition makes me fearful of Indian spirituality.
Have been doing aum and now open wider and have a sense of vibration. Jus realised all the while, my difficulty is due to me reducing the sound cos embarassed of being heard.
This gives me the motivation to continue. When I first started this path, my main objective is that I want to be in control. I cannot let my unconscious control me and hence I went deep inside to explore all my unconscious, open up all doors...of cos, at times got hurt cos I jumped in too fast..but its has been a worthwhile journey.
Towards end of last year, when I faced my weakness in reporting, I was at my ends, knowing my mind cant be trusted and knowing that no matter how much knowledge I have, I need to take care of my mind, which is shitty.
So, I thought of meditation.....and now i know meditation is to enable my Intelligence to operate on a longer mode and allow me to manage my unconscious mode in a more efficient way :)



Aldous Huxley
Friendliness evokes friendliness.

Soul
This morning I tot of my boss - everything brokes down with her and life seem not to be smooth. I tot perhaps its karma as she makes life not smooth for others.
Yday she complain of people giving her agro. Now reading this, I tot that my boss give people agro n hence now receive agro too. This year her card is 6 heart - karmic return on relationships.


Aldoux Huxley
Say grace with meals. We don't say grace; we chew it.
Grace is the first mouthful of each course - chewed and chewed until there is nothing left of it. And all the time you are chewing, you pay attention to the flavour of the food, to its consistency and temperature, to the pressures on your teeth and the feel of muscles in your jaw
While you were paying attention to these things, you were momentarily delivered from daydreams, from memories, from anticipations, from silly notions - from all the symptoms of you.
Tasting is to make me more conscious of what the not-me is up to.

Soul - that is a good practice. When I eat, I don't think. I savour d food, its texture. But what I didn't do is to chew it. Wil be chewing.