Re: Emptiness of Mind

["Geoffrey Sy <geoffrey_sy@...>" <geoffrey_sy@...>]

Thanks Rawn,

But I think the problem is the word *aware*. I am not asleep in the 
sense that if someone suddenly open the door I will know. But I 
cannot say that I am fully awake because everything is blank. Even I 
do not know what I am doing. Can be so called "aware"? 

Regarding the one pointedness after I return from emptiness, what I 
focus upon? should I focus upon the period I went into emptiness in 
the sense that the blank there will become meaningful thoughts? Did 
I get it right?

Btw, is there any music I can listen to improve my path in hermetics 
while in the office?

Thanks very much

Regards,
Geoffrey

> Yes, so long as you are still *aware*. It's fairly common, at this
> stage, that you don't *remember* what transpires beyond thought 
(i.e.,
> you forget), but you should remain aware *during* the emptiness. In
> time, you will find that the emptiness is really quite full -- the 
only
> thing it is "empty" of is thought.
> As I explain (and demonstrate) in Lesson Three of the "Self-Healing
> Archaeous" audio series, the emptiness of mind state is the Fire 
region
> of the mental body. When you focus your awareness exclusively in 
this
> region through practice of the emptiness of mind, there is a direct
> perception of essential meaning which occurs beyond thought, idea, 
word,
> feeling, etc. It is pre-cognitive, so in order to become aware of 
what
> you are perceiving in that state, you must carefully return to a
> cognitive state. In the Archaeous, I recommend that you enter the
> emptiness from a one-pointedness state and then *return to
> one-pointedness* immediately after your emptiness. By entering 
*from*
> one-pointedness, you take your point of focus into the emptiness 
and it
> sets the stage, so to speak, for the direct perceptions within
> emptiness. Then, when you return to one-pointedness and examine 
your
> point of focus anew, the pre-cognitive direct perceptions from the
> emptiness take shape as thoughts, ideas and words. By doing this, 
you
> begin to build a bridge of continuous awareness between thinking
> cognition and the pre-cognitive direct perception of essential 
meaning
> found in the emptiness.
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 06 Jan 2003
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