The semipermeable membrane is a unique form of filter that is used in chemistry to allow two solutions to be divided with the particles dissolved in them to move freely across their concentration gradients. Particles in high distribution dissolve to the side with less particles. Think of it as the affect of gravity in water. The end result is that the solutes in the two solutions reach a state of equilibrium, and then the motion stabilizes.
So too must we be in our mind’s inner sanctum. A state of chaos, a state of flux, causes us to flood catecholamines, stress hormones, to be anxious, to be nervous, to be depressed. What allows for the balance of elements in science is the semipermeability of the membrane. Imagine trying to make a state of equilibrium across as solid wall. There are solid walls all around us. Trying to keep us out. Trying to keep us in. What is important to us than in acquiring harmony between our inner and outer reality is to dissolve our walls, let down our boundaries, and selectively filter in and out the right amount of energy to maintain our balance.
Joedaism teaches a simple meditative technique to help practitioners grasp the basis of mentation. Keep in mind, these are simple techniques, but what lies underneath them is what is truly important. These meditative techniques harvest a certain state of mind, a piece of being, that sometimes can only come to light with the understanding of restrospect. Patience. Try this technique daily. Soon you will See.
Here is how it is done:
1) Close your eyes.
2) Breath. Slowly.
3) Imagine the inside of your head, feel the sides above your ears. Feel the counters of the back of your face. Feel the curvature of your skull from the top of your head back to the base of your neck. Draw a solid line to outline your entire skull from the inside.
4) Hold this 3D image of your head in your mind. Imagine it to be filled in completely with concrete. Imagine it is heavy.
5) Now slide this concrete impression of your skull out the left side of your head into space. Now pull it back in.
6) Repeat this on the right.
7) Now take the image and shoot it out the top of your head far out above you into space.
8) Now explode the image, as if 1000 lbs of TNT exploded inside it, sending shards of your concrete head spreading in all directions all throughout the galaxies.
9) Now sit quietly in the empty vault that is your inner sanctum.
10) Redraw the boundaries of your empty head again from inside, but this time with a dotted line.
11) Imagine energy now moving in and out of your head through the dots in the line.
12) Stay still in this moment, now you have tasted the 1st degree of enlightenment.
13) Return here often, either through this exercise, one you create on your own, or if you achieve the ability, come directly to this place with no prior preparation.
14) Now you are ready to confront the world.
Next time…Joe talks about the ultimate meditation in motion…Exercise!!!
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I like this metaphor a lot. My yoga teacher says to imagine you have a private garden to stroll through, but that gives me too much to think about. This is more peaceful.
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