this provides a nice ramp-up from the utter void… eventually moving into Carbon-Based Lifeforms / Sounds from the Ground territory without ever getting that heavy on the beat.
There is no comparision with ANY sensory pleasure if you experience this samadhi concentration. It is greater than any sensory pleasure.”
— Ven. Chung Ohun Lee, Ph.D. at 16:38 in the YouTube video.
I’m studying at the Won Buddhism temple of San Francisco. I’m blessed for it to be right around the corner from my dwellings at 2379 18th Ave. My yoga center and my meditation center are right near each other!
And Ven Sung Ha Lee gave me the secret:
Keep the length of the inhale and the exhale the same length. Control the breath and you control the mind. First focus on the coccyx, then on the tailbone, then the area below the navel as you inhale and exhale the same length. Start with 2 seconds for the inhale/exhale. Then lengthen to 3 seconds and keep going. Soon you will get out to twenty. This is your gateway to samadhi.
The solitary is the one who has learned by painful paths to live without props, the props supplied by other people, whether the props of self-affirmation, emotional support or the reassurance that one is going the right way. Even reliance upon the religious practices which at one time have provided such comfort must go. One leaves the broad green paths for those which are steep and rough. Only the emptiness, the no-thingness, is real.
— ‘Paths in Solitude’ by Eve Baker
empty your mind of every other thought
and you are very close to finding what you are looking for.
… when you’re rested.
gentle waters are closing over you,
sleep…
sleep…
Sleep.
Video clip is from Sherlock Holmes the Woman in Green (1945), starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Hilary Brooke as the hypnotist.
R.I.P. Michael Schmitt
Mike Schmitt was a student of Franklin Merrell-Wolff (FMW). FMW wrote the book “Pathways through to Space”, which was co-authored with John C. Lilly.
It seems that the floatation tank waiver form is getting a lot of attention. I think I got the original version from the lady who operates Float Houston. I’ve integrated all the suggestions and made it more readable. Enjoy.