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Bodhisattva in Recovery
Well, they help to show you what I have in mind, lol.Can I first point out that these are some really awesome questions?
I understand. It is merely a question of practice.My answer to your first question is that many of my perceptions are still a little fuzzy, but a few things have been quite clear. And, it's been due to a lot of practice. My senses have been a little more refined since beginning practice and concentrating on the more subtle realms.
Indeed it is, it is in deedI have found myself able to smell and hear things that are absolutely NOT of this gross physical/material world. But the sight thing is pretty radical, I must say.
LOL... sorry I am laughing with you... not AT you, lol. Yep, the eye does have a way of getting one's attention, lol. I love the transitions you are describing. Wonderful. Have you reached the Eye yet, or is it still in the middle of your field of vision? I know it sounds odd, but try to move towards the Eye. An adept surely should know how, but for our Home audience (Hehe.) I would say that it is simply in focusing your will. Belief isn't required when one is staring straight at something is it? To make this easier, think of yourself as being a magnet that is positive and the eye is another magnet that is also positive. (We could easily say the opposite, but I hope you *grok* the idea.) The harder you try to enter or get near the eye, the further it will recede. The key to doing this is easier that it sounds but you have to figure out that aspect of the gem yourself. As usual, if you desire to be There, you will not be There. When you no longer desire to be There you will almost be There... that is when you apply your will (life-force or whatever you want to call it) and make the leap. Does that make any sense at all?If I must narrow it down to any recurring experience, I would have to say two distinct visions keep popping up: the Tunnel, and the Eye - with the latter vision experienced the most often. When I first saw the Eye staring back at me, I actually jumped up out of my meditation seated position (which I don't usually recommend LOL). After a while, I became quite comfortable with it. Once I attached a to it and saw it as either the Eye of Horus or the Eye of Ra (I could never remember which was which), the shape of the eye changed. It would change to a horse's eye, then a baby's eye, then a cat's eye, and on and on and on.
When you feel you are ready, begin to stalk the eye and make it yours. You will not be disappointed.Now I simply observe it observing me.
My drawings from yesteryear are full of spirals and double-helixes. I see this as the nuclear self or the self reduced to particle form. Do you ever get to the end of the tunnel or is it simply rotating? Is it rotating at all? Left to right or right to left (as there are two intersecting vortices.)The Tunnel is a whirling, swirling, vivid and colorful thing to travel through. I don't feel that I'm out of my body at that time, but it's like I'm watching a 3-D movie. I guess I simply watch a psychedelic experience unfolding until it's time to come back to the real world.
Yes, of course it makes sense, lol. When you get to the eye... hang tight. Houston, we are go for main engine start!Honestly, no. But I have experienced a heightened <i>awareness</i> of all the directions despite not looking in all directions. It is as if all my senses have become 10x more refined, including spatial awareness. Does that make sense?
Well you are a Tibetan MysticOK, let's see if I can explain this sensibly in any way whatsoever, since this is getting deeper into Tibetan mysticism.
Buddha is considered to have three bodies, three forms, three cosmological functions These are called 1) Sambhogakaya - the form the enlightened mind appears to benefit highly realized bodhisattvas (also called the enjoyment body); 2) Nirmanakaya - the form the enlightened mind appears to benefit ordinary beings (also called emanation body)
That is pretty well bang on, Heather. The thing is, it is both a state of consciousness AND a place that is not a place, as we would normally think of the term... but it is a place nonetheless.*both of these forms are also referred to collectively as rupakaya - which is how we identify the holy body of a Buddha (also called form body)*
The dharma-kaya is the form of the enlightened mind that is free of all forms, from my understanding. Here is the FPMT official definition of the term:
Excellent answers Heather. To my understanding, although limited of course due to physical constraints, Og-Min signifies a legendary Realm of the Densely-Packed. You could call it reality as viewed from the photon's perspective.I'm not at all familiar with the term Og-Min, though. I'm sorry that I can't comment on that.
Here is a source from the Bardo Thodol,; For more discussion of the Central Realm of the Densely-Packed, see Evans-Wentz (1960, P.107).
The experience of Og-Min is transforming to say the least and words do not describe it well. It is almost a sub-atomic reality where micro and macro are One. It is hard to think of much else to say other than it is very bright indeed. Take some sunblock and sunglasses. J/K. I do remember the Dharma-Kaya as being like a cloudless sky that certainly seemed infinite. It was a magnificent crystal clear blue/aquamarine that took my breath away. Considering that I was out of my body, that is saying a lot. <grin>
I knew what I was seeing/perceiving was the Dharma-kaya and only later after I borrowed a copy of the Evans-Wentz Tibetan Book of the Dead from the library did I see my exact descriptions written there in plain view. It's hard to put in meaningful terms, but even then I KNEW what I was doing and what I was perceiving, I just didn't have the appreciation for what it all meant. (That probably sounds like a contradiction but I will assure you that it is not.) It took me decades to distill the meaning. I guess I am just thicker than most. PS: The Hare Krsna's refer to the Dharma-Kaya as being the Spiritual Sky... and is somewhat literal and somewhat metaphorical.