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8/25/07
Fatness feeling and no mind center
(4th jhana)
Fatness and no mind center...
I climbed up to the Buddha up the hill at Wat Tum Sua here in Krabi
yesterday and I sat around 5:30. There were a group of monks and a
woman in white- like a nun that helps out at the temple. The group
was quite talkative and was in the one spot that I thought I had the
least chance of tourists coming by and so after 20 minutes of
looking at the incredible view I just sat down right there to
meditate. The monk group stayed and talked for a while and left
after 20-30 minutes.
As they were still there my mind was able to
get very calm, and the body was near totally relaxed. Breathing came
easily and when they did leave the "fatness" feeling came VERY
strongly for about 30 minutes. I then had the mind's point of
reference shift -or disappear so that I could not tell where the "i"
was - or where "me" was... so to speak. I let that go on for a bit
and then I opened my eyes... and, well, it's all in the video. I
recorded this video at some caves in Krabi that I was scouting for
meditation places. I think they'll do fine. I'll sit there in some
days ahead. Need bug spray first.
Watch the video - you'll see the cave, some scenery, and some people
riding an elephant at the trekking place next to the cave.
Fatness Video (.wmv)
about 4MB
Note - I
call the fatness feeling - the feeling where the body feels as if
it's growing outwardly in all directions. At times the mind feels
the same - to be expanding and growing to fill the room, the
cosmos... The fatness feeling happens when the body has gone
completely numb. I feel it in my head or my hands or chest first...
I describe it better in the video.
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