Intuitive Voice Recovery in Ten Stages

Weaponising Mindfulness: Self Kindfulness is not just for stress. We can also ap...

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:25:00 +0000

Weaponising Mindfulness: Self Kindfulness is not just for stress. Kindfulness is not just for stress. We can also apply Kindfulness to our daily practice of wellbeing.

The Ten Stages is a studied recovery course. It is a source of reconnection a method of unlearning and a reintroduction to our child within which leads us back to our one true intuitive voice.We start to learn and come out of our protective dysfunctional shell and reclaim our lives. www.thetenstages.com

We study the ways we have hurt ourselves, others, and the environment through replication of our traumatic history

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:15:00 +0000

We study the ways we have hurt ourselves, others, and the environment through replication of our traumatic history, and we become willing to awaken to them all.

Now that we have awakened to what was done to us we are ready to take responsibility for what we have done—and what we do.

Had we attempted this before we held our perpetrators accountable, we would have misjudged what motivated our behaviour and inappropriately pathologiesed ourselves. We can see that our worst thoughts and actions were only a coded replication of the worst that was done to us. Now it is our job to sort out the code. We trace the connection between the traumas we suffered and the traumas we committed—and continue to commit. We connect our defeating adult behaviour to the wounds of our childhood. It was never our true self that was hurtful, only our wounded and raging child. With this mature perspective, we become willing to awaken to all we have harmed: ourselves, others, and our own home.

We start to understand our history and our ancestral history.The wars the economic deprivations that became part of our life

INTULEXIA and the dying Genius Project

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 02:55:00 +0000

Having the experience of dying both from stroke heart attack and kidney failure gives me a unique view of the world of living in a burning forest and having to evacuate each time the fire breaks out with communication with the disposed of this forest world this world is populated by Socrates, Einstein and Galileo who shine a unique other worldly light on communication. The ability to communicate with the disordered, chaotic and slightly touched of humanity the real genius of reality is those that do not wish to join an insane society and recognise the dissocional position they are in..

Grant us access to our intuitive voice to accept all guidance revealed through our meditations of our child within us

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 08:02:00 +0000

"Ten Stages Peace & Meditation": " Grant us access to our intuitive voice to accept all guidance revealed through our meditations of our child within us, the courage to let go of the things we are asked to, and the wisdom to interpret our intuition according to our child withins will for us"

The obsessions generated by unresolved emotional trauma run deep and can leave festering scars of dissociation.

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 28 May 2018 02:24:00 +0000

The obsessions generated by unresolved emotional trauma run deep and can leave festering scars of dissociation.

Modern doctors quickly prescribe antidepressants in the wake of emotional trauma. And while these can definitely provide much-needed help for some people, they can also be harmful to others, so some of us may try to walk a more natural path first.

This can be frustrating as well, for the emotional scars and mental toll that trauma leaves us with can sometimes feel impossible to overcome on our own. There are some natural remedies out there that may help make your journey to healing just a little bit less bumpy. These have helped me, and I hope they help you.

Take a Walk in Nature

When you’re in the depths of grieving, it’s easy to want to curl up in bed 24/7. However, getting out of the house, even for an hour, can lift your spirits. Going for a walk will get your blood flowing and remind you that you are a still a beautiful creature of nature. As an added bonus, taking your walk near a forest, creek or another natural setting can fill you with the serenity of living things and help you reconnect with the Earth.

Just Breathe

Deep breathing has long been a way to centre, focus and clear a weary mind. Deep breathing techniques saturate your blood with oxygen, something we lack when depressed. Try implementing the heart breath into your daily routine. Place one hand or both over your heart, and take deep, slow breaths, focusing on the heartbeat. Visualise your heart filling with universal light and love.

Write it Down

Writing is a phenomenal way to help you process negative emotions and make sense of trauma. Writing can even help you eliminate negative behaviours. Writing activates the part of the brain that regulates behaviour. Writing literally carves new neural pathways in the brain. This can help you address and change unhealthy behaviours such as resorting to drinking or drugs to ease pain.

Similar to writing, journaling helps you to process grief in a more systematic way. Due to its chronological nature, it also helps you track your progress as you heal. If you’re not sure how to begin, try searching for writing prompts, especially those designed for people struggling with grief, anxiety and depression. These help you calm and centre your thoughts and focus on where you are and where you wish to be.

Yoga or Relaxation Therapy

Yoga and/or relaxation therapy can help heal the grieving heart. Many Yoga studios will even offer a free session, which helps to get your feet wet with the practice. This has the added benefit of getting you out of the house. If you don’t wish to leave the house, YouTube offers a ton of free Yoga videos. Some videos only last a few minutes, which is great for those days you feel yourself lagging a little bit.

Or try Shavasana, lying flat on your back with your palms up, your legs gently apart, and your eyes closed. Slowly tense and then relax each muscle of the body, becoming aware of your physical self and any areas in need of added relaxation.

We tend to forget the complex structure that is our brain. The brain is an amazing and resilient mechanism. It contains 100 billion neurons and even more connections designed for healing, given the right conditions. Yoga can help you strengthen those connections and keep your brain sharp even in the most difficult of circumstances.

Be Scent-sational

Essential oils have been used in alternative medicine to promote relaxation and a calm spirit. Some of the best essential oils for lifting grief include lavender, rose, bergamot, ylang-ylang, chamomile and frankincense. You can find essential oil diffusers at many retail stores. Try a few drops before bedtime and before meditating. Mix a few drops with your favorite lotion to experience uplifting soul scents all day long.

Get Creative

Creative activities have the power to lift the grieving spirit. Painting or drawing a picture, planting a beautiful garden, playing a musical instrument or singing, crocheting a quilt or knitting a sweater are all wonderful ways to let your artist’s spirit soar. Even something as simple as rearranging furniture and redecorating a room on the cheap can lighten a melancholy mood.

Whatever your grief, acknowledge it, and remind yourself: you deserve time to heal. Practicing one of these techniques, or a combination of several, can certainly help you in your journey. Take the time to do what you need to do to heal your beautiful child within. And remember: people care about you, you are important, and help is there if you need it.

Our intuitive insight of using scent and nature.

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 28 May 2018 02:22:00 +0000

Our intuitive insight of using scent and nature. These are both actually somatic tools.
To better understand the biology of trauma and why you feel what you feel

Be Mindful with Meditation

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 17 May 2018 08:20:00 +0000

Be Mindful with Meditation

Do you find your mind clouded with thoughts? Do you dwell on worries a little too much throughout the day? Opt for a healthy dose of zen by setting aside some valuable meditation time to unleash your inner mindfulness whenever stress begins to hinder your obtainment of peace.

Start off by finding a relaxing spot free from any distractions or worries. Close your eyes and take a deep breath through your nostrils. Release the air through your mouth and repeat the process while concentrating solely on your body and mind.

Meditation not only puts your mind at ease but also boosts your overall mental and physical health. Mindfulness helps beat depression, strengthen your immune system, and decrease the total amount of stress that hinders your ability to achieve higher levels of happiness every day.
Immerse Yourself in Nature

In our current technologically driven age of endless screens, devices and increasingly advanced machinery, it’s sometimes easy to feel overwhelmed throughout the day. But while the world may seem bustling, and technology is now an essential part of our everyday lives, it doesn’t mean you can’t find a little escape in nature.

There’s no better way to find a sense of inner peace and mindfulness than by immersing yourself in natural surroundings. Vow to explore a new park or lake at least once a week to remind yourself of the beauty of the natural world. Nature is majestic and relaxing, and a quick look at the splendor of the environment shows you that you can achieve the same level of tranquility too.
Stretch Your Muscles Yoga-Style

Nothing helps put you in your zen-zone quite like a session of tension-relieving Yoga. From the simple Downward-Facing Dog to the more complex Scorpion pose, all forms of Yoga — from easy to advanced — help you get one step closer to strengthening both your body and mind.

Did you know that engaging in muscle-strengthening activities such as Yoga and aerobics four to six hours a week can improve your physical and mental health as well as your mood? Setting aside the time to stretch your muscles in a relaxing environment strengthens your physique and your spiritual awareness.

Dedicate a half hour to an hour of your time every day to practice Yoga, your mind and body will thank you for it.
Brew a Glass of Green Tea

The next time you find yourself tempted to swig back a bottle of soda, consider swapping your sugary beverage for a refreshing glass of green tea instead.

Drinking a hot cup of tea is an act full of relaxation, but that’s not all. The components in your warm drink may just hold the key to calming you down when you most need it as well. The leaves in green teas possess high levels of L-Theanine, a chemical associated with lower levels of anger and stress.

Whenever you need to find your zen, pour a freshly brewed pot of green tea into your favorite coffee mug or cup. Sit back, relax, and take a soothing sip of this feel-good drink as a sense of peaceful content ensues.
Remember to Pause

Finding your zen may just be a matter of slowing down throughout the day. If you find yourself regularly on the go, hurriedly rushing from one place to the next, peace may seem like just a dream, not a reality.

Rushing around at work is one of the top causes of stress and can make you feel less productive throughout the day. Remember to set aside at least half an hour each day to pause and reflect. Consider jotting down your thoughts in a journal to put your worries onto paper.

By setting aside this time to stop and contemplate, you’ll find that achieving a sense of ease throughout the day is not only obtainable but simple.

Remember that the key to achieving your perfect zen can be as simple as slowing down and taking a moment to reflect on your life throughout the day. While stressful moments can be an everyday part of existence, that doesn’t mean they have to be an inevitable component of your life too.

With these peace-inducing tips and tricks in mind, you can unleash your inner zen whenever you need a moment to pause, think, and obtain a much-needed sense of peace. Treat every breath of every day like a blessing, and it will soon feel much more like one!

Our everyday lives have become chaotic.

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sat, 05 May 2018 08:22:00 +0000

Our everyday lives have become chaotic.

It’s easy to feel worn down when dissociation exhaustion starts to throw our daily existence off balance.

Within each of us lies the power to separate ourselves from the confusion of dissociation by harnessing a higher level of consciousness and peace known as our meditation level.

Whether you’re looking to merely slow down and relax, or achieve a greater sense of consciousness throughout the day, here’s a list of five quick ways you can find your inner happiness and tranquility anytime, anywhere.
Be Mindful with Meditation

Do you find your mind clouded with thoughts? Do you dwell on worries a little too much throughout the day? Opt for a healthy dose of letting go meditation by setting aside some valuable meditation time to unleash our child hidden within whenever stress begins to hinder our obtainment of a peaceful mind.

Start off by finding an interior relaxing spot free from any distractions or worries. Close our eyes and take a breath through our nostrils. Release the air through our mouth and repeat the process while concentrating solely on our body and mind.

Meditation not only puts your mind at ease but also boosts your overall mental and physical health. Mindfulness helps beat depression, strengthen your immune system, and decrease the total amount of stress that hinders your ability to achieve higher levels of happiness every day.

Immerse Yourself in Nature

In our current technologically driven age of endless screens, devices and increasingly advanced machinery, it’s sometimes easy to feel overwhelmed throughout the day. But while the world may seem bustling, and technology is now an essential part of our everyday lives, it doesn’t mean you can’t find a reality in nature.

There’s no better way to find a sense of child within and mindfulness than by immersing ourselves in natural surroundings. Vow to explore a new park or lake at least once a week to remind ourself of the beauty of the natural world. Nature is majestic and relaxing, and a quick look at the splendor of the environment shows you that you can achieve the same level of tranquility too.

Stretch Your Muscles Yoga-Style

Nothing helps put us into our child withins presence quite like a session of tension-relieving meditation. This helps us get one stage closer to strengthening both our body and mind.

Setting aside the time to stretch our muscles in a relaxing environment strengthens our physique and our awareness.

Dedicate a half hour to an hour of our time every day to a personal practice , our mind and body will thank us for it.

Brew a Glass of Green Tea

The next time we find ourselves tempted to swig back a bottle of soda, consider swapping our sugary beverage for a refreshing glass of green tea instead.

Drinking a hot cup of tea is an act full of relaxation, but that’s not all. The components in our warm drink may just hold the key to calming us down when we most need it as well. The leaves in green teas possess high levels of L-Theanine, a chemical associated with lower levels of anger and stress.

Whenever we need to find our peace spot, pour a freshly brewed pot of green tea into our favourite coffee mug or cup. Sit back, relax, and take a soothing sip of this feel-good drink as a sense of peaceful content ensues.
Remember to Pause

Finding our peace spot may just be a matter of slowing down throughout the day. If we find ourself regularly on the go, hurriedly rushing from one place to the next, peace may seem like just a dream, not a reality.

Rushing around is one of the top causes of stress and can make us feel less productive throughout the day. Remember to set aside at least half an hour each day to pause and reflect. Consider jotting down our thoughts in a journal to put our worries onto paper.

By setting aside this time to stop and contemplate, we’ll find that achieving a sense of ease throughout the day is not only obtainable but simple.

Remember that the key to achieving our perfect elle can be as simple as slowing down and taking a moment to reflect on our life throughout the day. While stressful moments can be an everyday part of existence, that doesn’t mean they have to be an inevitable component of our life too.

With these peace-inducing meditations in mind, you can unleash our child within whenever we need a moment to pause, think, and obtain a much-needed sense of peace. Treat every breath of every day like a release from dissociation, and it will soon feel much more like ones passport back into reality!

Seven Heart attacks three monitored death experiences one lasting over three hours a failing kidney and a stroke brought me to a point of trying to understand The Bardot experience

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:45:00 +0000

Seven Heart attacks three monitored death experiences one lasting over three hours a failing kidney and a stroke brought me to a point of trying to understand The Bardot experience and attempting to do a bardot meditation in a new treatment room at the bamboo gardens.
If you know the proper techniques, there are certain cultivation practices you can follow immediately after you die, when you're in the intermediate "transition" phase between death and a new rebirth called the bardo.

The Tibet school has many teachings on this topic, but it's impossible to cultivate these practices unless you are familiar with the techniques before you die. Otherwise, you'll simply continue to be pushed along by the winds of karma in the after life, and will not be able to use this opportune time (when you're finally free of the constraints posed by the coarse physical body) for cultivation. The intermediate period between rebirths is called the "bardo stage" and the cultivation practices for this period of time are called bardo stage yogas. In actual fact, however, any intercessory period is a bardo stage and can become the subject of cultivation.

Remember, any gap between states, any intercession, any pause, and disjunction is called a BARDO. Dozens and dozens of cultivation methods are built upon seizing the moment of the bardo between two states.

In terms of bardo intermediate states, we must note that there is a silent period of resting between any two periods of dissimilar activity. Whether it is between two thoughts, two breaths, between waking and sleeping, dreaming and non-dreaming or between death and rebirth, the transitional state between two different phases always entails a minor period of resting. That's an entry point by which we can enter into realizing the true nature of the mind because the busy mind is quiet at that time.

One of the reasons there are so many cultivation methods in the world is that different techniques are designed around different types of cessational (bardo) periods. For instance, the bardo state between sleep and waking is the basis of the dream yoga practices, the silent gap between thoughts is the basis of Tien-tai cessation and contemplation practice, and the pause between respirations is the basis of pranayama breathing practices. This state of cessation, called XI or hsi, is the basis of the Anapan method of Buddhism that is revealed in the Anapanasati sutra.

All these practices focus on periods of cessation when the mind is momentarily at rest. If you can extend the amount of time you stay in that state while maintaining your awareness, this open but silent awareness can eventually converge into samadhi. If you apply wisdom to observe the state produced, then you can increase your stage of cultivation and eventually enter into the Tao.

At the initial stages of cultivation, the periods of cessation we've cited are all states where it's possible to drop, even though it's only a short while, the "sixth mind" of ordinary consciousness. During all these transition periods, our mental activity is greatly diminished and ordinary mentation seems absent. Thus these are periods where we can still our thoughts. However, since fundamental awareness always exists, we can use our knowing awareness during these intercessions to try and realize the true nature of the mind.

Capturing this idea of bardo contemplation, the Hindu Tantraloka symbolically states, "Do not worship the Lord during the day. Do not worship the Lord during the night. The Lord must be worshipped at the meeting of day and night." In other words, the transitional state is the period of cessation when it is "neither one nor the other", so this is where you should focus your cultivation. This is a bardo cultivation method. Do you get it? During these stages the mind is clear and awake, and thus one can awaken if they have the wisdom of letting go while maintaining mindfulness or awareness.

We typically refer to these intercessory gaps as being empty, but "cessation periods" are just lower stages of mental activity. For instance, we hear sounds, and when we don't hear any sounds, we call this silence. But actually, sounds are a form, and silence is a form as well; silence is just the sound of no disturbance. So sounds and silence are both forms, but there's that one thing above both that can comprehend their true nature. It's this one which we are seeking, and the focus during the bardo gap of silence is to realize its true nature. Thus the various bardo meditations involve making use of the temporary experiences of minor stages of emptiness in order to progress towards true emptiness. Hence, concentrating on various gaps is just a means of abandoning excessive external pollution, giving the mind time to introspect, to turn around within, and realize it's true body.

As to the famous bardo yoga practices for the period between death and rebirth, these belong to a specific form of cultivation technology which is very similar to kundalini yoga.

The problem in our ordinary lives is that we're always preoccupied with our bodily sensations, and so we can't enter into samadhi. One way to defeat this type of clinging, or playing with sensations, is to imagine you're dead, which is one way to cultivate. It's extremely difficult to get rid of the view of the body, and the Zen school goes out of its way to point out that you really need great wisdom to discard this view. So imagining you are dead and letting go of your thoughts and sensations is one very important way to practice while you're still alive. But when you really die and have not yet go on to rebirth, there is yet another way to practice.

Shortly after death, every being is free of the restrictions of the body and will momentarily experience the formless "clear light" that accompanies the fundamental state of reality. When you can realize the clear light, this is the same stage as "seeing Tao", and the clear light will naturally appear upon your death. Why does it appear? Because it's the fundamental nature of reality, and when you're finally free of the confines of the body, and before you assume a new body, you'll be able to realize it. That's why people have to learn to discard their thoughts and body during the process of cultivation. In fact, the clear light also appears every time we're just about to wake up from sleep, and so it becomes the focus of the Tibetan "clear light of sleep" practices which ask you to concentrate on the heart chakra. While they're related, the bardo state clear light of death practices are different from this form of cultivation.

When you die, your intermediate body is composed of chi, like the body you seem to possess in dreams, and you can use this more subtle body to cultivate the clear light when it arises. If you have the requisite merit, and are familiar with the after death bardo practices, if you have previously achieved some level of accomplishment in your meditation practice and are not frightened during this period, then you may be able to "see Tao" at this point in time.

The detailed instructions for this form of practice are too lengthy for inclusion within this book, but can be found in the Tibetan Book of the Dead and various other Tibetan works which greatly expound upon this technique. The basis of practice is to perceive that realm of primordial formless awareness, which Tibetans call the clear light, which corresponds to neither existence nor nonexistence. Although the full teachings of bardo yoga are lengthy, the stages of death and the accompanying bardo practices which are relevant to the path of cultivation can be summarized to some extent as follows.

The first element to start dissipating upon death is the chi of the earth element. When the earth element starts to dissipate, your arms and limbs will begin to feel heavy, as if you can't move your body anybody. It's a very dull, indistinct feeling because you're losing the sensation of the earth element since the earth element chi is dissipating. Similarly, for people who die because of sickness, their bodies will slowly lose their weight and mass which is a forewarning of this element's dissolution. But when the earth element is really leaving, your power of sight and vision will start to diminish, objects may seem to appear as if they're in the distance, or as we often see in the movies, the eyes will slow their flickering and become dull and lifeless.

These are just the initial stages of death, and you can still recover at this stage. But next the water element in the body starts to dissipate, and you'll secrete a very sticky sweat throughout the body and lose other bodily fluids. At the same time as the water element is diffusing, your power of hearing will also diminish, so you won't be able to hear sounds clearly anymore, and sounds will seem as if they're coming from far away. Next the sphincter muscle will release and the last bowel movement will occur. The urine will pass out of the bladder, and the individual will also release their seminal or sexual fluids. Then the individual will enter a state of unconsciousness or semi-consciousness where everything seems chaotic and moving about. The individual will no longer be able to recognize the meaning of different objects, but will be caught in their own little world. Thus they won't be able to recognize the people about them, or even the names of visitors and family members.

Now the loss of urine and feces shows that the downward moving chi of the body is dissipating, but the upward moving chi also wants to leave the body, so phlegm will begin to form in the throat during this process. In fact, when the water element is dissipating, the mouth will become dry and the individual may not be able to speak clearly anymore, or will only be able to mumble indistinct sounds. Because the upward moving wind is dissipating, one's breath will also become extremely shallow and will only reach to the throat rather than to the bottom of the lungs. Thus many people will seem as if they're choking, or struggling to breathe and speak, which is the upward flowing wind undergoing the state of dissolution. At this time the sixth consciousness is still there, but it's operating in a very restricted state.

When the individual goes through this choking phase, this is the last bit of the water element leaving the body. Soon the wind element will also leave, and at that time the individual will take their last breath. But at this current point in the process, the perceptions of the outside world will have stopped and the individual will rest in their own thought world separate from the input of the senses. This state has often been described as a yellowish or shadowy state of mind, or the road to Hades. After this stage, the heat and wind elements will then begin to leave the body.

As these last elements leave, at this point a doctor or hospital may try to use electrical or other invasive measures to try and shock people back to life. This is extremely painful--pain beyond description for the individuals in this state of dissipation to suffer this type of thing. It's so extremely painful that you mustn't think you're being good to the person who is dying that you impose this upon them because you don't want them to leave. Life and death are just processes of transformation which we're going through all the time, so it's best to accept the inevitable and let them leave in peace. When the body isn't even a fit vehicle for cultivation any longer, what are you trying to do?

Now as the heat element begins to leave the body, the body will start to become cold. If you want to know the realm to which the person goes after death, you can feel the body after it's dead, and the location of the last bit of warmth will indicate the realm of the next incarnation. If the heat recedes from the body, going from the feet upwards, this is indicative of rebirth in a fortunate realm whereas when the heat leaves the body from the top of the head downwards, the next incarnation will not be so fortunate. In terms of specific destinations, if the top of the head is the last region to remain warm, the individual has gone on to rebirth in the heavens, and their face will look beautiful or peaceful. If the forehead or brow is the last area to remain warm, and the face looks a little bit angry, strong or stern looking, they've gone on to be reborn in the realm of the asuras, or angry gods. If the heart is the last place which remains warm, the next stage of transformation will be as humans again.

The warmth of these regions is very easy to distinguish, but it's harder to distinguish the warmth if it occurs in the body's lower regions. If the stomach is the last place where the heat leaves, though this is not easy to feel, the individual will be reborn in the animal realm. If their knees are the last place to remain warm, they'll become a preta or hungry ghost, and if the feet are the last things to remain warm, they'll be reborn in the hells because of the weight of their evil deeds. But these last three states are difficult to see and detect. People always think that they'll be reborn a human, but they forget that there are many realms such as this, and in terms of the larger cycle of life in the longer term, the present period of being human is just one phenomenon. The important thing is that death is a new life, and a new life means death; people just change their form and continue ever progressing through the realms of cyclical existence. There's no chance to escape from this process unless you master cultivation.

The reason we talk about this is to show you that the essence of life is always here, but the outward form that carries the life continually undergoes transformation. Hence we can say that life isn't purely materialistic, nor consciousness-only, but some union of the two aspects. When we say that we live or die, it's just that a certain stage in this continuously changing process is finished, and that's what we mean by living or dying. The essence which allows you to live or die never dies, but is eternal and gives rise to all these states. So our rebirths and previous lives are just these different phases of continual ephemeral transformation, a cycle of never ending impermanence and change. We establish arbitrary separations on this continual sequence but there isn't any such thing because it's one continual process. Coming to this world and being human is just one phase of this sequence, and even here we can divide the human life into phases as evidence of this continual process of change and transformation. What's important is that when you cultivate to a certain level, you'll be able to control this process of transformation, and determine where you're going to go.

Now at the very moment you die and stop breathing, for one single moment there's a moment of tremendous pressure which collapses producing a fabulous feeling of freedom, like a bird who's been trapped for years and finally escapes out of his cage. This is the point where "your spirit" becomes free of the confines of the physical body. It's also a moment when you experience an extreme amount of sexual desire. So at the moment of death, and the time of entry of the spirit into the womb, are the two moments in life where your sexual desire rises to its maximum peak. That's why if you can't free yourself from sexual desire, you'll never accomplish much in your cultivation or be ever able to control the rounds of birth and death.

Next you enter into a state of mental coma or unconsciousness. We can call this a state of no-thought, no mind, or no perception because its nature is quite similar to fainting. The time spent in this state, if we were to measure it according to human time, would be about thirty hours or so. Some people say it's about twenty hours, but the important point is that it's like a long sleep, and then you "wake up" out of that state. After you wake up, you assume a different form other than that of the physical body. Some people think you take the form of a spirit or ghost, but that's incorrect. Rather, you arise in the form of a "bardo body", which is also called an "intermediate body", or "yin-body" in the Tao school. This body is similar in form to the human body, but it's composed of subtle chi. A closer approximation would be to say that it resembles our dream body that arises during sleep, which is also composed of chi, but the bardo body is more radiant and powerful than the dream body. Sometimes a relative or friend can receive a visitation from this bardo body, which suffers less constraints of space and time than our coarser physical form.

Now the way the bardo yoga works is the following. It's a natural characteristic of the state of sleep that when you're just about to wake up--on the border of sleep and wakefulness--you experience a very special moment of mind, for a very brief moment: the light of the mind which we call "luminosity". Of course this is not a physical light but a state of mind, a type of clear formless awareness which we refer to as the "clear light". So as you wake up out of this state of unconsciousness, just as you're about to assume the bardo body, you will also experience this clear light.

When you cultivate so as to reach a high level of samadhi, you will also experience the stage of clear light as well. At that point you will experience a profound peace and serenity and the "child light of mind". The best way we can describe clear light is to say that the experience is very serene, comfortable, peaceful, empty and clear; awareness is "bright" and endless. The experience is like coming upon an endless expanse of cloudless sky on a clear, crisp day in the cool settled autumn. This clear light is the same state you momentarily experience when you just about wake up to assume the bardo body. If you can grasp that moment when you wake up in that state, then you can remain cultivating in that state and stay out of reincarnation for a very long time. Hence that particular state of clarity or purity is what we call "Nirvana". Nirvana doesn't mean death, extinction or annihilation as some early translators supposed, but is a state of supreme peace, clarity and calm which, as descriptive terms, still don't do justice to this term. While the transitory world of samsara is totally characterized by movement, including the opposite dualistic state of stillness we call "emptiness", Nirvana is nonmoving, formless, blissful, indescribable. Nirvana is the real nature of reality.

For forty-nine years Shakyamuni Buddha taught that all things are empty of a self, are impure, involve suffering, and are impermanent. However, at the end of this life he taught the Nirvana Sutrawhere he said there is a true self of purity, bliss and permanence. That's the original essence of life, which is blissful and pure. That's what you try to reach through cultivation because it's the answer to all your questions and longings. As human beings we can't recognize this original essence because we keep grasping to things like pleasure and non-pleasure, or we become attached to our thoughts and sensations. Hence we cover over this experience although it's there all the time and has never left us. And since the state of motion will always change into non-motion, and non-motion into motion again because all states are impermanent, so even thoughts and internal silence are not the way to Tao. To reach Nirvana you have to get rid of these two states, you have to detach from these two extremes. Nirvana isn't in either existence or non-existence. Between the two states it's easiest to perceive the true nature of Nirvana, but in everyday life you just don't realize it. Hence you have to cultivate. And because we can't recognize this state of Nirvana, we still continue going round and round the cycle of birth of death. Is there a god in charge of this process? No there isn't. The only gatekeeper to the process is yourself. You're the one responsible for all your actions and behavior and all the events which happen to you because of the karmic seeds you've sown; there's only your karmic seeds, which constantly undergo a subtle perfuming process of transformation, that manifest when conditions are ripe in the world of interdependent arisings. This is just the way this universe works, and there's no outside force which gives you a personal fate other than yourself.

In bardo state, all your previous life experiences show up as in a movie review, and you can see all the interconnections you've experienced in life, and all the good and bad you've done to others in a sort of macro life review. If you've cultivated a good deal, many of your past life experiences can be seen as well. In the bardo state we may also see images of a god, a gatekeeper, or the "doors to heaven or hell" but these are all part of our shadow consciousness. These images are our own projections because of cultural conditionings; there is no outside controller over our destiny. Even though we seem to have no control over our destiny, we're actually the ones in charge who determine everything. There is no being in charge of this process other than ourselves, so cultivation comes down to mastering our functions and behavior. We plant the seeds which create our future, and those seeds are never destroyed. When the seeds finally sprout because conditions arise, our various experiences come into being. That's just the way this illusory realm of interdependent, but empty causation works. There's no creator being behind it, as it's all a selfless illusion. Even what we think of as the self is just an egoless process of causes and conditions which undergo a sequence of transformation. But what substanceless formlessness is it that holds the key to awareness throughout his process?

Now the bardo body you arise in after death even has its own life and death. Using human being time, we can say that every seven days it's born and dies. If the strength of habit energy isn't enough to pull the bardo individual into the next incarnation at the death of their bardo body, the individual will go unconscious, and then awaken in another new bardo body, and at most you can go through seven of these transformations. So would might stay in the bardo for up to forty nine days waiting for all the right conditions to come together (it usually takes from two to thirty days) before you assume a new incarnation and the transference of consciousness is completed. But don't fixate upon these numbers, for the bardo stage description is just a metaphor for helping you understand what goes on. What's important is that during the transformation from the one bardo body to the next, upon awakening there's that flash of "base luminosity" or "ground luminosity" we call the clear light, and if one can recognize that experience and rest in it, they have the chance of attaining enlightenment. That's the bardo state yoga! Otherwise, you'll just fall into the next existence of the bardo state, or you'll experience the unconscious consciousness-transference into a rebirth, or new life in another realm. The practice of training how to perform a deliberate consciousness-transference is yet another technique found in the Tibetan tantras, such as the Six Yogas of Naropa.

Now if we can think of the dream state where it seems kind of hazy but sort of under our control, this is the shadow consciousness which is a bit like the bardo state. The bardo body can eat, smell, and have sensations just like the dream state, but these are clearer than in the dream state. Hence any proficiency that you can achieve in the sleep and dream yogas will bring great benefits at the time of death, because they'll help you master the bardo yoga. In other words, when you enter into the clear light of the moment of sleep and then pass into the dream state, the illusory dream body that arises is similar to the bardo body. The Tibet school also has a specific technology for generating a illusory body with which to cultivate the Tao, similar to the yin and yang bodies of the Tao school, and this is similar to the bardo body.

If you practice meditating on the clear light of the waking state, the clear light of sleep and the clear light of death, which all involve the fact that the vital energies dissolve and are drawn into the central channel, then you can possibly master the bardo yoga. Because of this requirement, the Tibet school says it's mastery depends upon proficiency in kundalini yoga. In general, that's the basis of attaining the clear light of the path in the Tibetan "completion stage" yogas, but as to the clear light of sleep, during sleep you try to cultivate the state of presence, and blend your awareness with the clear light of sleep no matter how deep your sleep is. As to the bardo clear light, you have to recognize this state and then blend it with emptiness, but you'll only be able to recognize the state if you have prior yogic training and know these particular instructions.

Only two types of individuals don't go through the bardo state. Those who are extremely virtuous go directly to heaven, and extremely evil people go directly to the hells without passing through the bardo. The bardo body can also travel everywhere in the world except to two places: the experiential realm of the Bodhisattvas, and inside a woman's womb. If a bardo body entered into the Bodhisattva mandala they'd be enlightened, and if it entered into the woman's womb, then that would be their next incarnation. Hence these two doors of experience are closed.

The question arises as to how can one take control or direct where their next cycle of life will be? The answer is: who is it that makes the karma? It's you! You're the one who makes your karma as you live your life and make decisions and do things. It's not the act of a god or someone else which directs you into a certain state or experience, nor is it a function of chemical reactions and random material events. It's all a function of your own mind. Does the bardo body have a material content? It's composed of a subtle form of chi, so sometimes people describe the bardo body as having a subtle substance or subtle energy. The other aspect is to describe the mental state, which doesn't have any substance. This is a very deep and difficult subject to discuss the bardo state, and bardo yoga, so this is as much as we can provide here.

Intulexia Intuitive Voice Healing

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 00:20:00 +0000

Intulexia Intuitive Voice Healing Sound and Vibration Healing?

Everyone has a vibration that is a signature of their health and wellbeing. You could think of it as a natural results of the processes that ran our physical bodies as well as your mental, emotional, and subtle bodies. Similar to a musical instrument that can fall out of tune through use, our bodies can also fall out of vibrational harmony and potentially develop illness. Stress and negativity create blockages of a healthy flow of energy, showing up in the energy field around our body as lower energy disturbances at first, and later as illness in our physical body.

Sound and vibration can be used to re-tune us to health and one of the most powerful modalities for this is the use of Tibetan singing bowls. When there is a deep relaxation through soothing, resonant sound, the body is affected on a cellular level, opening up the flow of energy to move us back toward vibrational alignment with health. Sound can help us shift our energy frequency from lower to higher, removing the lower frequencies of emotions such as fear, anger, and resentment. If fact, whenever you are immersed in lower frequency emotions you can simply chant “Om” to elevate your energy.The sound of the bowls is calming, and they are frequently used as a meditation aid as the sound induces a sense of peacefulness.

Quantum physics has proven that everything has vibration, whether it’s a table, a chair, a person, a planet, or a cosmos. And wherever there is a sound, there is a vibration. When we use sound coupled with intention, which is the most important aspect of healing, we can direct sound vibration to raise the body’s vibrational frequency.

Negative energy can make us physically ill or mentally depressed. Each bowl emits a soothing vibration that radiates out negative energy, which restricts your ability to reach your full physical, spiritual, and mental health….

Healing through sound and vibration has been known to reduce stress, improve concentration, reduce blood pressure, stimulate life force flow in the body, improve immunity, harmonize the chakras with the energy field, heighten intuition and perception, synchronize the brain hemispheres, remove mental and emotional negativity, and enhance creativity.

Most importantly, stress is at the root of many of our twenty-first century diseases and it’s through relaxation of the body that balance, health, and happiness can be restored… As much as 70 percent of the human body is made up of water, so when you strike a singing bowl next to your body, the vibration makes a mandala (a pattern) in your body, which is healing and relaxing.

When we identify the voice of denial from our old ancestral limbic system

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:08:00 +0000

When we identify the voice of denial from our old ancestral limbic system :we give up the need to be right, we communicate and listen on a deeper level, with more understanding and acceptance, and with less judgment and resistance. This is how recovery dialogues move forward and connections deepen. Also, our openness almost always encourages openness in those with whom we communicate.

The need to be right is the need of the limbic survival system.

What if you didn't need to be "right" in the eyes of others?

What if you could win an argument by allowing the other person to be "right"?

What if you could simply listen to what others have to say and attempt to step into their experience and understand it, even if you don't agree with it?

You can understand how and why someone feels the way they do without agreeing with them.

And, a funny thing happens when you simply listen to someone and empathise with their experience (which is not the same thing as agreeing)...

The fight tends to end.

The disagreement tends to die down. The tension goes away.

How can you do this?

First, calm yourself down.

Go for a walk.

Meditate.

Take a yoga class.

Calm down your nervous system.

Then, set your intention to simply listen to whomever you are in a disagreement with.

Get curious about their experience without agreeing or trying to fix anything.

Ask questions about why they feel this way and try to get to the underlying emotion.

Then, repeat back what you heard them say... using their words and ask if you missed anything.

They may clarify and share more... then reflect that back.

This simple listening exercise... and surrendering the need to be right will create positive change in all your relationships.

You don't need to fix them. You don't need to fix the problem. You don't need to be right.
Just listen.
Set your intention to understand. Get curious. Ask questions. Dive deeper. Reflect back what you heard.

And - you can understand how someone is feeling.... without agreeing with them.

And, you can agree they feel and believe what they do, without agreeing with the conclusions they've come to about why they feel that way.

They are their own person.

And so are you.

Needing to be right is a strategy that will leave you alone... and without any meaningful relationships.

Cultivating an ability to listen and empathise is a master skill when it comes to be successful in Recovery and in life.

Are you ready to give up the need to be right?

What positive changes could happen if you did?

The Curse of Ancestor worship

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:40:00 +0000

An ancient practice that has great relevance in the Ten Stages. The Curse of Ancestor worship involves religious beliefs and practices consisting of prayers and offerings to the spirits of dead relatives.

Ancestor worship is found in many cultures all across the world. Prayers and offerings are made because it’s believed the spirits of ancestors live on in the natural world and are thus able to influence the futures and fortunes of the living relatives. Ancestors’ spirits are also thought to act as mediators between the living and the Creator.

Death was not the sole criterion for being worshipped as an ancestor. The person must have lived a moral life with great social distinction in order to attain that status. Ancestors are believed to influence the lives of later generations by blessing or cursing them, in essence acting as gods. So praying to them, presenting them with gifts, and making offerings are done to appease them and gain their favor.

Evidence of ancestor worship has been found at sites in the Near East in Jericho dating to the 7th century before Christ. It existed in ancient Greek and Roman cultures as well. Ancestor worship has had its greatest influence on Chinese and African religions and is found in Japanese and Native American religions where it’s better known as ancestor reverence.

Authority and Power of The Child Withins Positive Meditation

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:03:00 +0000

May my Child Within find freedom today...

Freedom to recover who my child within wants to be...

Freedom to recover my child within just as my Child Within has gained...Freedom to pursue all of child withins dreams and aspirations

Freedom to let go of any situations that may hold my child within back from stepping into my child withins Purpose
Let our mind rest in each of the phrases. You can be aware of the phrases either with the breath or just in themselves—the focus of the attention is the phrases. Let your mind rest within them. feelings will come and go.
May my child within build even more confidence in my child withins unique gifts (even if my child within isn't 100% sure what
they are now)

May my child within have the courage to trust the whispers of my child withins intuition and take the next step with Faith and Knowing that everything is working out for my child withins best interest...
We send loving-kindfulness does not mean that we approve or condone all actions, it means that we can see clearly actions that are incorrect or unskillful and still not lose the connection.
May my child within be reconciled to anyone who has hurt my child within in the past, because my child within has become awakened to the ancestral past, my child within is set free to create a bright, beautiful and wonderful future...

May my child within speak up today and let my child withins needs be known...

My child within has a strong and powerful voice, may my child within use it today in the service of recovery and all that my child within holds dear

And finally, may my child within know that it is not selfish for my child within to live my Childs daily recovery Purpose...

And that as my child within lives my Childs recovery Purpose each and every day, my child within will be able to provide even more for me the child creates true abundance of a serene mind in all of my child withins affairs...

May my child within follow through on all of my child withins highest intentions and make daily progress in pursuing my child withins meditational goals...

For as my child within does, my child within will be met with serenity and freedom in our most unexpected hours...

Tax on fools: On deciding to stop all forms of gambling

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:04:00 +0000

To wholeheartedly be happy in another's good can deliver us from the chains of competition. While polite congratulations may be socially correct, it is not liberating. It takes a wholehearted delight in another's accomplishments or good fortune to free us and enlarge our own consciousness.

Intuitive Openness is an ability to go with the flow, as The Ten Stages puts it

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:14:00 +0000

Intuitive Openness is an ability to go with the flow, as The Ten Stages puts it, without expecting predetermined outcomes. It means being receptive to new possibilities, without prejudging them. It is an ability to make yourself available to out-of-the-ordinary opportunities. Indeed, openness to the unknown, the exotic, and the bizarre is usually seen as the mark of a free Child Within.

You can increase your openness by practicing empathy. Move outside yourself into another's situation. Try to access the other's feelings and ideas. For the purposes of practice, the more eccentric your choice, the better.
Why This May Be For You

Why intuitive voice exploration openness may be for you:

The contrast to openness is narrow-mindedness. It is characterized by a rigidity of mind. Pessimistic people who have armored themselves against preconceived disappointments are not open. Dogmatic and stubborn people are basically unapproachable.

How available are you to others? How interested are you in people, especially those quite different from you? How flexible are you? Do you usually think you already know how things are going to come out? Are you willing to try something new? These are the questions to ask to assess your openness and to determine the benefits you might derive from this practice.
Todays Affirmations
Opening a window is a cue to open my mind to new ideas and experiences.
When I hold an empty cup, I am reminded to remain open and receptive.
Seeing a sign, a book, or a film in another language, I vow to be open to the messages coming to me from other cultures.
Remember our Child Within whose openness to us is a model for how we should re-open our world.

Every Adult being is a CHILD within

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:15:00 +0000

Every Adult being is a CHILD within in disguise.

At the very core of our being is a spark of purity, of perfection, of our child within

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:06:00 +0000

At the very core of our being is a spark of purity, of perfection, of our child within born from the memes of a disordered society.

The Child Within effervesces within you

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:57:00 +0000

The Child Within effervesces within you and sets you to the speculations on time and space it is as one member described a coming home.

Know that the outward form passes away

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:43:00 +0000

Know that the outward form passes away
But the world of reality remains forever.
How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug?
Leave the jug; go, seek the water!

Scientists baffled by diamond-filled alien stone that contains materials predating Solar System

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:24:00 +0000

Scientists baffled by diamond-filled alien stone that contains materials predating Solar System: " So our next question will dig further into where Hypatia came from"

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The Science of Neurotheology: God in Your Brain

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 10:48:00 +0000

The Science of Neurotheology: God in Your Brain:

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When Everything Is Silent, the Earth Emanates a Mysterious Hum | Inverse

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 07:27:00 +0000

When Everything Is Silent, the Earth Emanates a Mysterious Hum | Inverse: "The Earth’s hum is the permanent free oscillations of the Earth recorded in the absence of earthquakes, at periods above 30 s. We present the first observations of its fundamental spheroidal eigenmodes on broadband ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) in the Indian Ocean. At the ocean bottom, the effects of ocean infragravity waves (compliance) and seafloor currents (tilt) overshadow the hum. In our experiment, data are also affected by electronic glitches. We remove these signals from the seismic trace by subtracting average glitch signals; performing a linear regression; and using frequency-dependent response functions between pressure, horizontal, and vertical seismic components. This reduces the long period noise on the OBS to the level of a good land station. Finally, by windowing the autocorrelation to include only the direct arrival, the first and second orbits around the Earth, and by calculating its Fourier transform, we clearly observe the eigenmodes at the ocean bottom."

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Child Within Intuition can flow into us, if there is the will and capacity to receive it

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:01:00 +0000

Child Within Intuition can flow into us, if there is the will and capacity to receive it, the ability to maintain it, and the understanding to nurture it. The idea is to find the intuitive voices way, whether this be assisted by other beliefs, intuition, or by deep inner reflection. The realisation is for us to become more in touch with our child within, compassionate, tolerant, patient, understanding and content, by following our revealed child withins voice; the means by which one achieves this is not important.

Our growth is obtained by aligning with inner thoughts and feelings. We need to gently cultivate our intention to become aware of communicating with our child within, whilst understanding that they are a unique creation within the completeness of the whole you. Our mind re-awakens to our Child Within Mind, gradually awakening with Child Within Consciousness to become more enlightened with a greater understanding of our higher intuitive voice operating all around.

We feel a sense of inner conflict during contact with our child within; this is normal as our mind adjusts to a different way of thinking.

We have been conditioned from birth to think in logical ways, rational ways, look at commercial values. Our Child Within is not material. To think of our child within, we must shed traditional ways of thinking and approach it in a empathetic way. To do this, we must clear their mind of pre-conceptions. Cast out the prejudices and pre-conceived ideas. This feels difficult to start with.

Ten Stage Meditation is an invaluable tool for quietening ourselves and removing all thoughts based on modern concepts, to allow inner reflection about our higher purpose. It is a way of becoming aligned with our child hidden within. It helps us to receive energy and inspiration.

Information is meant to be processed by ourselves to help us attain greater levels of understanding, as well as leading us to live a contented life.

We see this dawning of the child within as a liberating and joyful experience. Fear ends and confidence grows. Trust in greater powers of the child and we flourish. We become our own authority. We start to shape our own destiny. We become at one with the higher purpose of the child within.

A gentle touch from your perfect child within

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 06:41:00 +0000

In my heart you are always there
You lead me thru the darkness
Of painful memories
And walk me out into the light again
Where I can see you smiling at me
All it takes is just a word
A gentle touch from our perfect child within
And I believe........

You take away my pain
You make me feel whole again
When I don't know where to turn
I turn around and there you are
You are the moon up in my sky
You are my shining star
You are everything to me
And I believe........

You're love will get me thru
And lead me back home to you
Where all the world just slips away
And my fears you hold at bay
You turn my darkness into light
And keep me strong thru out the night
And I believe........

Without my beautiful child within here with me
I'd be lost forever more
I'd stay locked behind my heart
And throw away the key to that door
You bring peace back to my nights
Because of you my eyes shine bright
And I believe........

Because of you and your love
The way you've helped me to be strong
Helped me to sort out right from wrong
I can take back the night
Make my world turn out right
So my path will lead me back
Straight into your arms at last
To go forward in my life
And let go of my past
Because of you
I believe........

from a poem by Kristi Day

It takes a lot of courage and patience not be overwhelmed by the immense negativities afoot in our world today.

noreply@blogger.com (Fraser Trevor) — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 06:42:00 +0000

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