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Post by vajramukti on Feb 16, 2008 19:44:42 GMT -5
Muga ichi-nen ho (literally - no self consciousness, one thought method)
Step #1:
Stand with feet shoulder width, toes forward, feet parellel. Your feet will look as if they are pointed slightly inward, as it is the outside edges that remain parellel.
Tuck the butt under by rocking the hips slightly forward, as if you are on the edge of a stool about to slide off, and you are holding on with your butt cheeks.
Relax the knees and the shoulders and allow all parts of your body to settle to where gravity dictates.
Take inventory, study this. Once you have the posture down, try moving while maintaining it. Try it sitting in a chair, then on the floor.
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Post by vajramukti on Feb 16, 2008 19:49:52 GMT -5
Step #2:
Breath to and become conscious of the hara. The hara is the "center" and is located about 3 inches below the navel, and about 3 inches in. When tucking the hips forward in the posture, focus on bringing the hara forward.
Inhale thru the nose, swallow the breath and attempt to hold it in the hara for a moment. You may find it useful to "push the air" to the hara by attempting to contract the lower stomach muscles.
Allow the exhale to "fall out." Don't push it, or control it, just let it fall. However, tense from the hara up at the end of the exhale to fully evacuate the lungs.
Take inventory. Do about ten of these at a time. Too much can be problematic.
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Post by vajramukti on Feb 16, 2008 19:53:39 GMT -5
Step #3:
Pound the hara.
While in the correct posture, breathing as in Step #2:
Make a fist with the right hand, cover it with the left.
While the breath is swallowed, and the hara tense, pound the hara 3 times with the hands, exhaling after the third.
Do this no more than 10 times.
This series is a Shin shin toitsu do japanese yoga method combined with the first sequence of the Kosho Shorei Kenpo method of energy collection.
DO NOT OVERDO IT!
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Post by Frater G on Feb 17, 2008 15:07:26 GMT -5
This is fascinating...
So is this a method of focusing absolute intent? That would be a very strong type of magick.
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Post by vajramukti on Feb 17, 2008 20:34:57 GMT -5
This is fascinating... So is this a method of focusing absolute intent? That would be a very strong type of magick. Best I can figure, yes. Although, using the mind with full concentration is actually the 2nd principle of the path (from the other thread). These exercises are to help one begin to unify mind and body, and are just scratching the surface, although they are profound. For me, perhaps because of the martial arts training, Principle #3, this meditation, has to occur before I can really get into the 2nd one. I imagine that I am going to have to go 1,2,3, then back to 2 to do it right, 3 again, then 4. I don't yet pretend to understand it, but it has had a profound effect on my yoga practice, martial arts practice, and is working its way into daily life. |
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Post by morningstar on Feb 17, 2008 20:39:07 GMT -5
I know very little about techniques such as this...but I find myself fascinated by it. The self control and harmony between body, mind and spirit is a very powerful thing. I can tell I'm going to really enjoy this section.  |
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Post by Frater G on Feb 17, 2008 23:03:17 GMT -5
I remember reading of Shamanic journeys. A wise and powerful Shaman collects energy before venturing into the under world.
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Post by vajramukti on Mar 2, 2008 22:27:00 GMT -5
Once you have been through all of the above and are pretty comfortable, sit in a meditative posture that conforms to the presecribed relaxation rituals above, and stare at a candle.
The candle is in a constant state of change. The flame, even when still, is not, and is never constant.
If you can focus only on the flame, and not become distracted, you cannot help but be mentally present in the NOW.
The trick, of course, is to get to a place where the candle becomes irrelevant.
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