Another one is, a Tibetan monk can (occasionally) go weeks without eating. They drop into a state of deep meditation, almost a stasis, and their bodies slow down to the point where they actually don't need food. |
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I once read off a source; a book or an online article- I;m not sure that there were cases investigated by a group of American shrinks and psychics into what Tibetan monks experienced in Meditation, Qi Gong and OBEs can do. |
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Another one is, a Tibetan monk can (occasionally) go weeks without eating. They drop into a state of deep meditation, almost a stasis, and their bodies slow down to the point where they actually don't need food. |
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Is this the same kind of meditation that Shirley MacClaine used to keep warm while in the mountains in her book? |
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Before enlightenment;
Chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment;
Chop wood, carry water.
I'd like to actually see them do these things, but I expect gatecrashing their temples and stuff is highly frowned upon. |
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Ohhai@u
They can also raise there body heat with a type of meditation called g Tum-mo. |
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If you decide that something is beautiful
then something else immediately becomes ugly
without you realizing it
-Lao Tzu
Seemingly the bough is the cause of the fruit,
But really the bough exists because of the fruit.
-Rumi
ive never heard of anything like this |
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that's cool. would like to read further. link! |
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urbandiscount.vox.com/library/post/tummo.html |
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If you decide that something is beautiful
then something else immediately becomes ugly
without you realizing it
-Lao Tzu
Seemingly the bough is the cause of the fruit,
But really the bough exists because of the fruit.
-Rumi
Really? I didn't know that, looks like I needa get into the background more. |
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There's an exercise similar to this I have heard of where you create an entity over the course of a while. |
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Apachama: Noun. Slimey things made of dust.
"Everything is beautiful"
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think Tibetan Buddhism which has roots in the Bon religion is quite based on the elements. Earth, fire, water etc. Tummo appears to be increasing the fire element in the body. |
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I have this really old book which was sent by Reader's Digest (My parents subscribed to it ages ago ) and in the "Paranormal" chapter there is a big article (extracted from a single Reader's article) on Tibetan Monks using yoga to control body heat. |
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Last edited by Sir Loin Tenderloin-Steak; 07-05-2008 at 10:27 PM.
Really? Yes! I'm now sure I didn't get this idea from a dream LOL. |
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This is one guide. I'm not sure to what extent I believe this. But its an interesting idea to compartmentalise a bit of your personality as an other for one reason or another. |
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Apachama: Noun. Slimey things made of dust.
"Everything is beautiful"
Apart from the one apachma posted above, I found this one here: http://www.akasha.de/meditations.html but I've noticed that this site decribes the excercise on a sim ple level (if the high-skill level even exists...), i.e. thought-processes that we do on an everday basis; I mean of course we all have the good and evil conscience in the form of an "entity" in us... |
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An interesting thing I have noticed. A druid friend of mine thinks that visualising in meditation is dangerous. The FWBO have a special ritual for visualising boddhisattvas practiced only by initiated order members. |
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Apachama: Noun. Slimey things made of dust.
"Everything is beautiful"
nothing? no article? nothing? |
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lol well you don't know, and probs won't know unless I actually locate the article. |
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I think it's normal for anyone to hold doubt in this, I mean even I do lol. But then we just aren't always conscious of the fact that we know such minisculy little amount about our universe (& nothing of other universes; if they exist!). |
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Last edited by Sir Loin Tenderloin-Steak; 07-06-2008 at 09:38 AM. Reason: hahaha not telling you, what're you gonna do? lol :P....... just joking, for grammatical reasons :)
There's a bit on it here just to show this is a genuine Tibetan practice. |
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Apachama: Noun. Slimey things made of dust.
"Everything is beautiful"
Tibetan monks... |
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You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
Bingo! Dang it that's it! Thanks for your link Apachama! It was an article in Mysteries of the Unexplained ISBN 0-89577-146-2. Page 176 , published by Reader's Digest Association. |
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I've the entire article since I own the Reader's Digest book lol, but because it's in chinese I'll need to do some personal translation. |
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