Doorways

-- from Rama's tapes

"The wind is shifting. . .When the sun sets it is easier to feel eternity. During that in between time – sunrise, sunset, - there are moments of transition when nothing is completely fixed and solid. Perception shifts, and if you’re attuned you can shift with it."

-Rama

Part of the practice of mindfulness is to be aware of energy and doorways. You will find doorways that provide openings to eternity. Enlightened teachers are doorways. Certain times of the day, and particular times of the years are doorways. Awareness is more fluid at these times, and it is easier to make a transit.

We just had a doorway available to us. The summer solstice was a doorway. A doorway to eternity is a time, place, or person, that provides a particular kind of energy or power. If you have done your homework, you can use those moments to shift and increase your awareness.

Your homework is to continue with your practices of meditation and mindfulness. Sometimes, perhaps days or weeks before the summer solstice, you may begin to shift, and meditation may fall away. Will power and discipline can be used to insist on a sitting meditation. You may need to shift your practice slightly, Perhaps you need to spend more time in nature, or walk with very focused awareness and stop your thoughts.

The summer solstice, the fall equinox, the winter solstice, and the spring equinox are opportunities of power. Your enlightened teacher’s birthday, and the day he leaves the body are very powerful days that provide you with openings - opportunities to shift your awareness.

I had a meditation with some students who came to Dharma Center the day before the Summer Solstice. As I sat with them in meditation I was aware of amazing shifts during the meditation. The energy was so intense that there was nothing left to do but sit in silence, and be absorbed.

Lynne of the San Diego DharmaCenter

Drawn from Dr Frederick Lenz's Teachings

Rama presented thousands of techniques that were intended to help students along their own pathway to enlightenment. Techniques presented here may be useful for you. The teachings are meant to be used by students who are serious about their practice, and their own enlightenment.

A special thanks to
Lynne (Samadhi) for her writing, and the inspiration to begin this feature.

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