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Something Else Just Rolled In
Australian nondual author Colin Drake’s book, The Happiness
That Needs Nothing, contains an addendum that I find worth
sharing. Born in 1948, and meditating since 1978, in 1996 he
‘broke through’ to a nondual awakening. The book is available
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ADDENDUM - “Love Loving Itself”
Here is a practice for ‘sensing’ the Absolute, through which
the lover – pure Awareness, consciousness at rest – and the
beloved – the manifest universe, cosmic energy, consciousness
in motion – can ‘know’ and love each other. Thus the Absolute,
consciousness in both modes, can know and love Itself.
[These instructions have been edited to be recorded or spoken.
Also try the reversed tongue sleep-nursing exercise with it.]
Lie, or sit, in the most comfortable position you can possibly
find, with your eyes closed. Make sure that the phone is off the
hook and that the ‘do not disturb’ sign is on the door.
Notice the sensations (and feelings) in, and on the surface
of, the body. Sink into these sensations, really luxuriate in
them as much as possible. Ignore all other sense impressions
and thoughts except these sensations. (If it appeals you may
mentally repeat ‘Feeling you my love’ as you do this.) Realize
that these occur, are detected by the nervous system, and are
then ‘seen’ by Awareness – i.e. you become ‘aware’ of them.
So the body/mind is an instrument through which Awarenessconsciousness
at rest, the lover – can feel the external world
– consciousness in motion, the beloved.
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