Post by waterjag on Jun 7, 2006 4:28:03 GMT -5
Hmmm, well...this is about our many senses that we have, usually thought of our five senses, sight, sonic (sound), scent, touch, taste.
Part of the principles of yoga is sensory deprivation. WHat is this?
This means the ability of 'turning off' our senses.
I read somewhere that our senses are tuned into our awarness. If for example one were in a crowded hall and someone dropped a spoon, then one might not hear it over the general chattering. But if one noticed that someone dropped a spoon, then one would be likely to hear it.
There are also occasions for example when you are concentration and your mind is occupied, and someone says something to you, and you don't hear it...I have even not been seen when I sat down next to someone at school, and they just suddenly noticed me...I have no idea where his eyes were.
A bit more about the nature of sensory deprivement:
The way to go about this in yoga is to use repetitive chanting (I beleive) I have also just read in druidism, people were trained to reach divine inspiration through staying in a darkend room with no light and no sound, and they stayed there for long periods of time. so what actually happens? Well maybe the brain recordding information from the sense turns off, but I don't think this is the case. I beleive that we just take the sense to a new level of awareness.
So for example...the smell sense isn't as strong as before, it kinda seems that nearly all smells become the same. Or for the eyes...one might be looking at thee world, and when 'switched off' (not closing the eye lids) one might see the astral world or blackness .
So how is this beneficial?
Well it is usually in accordance with belief that if one can control their senses, than one can use them in the other worlds. Also, through sensory deprivation it makes it useful to concentrate; for example when studying or reading a book amongst people you might become aware of how much time has gone by and you hadn't noticed any of your other senses. This was because you weren't really using them.
Sensory deprivation also helps develop psychic senses. When ones mind eye is developed and one can visualize a scene, then one may use their other senses to be 'in' the scene.
Any problems?
I found that after reading Roald Dahl's story, "the wonder world of Henry Sugar" my smell sense seemed to diminish. Smells for me seem to merge into one smell. This might be natural though...I am not sure. I might even be making it up when I think that my sense of smell has diminished. But I find that concentrating on my sense of smell, and breathing not just through my nose but also through my brain I can notice smells more strongly.
Conclusion:
I beleive that sensory deprivation is key to transforrming ourrselves and for access to higher dimensions. It might happen to be that we take it for granted, and if this is the case, then one might expect that everyone can tune their senses...Tuning of the senses is the fifth precept of yoga and is the lead up to focus of the mind. So after practising one can decide fforr themselves whether the world around us is an illussion, or if everything is an illusion!
Part of the principles of yoga is sensory deprivation. WHat is this?
This means the ability of 'turning off' our senses.
I read somewhere that our senses are tuned into our awarness. If for example one were in a crowded hall and someone dropped a spoon, then one might not hear it over the general chattering. But if one noticed that someone dropped a spoon, then one would be likely to hear it.
There are also occasions for example when you are concentration and your mind is occupied, and someone says something to you, and you don't hear it...I have even not been seen when I sat down next to someone at school, and they just suddenly noticed me...I have no idea where his eyes were.
A bit more about the nature of sensory deprivement:
The way to go about this in yoga is to use repetitive chanting (I beleive) I have also just read in druidism, people were trained to reach divine inspiration through staying in a darkend room with no light and no sound, and they stayed there for long periods of time. so what actually happens? Well maybe the brain recordding information from the sense turns off, but I don't think this is the case. I beleive that we just take the sense to a new level of awareness.
So for example...the smell sense isn't as strong as before, it kinda seems that nearly all smells become the same. Or for the eyes...one might be looking at thee world, and when 'switched off' (not closing the eye lids) one might see the astral world or blackness .
So how is this beneficial?
Well it is usually in accordance with belief that if one can control their senses, than one can use them in the other worlds. Also, through sensory deprivation it makes it useful to concentrate; for example when studying or reading a book amongst people you might become aware of how much time has gone by and you hadn't noticed any of your other senses. This was because you weren't really using them.
Sensory deprivation also helps develop psychic senses. When ones mind eye is developed and one can visualize a scene, then one may use their other senses to be 'in' the scene.
Any problems?
I found that after reading Roald Dahl's story, "the wonder world of Henry Sugar" my smell sense seemed to diminish. Smells for me seem to merge into one smell. This might be natural though...I am not sure. I might even be making it up when I think that my sense of smell has diminished. But I find that concentrating on my sense of smell, and breathing not just through my nose but also through my brain I can notice smells more strongly.
Conclusion:
I beleive that sensory deprivation is key to transforrming ourrselves and for access to higher dimensions. It might happen to be that we take it for granted, and if this is the case, then one might expect that everyone can tune their senses...Tuning of the senses is the fifth precept of yoga and is the lead up to focus of the mind. So after practising one can decide fforr themselves whether the world around us is an illussion, or if everything is an illusion!