Originally Posted by WaoBand
That's really excellent smooth, cool jazz, Alan, but just reading your post made me think of this as it might be useful for Di, particularly the final part about chatting up your immune system as done regularly it works. This is a shortened, edited version of an FB post I wrote in 2016 on what can be called either self-observation or energetic field meditation:
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… The relaxation technique is very simple. You can do it laying down on the floor or in bed, or seated in any way which is comfortable for you. When seated, you first anchor yourself in your pelvis and butt. You basically next go through the entire body, initially very slowly, starting with the toes then working up to the pelvis; then from fingers to upper arms; then from the waist up in stages to the shoulders, the neck, the facial muscles and whole head. You can start with fingers first or whatever suits you.

Taking it from the toes, you relax them and feel the tension in the muscles 'evaporating', initially taking this very slowly, but also of great importance is to feel the energy within the toes. You next move on up the feet, the ankles, calves, and so on, but always keeping your attention on the energy you feel as bit by bit you become aware of your entire energetic presence. In the 90s I taught this to individuals and twice I had people say re the energy or sensation, "But that's just the nerves." I then reminded them that amputees still feel pain, itches and other sensations in the missing limbs, so it's clearly not just the nerves. Once the whole body is entirely relaxed and you can feel your entire energy field, you can then centre your awareness in the solar plexus - you make that your centre - and then you easily (meaning without concentration) scan around your body with your amazing perception and you slowly begin to perceive the currents in the field. By doing this thoughts tend to still themselves - more so over time of course as you get used to the process - while in other systems most people really struggle to attain or keep a still mind. A good sign of progress is feeling a tingle in the solar plexus, and even a kind of pulse. You'll also feel the energetic link and flow between that and the heart centre. Many people can feel very centred in the heart, but the energy flow is upwards from the solar plexus. …

People tend to think of qi or prana as being exotic and difficult to perceive, when in fact it's ludicrously ever present experientially, but we don't perceive it because our frontal awareness is continually projecting all reality externally. Humans are always missing what is primary as the ego - the focal point of externalising consciousness - is always fixated on the secondary. …

I'm so used to the above techniques that as soon as I wrote "Taking it from the toes, you relax them" I felt mine instantly twitch as the tension was released - I can feel it now just writing this - and I can get into my entire energetic field within seconds. In bed at night I do this, plus I chat up my immune system, calling it 'gorgeous' and 'wonderful', etc, as it's always doing such a miraculous job 24/7, plus most of it is non-human micro-organisms doing the labour. I'm sure that's one reason I'm very rarely ever ill. In early spring I had a one day long minor cold which was gone the next, but the last real cold I had was sometime prior to 2006. Another important point which Tolle points out is that is that wherever on or in the body you place your attention it revitalises the cells.
© 2016 Chay Tana
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Although I now have typical ageing problems I've only had one cold since 2016.


Chay,

Thanks for the nice comments regarding the song. I appreciate them very much.

I printed out your relaxation suggestions for Di. As soon as he has more wherewithal and is more cognizant of her surroundings, I'm sure she'll read through it and decide what she can and can't do. She has progressive dementia and is often unaware of her surrounbdings. But thank you os much for the time you gave us for that!

Best to you,

Alan

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