Category: Inner Silence

CENTRAL PRACTICES

2/4/2015

Central to the knowledge that Carlos Castaneda imparted to his apprentices were the Energy Passes, short cuts to enhanced awareness.

Carlos studied with a group of seers who had a deep interest in perception and its manipulation to enhance their lives. The system they had inherited was a living one that changed with the needs of every generation.   It has come to us in a modern and functional form, somewhat removed form the ritualistic and secret connotations it had held for generations.

One of the most notable features of this band of seers was their vitality elegance and prowess in dealing with the world. Carlos inherited a whole system of philosophy that described a world richer and deeper than the one that western education has given us and practices to acquire states elucidated in their teachings.

This knowledge was deeply mystical whilst being profound and pragmatic. The system was divided into two sections for the left and right body. His teachers distinguished between the two sides of man, the abstract, the left body and the linear, the right body.

Their teachings and practices were directed at these two facets of our awareness, our linear mind, the world of our everyday life and the hidden often intuited magical nature that lies behind it, a world of feeling and direct experience.

Carlos spoke of these as two attentions, the first attention, our linear daily world and the second attention the abstract unseen but intuited world, the world of our dreams.
For the first attention their were practices called stalking, the name derived from similar behaviour they used to trap their food. Hunters examine the minutest behaviours and routines of their prey making their actions to trap the animal strategic and effective. This observation of our own routines and habits gives us the tools to trap our behaviour and open ourselves to new behaviour, conscious actions that befit conscious endeavour.
For the second attention there were Dreaming practices. These included the Energy Passes which had been discovered in heightened awareness and systematically collected. Also utilising dreams.  

These seers noted that in dreams we are much more fluid, behaviour not supported in daily reality was possible. They determined to use dreams in a pragmatic way to school and enhance awareness. To this end they mapped the dream world and developed a rich tapestry of practices to take advantage of it. Their intent was to use their individual dreams to enter into other realms, new worlds where they could find sources of knowledge of power.
They were successful in their endeavours. The energy and focus they acquired in their nocturnal adventures gave them the prowess and fluidity to repeat many wonders of perception in daily life. They called this ability Dreaming Awake.

A third state of being that Carlos wrote about was inner silence a deeply meditative state where new facets of our awareness appeared. This was seen as the highest accomplishment of these seers of this lineage.
Their deeds come to us in rich tales of sorcery and shamanism.   For us in this modern world who have a deep interest in both knowing ourself and our environs and enhancing our perception, their practices are invaluable.
These shaman seers acknowledged a conscious force that was unseen yet underlies all creation, they termed this force by its nature, Intent. A force they said that was unknowable yet directly usable by man.  

Our intent is to live a full and rewarding life, to overcome our habits, that rob of us energy and divert our resources. This reclaimed energy can then be utilised to take stock of our lives, to detach ourselves from our behaviours and ascertain by examination how we spend our time and energy and whether it supports the life we dream to live.

This training of Energy Passes, Dreaming, Stalking and Inner Silence are at the heart of what we at Being Energy teach in our classes and workshops.

ATTENTION

12/16/2014

We are alive. The animals are also alive and close to us in many ways. What is the difference between human life and animal life, and how can we use that difference to enhance our lives as individuals and as a species?

There are many things competing for attention. Your attention is precious. It is this knowledge of the magic of attention, that separates us from the animals.

We have the choice to gather and focus our attention, to place it where we will.

Now there is shift. We leave behind the absurdity of what we have learned is real. Now we shift from the illusory to the real. Now we enter into wonder. Now we enter into in appreciation. Now we enter into the sacred.

Where is your attention? Is it possible to reshape your existence by shifting your attention?

Soon is the time when it is traditional to make New Year's resolutions. These are mostly too big for us. They have become a standing joke.

Make a resolution this moment to be as you truly are and inherit this gift that lies behind the agendas of our lives. One breath at a time. Here we really exist.

COLOMBIA TOUR - A DREAM REALISED

12/15/2014

Open Wing has had a highly enjoyable month in Colombia for our workshop tour. Both the workshop on The Fundamentals of Energy and Rallying the Abstract were well supported as were our individual sessions of massage and shamanic healing. The high point for me was delivering the guided dreaming with live musical accompaniment from Malu and Rodrigo and their band and the feedback from those that had an OBE.
From the start collaboration with the musicians was fun and high energy and they quickly got everything I wanted to do. I also recorded several of the guided dreaming with the musicians and these should be available on our website soon!

Whether guiding OBE's, exploration of dreaming gates, chakras and organs or revisiting healing lucid dreams of my own, they are a powerful tool for well-being.

With a small group at Chia we navigated into inner silence together with shamanic movement and Pramayana. It was our first taste of the countryside since we'd arrived, it was a beautiful traditional house and Yoga Sala and a splendid evening.

A good crowd came with us to Sesquilé. We stayed in a comfortable farm house and it's annexe. I always enjoy residential workshops, especially when the food is prepared as well as eaten by attendees.

After an invigorating morning session we hiked into the hills to see the Muisca, indigenous people that have been reclaiming their culture that had all but been taken away from them by Colonisation. It was great to see them celebrate their culture and share it with us. Although it had rained most of the morning before we said goodbye the weather changed and we were able to walk down in the sun.

After a RAW lunch Ena and I shared a presentation on Nutrition and Energy, and a guided exploration of the digestive tract, followed by another session of RAW food preparation. The RAW pasta was delicious!

Another seven people joined us and were richly rewarded by a practice and a dinner that included home made RAW brownies.

On our third day, after breakfast and the morning session we drove, then hiked to the sacred Laguna Guatavita. It was well worth the trek. The lake is both an amazing geographical wonder and a place of power.

On the hike we found a clearing in the forest and entered into an impromptu inner silence session. We were all deeply touched by our experience together.

After a RAW lunch we went into the closing session. It was really touching as everyone recapitulated our activities in Colombia and shared their experience with the group.

The ancient teachings and practices of shamans and yogis that Open Wing presents in our modern world enable us to potentiate and enjoy richer lives, they were appreciated by all who joined us, as was obvious by their warm and heartfelt responses.

Open Wing is very grateful for the response to their tour and treatments. We intend sharing more of our work when we return next year.

INNATE KNOWLEDGE

12/7/2014

Many have walked this path of self-discovery, people from all over the world. This knowledge though arising and husbanded in many cultures is cross-cultural and innate to us all. Lineages have arisen that have seen the value of this knowledge and developed techniques to bring it out. Many of them have opened up to membership to all who truly aspire to know at this time.
True knowledge is simple. It is the experience of being. It is self-fulfilled in the moment. It desires nothing. It is at rest. Yet from this rest comes a readiness, a particular alertness and willingness an acquiescence, to walk our path.

From this place of silence comes new thought, creative thought, new strategies. The mind is aligned with its source and expresses that source in its own particular way.
Knowledge is a journey that leads nowhere. It's goal is here now, not in a future, where a particular set of circumstances are realised. It is in the simple immersion in the moment. It takes courage and deep trust to give ourselves to that silence, to this moment in acquiescence. It is in itself a death. I truly believe that only by a constant resetting of ourself in the moment can we fulfil ourselves and that on every level. Come into yourself. Feel your breath, this delivery of existence and bask in it.
We cannot silence the questioner, our mind, by answering its specific enquirers. It's questions are endless. No, there is another way. Allow the cessation of thought and here you will find your answers even to questions that you previously couldn't formulate. Here is your transformation, the recognition of the magical being you are and have always been.
Act as you will in the moment not just from your learnings and projections, but directly from your alignment with what is. This alignment will use and focus every attribute and fulfil your endeavour.
You are unique, you are beautiful, revel in your existence, court it, love it and enjoy it.

Wisdom From Within

CENTRAL PRACTICES

ATTENTION

COLOMBIA TOUR - A DREAM REALISED

INNATE KNOWLEDGE

Gammadian Freeman

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