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I am originally from India. I am settled in United States since 1969. I love mathematics, philosophy and clarity in thinking.

KHTK 2A: SPERIMENTARE: INTRODUZIONE

Questa è la prima parte, del secondo saggio, relativo allo SPERIMENTARE. Sperimentare significa osservare profondamente. Immaginati che un cane stia correndo verso di te e provi paura. Se semplicemente sperimenti(nel senso di sentirtela quando si manifesta) quella paura,provocata dal cane,senza resisterle o respingerla, puoi scoprire poi che sei capace di maneggiare quella situazione di paura molto meglio anche quando accade/si verifica.

Questo saggio fornisce alcuni esercizi per sviluppare l’abilità dello SPERIMENTARE. Brevemente,questa abilità puo’ essere riassunta con le seguenti parole:

SEMPLICEMENTE SPERIMENTA CHE COSA E’ LA’/PRESENTE SENZA ODIARLA, RESISTERLE O TENTARE DI SOPPRIMERLA.

I sentimenti, le emozioni, le sensazioni, ecc. ecc., sono flussi perchè si sfogano/riversano oppure perchè si scaricano. La persona deve SICURAMENTE “osservare” questi flussi sperimentandoli senza resistergli. Questa azione lascia questi flussi dapprima riversarsi e poi, successivamente, scaricarsi.

Ecco qui qualche esempi inerenti a questi flussi:

a) Sentimenti: confusione, amore, disgusto, ecc…

b) Emozioni: dolore, paura, rabbia, ecc….

c) Sensazioni: solletico, capogiro, caldo e freddo, ecc..

d) Sforzi: qualsiasi sforzo per fare qualcosa, o per non fare qualcosa, come ad es. uno sforzo per correre od uno sforzo per stare fermi.

 

Esercizio 2-1

CERCA QUALCHE COSA NEL TUO AMBIENTE CHE STAI EVITANDO ED OSSERVALO.

1) Osserva i sentimenti o le emozioni che appaiono appena tu inizi a guardare nel punto/luogo dove ti trovi.

2) Sperimenta questi sentimenti ed emozioni senza resistere o senza cercare di sopprimerli.

 

Quando la mente ti porta su/ti fa apparire qualche sentimento od emozione come conseguenza di un’immediata risposta all’ambiente, questi sentimenti e/o emozioni sono SICURAMENTE da sperimentare/sentirli.

Quindi una cosa sicura da fare sempre è quella di sperimentare cio’ che la mente ti fa apparire/ti porta su, senza pensare o cercar di spinger la mente in qualche direzione.

Di solito è molto piu’ facile sperimentare flussi positivi, come amore, entusiasmo, sentirsi bene; e piuttosto difficile sperimentare flussi negativi come senso di colpa, paura e dolore. Ma quando questi flussi appaiono come immediata risposta a qualche cosa, essi sono SICURAMENTE da sperimentare.

In risposta all’osservare cose nell’ambiente, la mente ti fa apparire immediatamente quei sentimenti, sensazioni, emozioni e sforzi che sono SICURAMENTE da sperimentare.

Una persona puo’ incontrare nella sua mente un pensiero incontrollato. Ma, non appena osserva e sperimenta l’incontrollato pensiero, senza resistergli o mettergli qualche propria considerazione al riguardo, quello stesso incontrollato pensiero inizia a calmarsi.

Per sperimentare un flusso, semplicemente basta stare dentro di esso senza cercare di evitarlo, di resistergli o di sopprimerlo. Soltanto tuffarsi dentro al centro/nel cuore di quel flusso e sentirlo senza aggiungere nient’altro. Mentre stai facendo cio’, ‘intensità non confortabile dello stesso flusso inizia a diminuire ed alla fine sparisce.

 

Esercizio 2-2

Muoviti attorno alla tua casa in modo tranquillo ,senza nessuna fretta, ed osserva i vari oggetti che vedi,toccandoli e sentendoli. Sperimentali, senza resistere fino a chè riesci ad accettare la loro presenza.

 

Esercizio 2-3

Passeggia nel tuo quartiere. Osserva e nota le varie cose che incontri. Sperimentale senza resister loro,fino a che’ puoi incondizionatamente accettar il fatto che esse sono la’.

 

Esercizo 2-4

Vai in un bar, siediti ed osserva l’ambiente e le persone presenti. Sperimenta qualsiasi sentimento ti arriva fino a che’ arrivi ad un punto che non lo stai piu’ (il sentimento) evitando, resistendo o sopprimendolo.

 

Esercizio 2-5

Osserva un album della tua famiglia o delle foto che tu hai tenuto nel tempo. Non appena sentimenti ed emozioni arrivano, sperimentali senza cercare di evitarli, resisterli o sopprimerli.

 

 

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A Bird’s Eye View

The moment something is manifested it is being.
It is the “beingness” of things that appears as existence.

We start with UNKNOWABLE.
Anything that is manifested becomes KNOWABLE.

Manifestation involves the factors of BEINGNESS and AWARENESS.
BE-ING-NESS is simply the fact of EXISTENCE.
This is referred to as ATMAN in Eastern religions.
AWARE-NESS is simply the fact of KNOWING.

Both BEINGNESS and AWARENESS are abstract concepts.
Abstract concepts evolve toward concrete forms.
BEINGNESS evolves into IDENTITIES.
AWARENESS evolves into VIEWPOINTS.

An identity with an ability to have a viewpoint is called a BEING.
This is referred to as SOUL in Western religions.
Thus, the concept of identity is inherent to the concept of SOUL.
The concept of identity is not part of the concept of ATMAN.
ATMAN is not the same thing as the SOUL.

THOUGHT underlies any manifestation.
Thus, thought underlies beingness, awareness, identity, viewpoint, being, etc.
“I”, “You,” “He” and “She” refers to beings.
Thus, thought underlies the formation of “I”, “You,” “He” and “She”.

THOUGHT is impersonal.
THOUGHT is senior to any BEING.

GOD is a label given to UNKNOWABLE.
GOD is then given an identity, even when
That identity is considered mysterious and beyond anything human.
GOD is considered to be the SUPREME BEING.

THOUGHT is senior to any BEING.
Therefore, THOUGHT must be senior to GOD also.

THOUGHT is impersonal.
THOUGHT is visualization.
THOUGHT comes about in an effort to know the unknowable.

Where does that THOUGHT come from?
Well… That is unknowable.

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Bring on the Learning Revolution! (Old)

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Filmed February 2006

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Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Filmed February 2010

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Giovanni Piva

Italian Translator of KHTK

Giovanni is from Italy. He is very gracious. It is he who suggested that KHTK is about the mind contacting the person and not the person contacting the mind. This is a brilliant observation.

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The Nature of Thought

laser-beam

Reference: Knowable and Unknowable

In the previous essay it was noted that one may only speculate upon what is not manifested (unknowable). These speculations immediately become knowable as manifested thoughts. To know the unknowable, one seems to visualize the possibilities of what could be there.

In general, thought is imagination of what might be there when one lacks direct perception. It is the forming of mental images or concepts of what is not present to be sensed. Language is not necessary for thought to form. Language simply provides symbolic expression to thought.

Thought is visualization. The purpose of thought is to give form to the unknowable.

Thought seems to be spurred by the unknown. It starts as “wonder” at the possibilities that could be there. One then starts to believe in some of these “possibilities.” Thought then proceeds as “inspiration” to bring those possibilities about.

The knowable is formed through visualization or thought.

A thought is not NOTHING. A thought is SOMETHING. A thought is, therefore, knowable as ideas. Even the idea of a mystery is a manifested thought. It is known as “anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown.”

If you look at a thought in your mind, and follow it all the way back to its beginning, you may find imagination. The words that you visualize are actually symbols used for thoughts. When you look at what these words represent, you will find mental images.

Words and symbols are a condensation of visualization or thought.

Visualization or thought is at the core of creation. The activity of creation may be studied by observing how mental images come about.

The ability to create is the ability to visualize an original thought.

Thinking compares and associates existing thoughts and comes up with new thoughts that give further form to the unknown. As thinking evolves, the thoughts that are more consistent become certainties. Thus, thought is propelled forward by visualizations that are consistent. This is science. This is also art. Language may be completely bypassed in this process.

Thus, wisdom is generated. Thus, well-being, strength, wealth and order are generated. Thought becomes the bearer of all these things, or one may say that all these things result from the transformations of thoughts.

Reality is generated through an evolution of thought consistent with itself.

Thus, the secret of power, strength, persistence, survival, etc. lies in the consistency of what one imagines. This is the core of all that is sacred. This may be regarded as the essence of spirituality.

The way out of any problem, difficulty or situation then appears to be the recognition of inconsistencies and resolving them one by one. When no inconsistency remains, then no problem, difficulty or situation will remain either.

When a thought is consistent throughout it is like a laser beam that can penetrate anything.

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Glossary

Create
Origin: “to make.” The ability to create is the ability to visualize something original that is also consistent.

Thought
Origin: “to know.” Thought is the dimension of relations, associations, considerations, concepts, and ideas in the mind. The continuity, consistency and harmony in this dimension provides the sense of logic.

Visualize
Origin: “to see.” To visualize is to rearrange perceptual elements into a new coherent pattern.

Reality
Origin: “actual, having physical existence.” Reality is generated from consistency of thought.

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