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| Opening the door to the real self. |
The first practice involved looking into a mirror for 10
minutes. The instructions were to record
our experiences with it - to be discussed later in class.
It seemed to be an attention exercise more than
anything. As new students we were shown
very early on, our complete lack of attention.
Meaning the ability to hold our focus and attention on something, for a
specified amount of time without the mind wandering off. It was super difficult at first!
One day after a workout, was stretching in the floor. It was so comfortable, then an idea! Got a full length mirror from the other room
and laid it over the furniture. Thought
I’d try it lying under the mirror, while the body was so relaxed.
With my gaze and attention on the specific point, I soon began to see black scary looking splotches all over and around the
face. When my focus was moved from the
specific point to look at my face, the distortions would disappear.
With all attention back on the point once again, began to
wonder if the distortions were somehow relating, that this body really isn’t
me. Started saying the words ‘look
within’ over and over in my mind, with all attention on the specific spot.
Out of my peripheral, it looked as if the pupil/iris part of
the eyes were getting really black. But
resisted the urge to focus in on them to check for sure. Just kept my attention where it was focused
while repeating the ‘look within’ mantra - that seemed to come out of nowhere.
Before long, am viewing my seemingly empty body from the
corner of the room! My body was laying
in the floor, eyes open, pupils all the way dilated. It looked so empty as if all the light had left
it.
The next thought was, “I wonder if it’s healthy for the soul
to be out of the body like this.” As
soon as that thought happened, found myself immediately back in the body,
looking up at the mirror with completely dilated pupils.
Jumped up and ran over to a mirror on the wall, to see if this
is how my eyes really looked. The
dilation had minimized slightly, but the pupils were still huge - I was as high
as a kite! A real and tangible
experience of the soul! Something I’d
never dreamed was possible.
This one single life altering experience changed everything,
my identity, beliefs, and what I know to be true. There’s been a rewiring of sorts going on
ever since that remarkable day, after learning firsthand the soul is real and anything
is possible!
-The Ram
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