Meditation, Transformation, Healing

[Guest guest]

Meditation

 

I teach 50% of my patients to meditate. Why? Because meditation is

a direct route to discovering the part of ourselves where nothing ever

happened. That part of ourselves that has no problem, nothing to

overcome before it's ready to get better, and has never been wounded,

traumatized, or victimized. Meditation can help one make the black and

white distinction necessary to begin to recognize the different parts

of the self and their differing sources of motivation.

 

 

Many people these days use meditation as a way to escape the world,

their own egos, and to feel better, at least for a while. Meditation

is only effective to the degree that one is different and evidences

more integrity when not meditating. The primary concern of any

medicine that is truly holistic and integral is seeing increased

integrity in the patient over time. The most significant part of this

integrity will always be evidenced in the patient's behavior as it

reflects what part of the self the patient is identified with. The

purpose of meditation is to shift identification from the illusion of

a small and separate sense of self (ego) to a self sense that is

universal in perspective and motivation. The small self is experienced

as a suffocating contraction away from the whole and usurps 99% of

physiological resources to maintain the illusion of separation. It's

perhaps the most significant contributing factor to all stagnation

within the individual. As identification shifts from that part of self

that loves the process of " healing " (but never has any intention of

being healed) to that part of self that can't relate to healing

because it all ready has no problem, a vast reserve of physiological

resource that we call jing, qi, and shen, is liberated. And this is

the source of real, lasting, authentic transformation toward wholeness

and integrity that is the highest and deepest promise of our medicine.

 

 

The Witness and the Chooser

 

 

We can identify and contrast two

properties of the self, the witness and the chooser. The witness

function of consciousness is primary in meditation. In meditation one

does not act or make choices but merely witnesses phenomena letting

all things just be. It's fundamentally an amoral position as one

embraces a perspective of " no preference " in relationship to the

quality and content of thought and feeling. Thought and feelings are

experienced as " objects' in consciousness that have no self nature

(that means there is none of us in them). Fundamentally, meditation

is a position of no relationship " .

 

When not meditating the choosing faculty of consciousness is of

primary importance. " In the world " we are in relationship and our

choices exist in a hierarchy of possibility from horrific to saintly.

This qualitative scale varies from grossly selfish motives to

universal motives aligned with the creative impulse itself. From a

evolutionary perspective we can judge actions and the choices they are

based upon by the degree to which they move things ahead to

integration and wholeness.

 

The degree to which any person is actually embracing and giving him or

herself to the witness dimension of consciousness is conveyed by the

degree of EASE which they evidence in life, particularly when they are

under pressure. The degree to which a person is surrendered and giving

to the pure motive inherent in the choosing dimension of consciousness

is evidenced by the PASSION they exhibit for positive, integrative,

evolutionary change. Action based on such passion always erodes

notions of separation.

 

The punchline in all of this is that the only way to know how the

witness is actually doing, is by observing the quality and integrity

of the choices the individual is making when he or she is not

meditating.In time all that should be observable is the ease that

comes from experience with, and confidence in the unborn (the void)

and the pure passion to create the future from a selfless motive.

[Guest guest]

I must say that this is about the best description of what meditation

really is I have ever read.

 

One of the things I believe is that the ego can never be healed and that

aspect of ourselves we are trying to get in touch with by healing was

never injured. Sometimes healing is the alleviation of symptoms, and

sometimes it is the alleviation of the suffering the symptoms cause.

True healing isn't so much about getting better but about a realization

of the truth of who and what we really are. Once this realization

occurs " healing " is instantaneous and there is no " baggage " of the past

to influence our present. As you said, the Jing, Qi and Shen are

liberated and authentic and powerful transformation can occur.

 

As I view this medicine, treating symptoms is just the foot in the door

to the facilitating the patients self realization. Of course I don't go

where I'm not invited and so I often simply provide the context or the

stage in which the patient is invited to participate in what-ever way

they are comfortable in healing the Self. Some people show no interest

at all while others are fascinated and courageous in their self

exploration. Either way I simply hold the space for healing to occur as

best I can given my own level of self realization at that moment.

Because I believe true healing is always mutual, I am healed too by

facilitating my patients. Hard to beat that.

 

Christopher Vedeler L.Ac.

Oasis Acupuncture

http://www.oasisacupuncture.com

9832 N. Hayden Rd.

Suite 215

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Phone: (480) 991-3650

 

 

 

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Friday, September 05, 2008 4:28 AM

Chinese Medicine

Meditation, Transformation, Healing

 

 

Meditation

 

I teach 50% of my patients to meditate. Why? Because meditation is a

direct route to discovering the part of ourselves where nothing ever

happened. That part of ourselves that has no problem, nothing to

overcome before it's ready to get better, and has never been wounded,

traumatized, or victimized. Meditation can help one make the black and

white distinction necessary to begin to recognize the different parts of

the self and their differing sources of motivation.

 

 

Many people these days use meditation as a way to escape the world,

their own egos, and to feel better, at least for a while. Meditation is

only effective to the degree that one is different and evidences more

integrity when not meditating. The primary concern of any medicine that

is truly holistic and integral is seeing increased integrity in the

patient over time. The most significant part of this integrity will

always be evidenced in the patient's behavior as it reflects what part

of the self the patient is identified with. The purpose of meditation is

to shift identification from the illusion of a small and separate sense

of self (ego) to a self sense that is universal in perspective and

motivation. The small self is experienced as a suffocating contraction

away from the whole and usurps 99% of physiological resources to

maintain the illusion of separation. It's perhaps the most significant

contributing factor to all stagnation within the individual. As

identification shifts from that part of self that loves the process of

" healing " (but never has any intention of being healed) to that part of

self that can't relate to healing because it all ready has no problem, a

vast reserve of physiological resource that we call jing, qi, and shen,

is liberated. And this is the source of real, lasting, authentic

transformation toward wholeness and integrity that is the highest and

deepest promise of our medicine.

 

 

The Witness and the Chooser

 

 

We can identify and contrast two

properties of the self, the witness and the chooser. The witness

function of consciousness is primary in meditation. In meditation one

does not act or make choices but merely witnesses phenomena letting all

things just be. It's fundamentally an amoral position as one embraces a

perspective of " no preference " in relationship to the quality and

content of thought and feeling. Thought and feelings are experienced as

" objects' in consciousness that have no self nature (that means there is

none of us in them). Fundamentally, meditation is a position of no

relationship " .

 

When not meditating the choosing faculty of consciousness is of primary

importance. " In the world " we are in relationship and our choices exist

in a hierarchy of possibility from horrific to saintly. This qualitative

scale varies from grossly selfish motives to universal motives aligned

with the creative impulse itself. From a evolutionary perspective we can

judge actions and the choices they are based upon by the degree to which

they move things ahead to integration and wholeness.

 

The degree to which any person is actually embracing and giving him or

herself to the witness dimension of consciousness is conveyed by the

degree of EASE which they evidence in life, particularly when they are

under pressure. The degree to which a person is surrendered and giving

to the pure motive inherent in the choosing dimension of consciousness

is evidenced by the PASSION they exhibit for positive, integrative,

evolutionary change. Action based on such passion always erodes notions

of separation.

 

The punchline in all of this is that the only way to know how the

witness is actually doing, is by observing the quality and integrity of

the choices the individual is making when he or she is not meditating.In

time all that should be observable is the ease that comes from

experience with, and confidence in the unborn (the void) and the pure

passion to create the future from a selfless motive.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Chinese Medicine , " Christopher

Vedeler L.Ac. " <vedeler wrote:

>

> I must say that this is about the best description of what meditation

> really is I have ever read.

>

 

Lonny: Thank you Chris. Your further response signifies that we really

see eye to eye on these points. Yes, " healing " as regards the mind and

spirit takes no time because it is merely a shift of attention from

one part of ourselves to another.

 

 

Chris: Of course I don't go

where I'm not invited and so I often simply provide the context or the

stage in which the patient is invited to participate in what-ever way

they are comfortable in healing the Self.

 

 

Lonny: My perspective is that the fact that the patient is in

proximity to me means that it is my responsibility to take them as far

as possible. It is certainly true though that one can only do this to

the extant the patient extends him or herself to you as being open in

this way. But give me an inch and it's my commitment to have the

facility to take the patient 10,000 miles. That means I have to be

serious and sincere in my own practices and intention. Literally, I

have to change to become the living proof of a greater possibility for

integrity that inspires the patient just through relationship. It's a

tall order but, I think, a minimum requirement fro one who would be a

healer.