Breath and Attention

[turboswami]

The literal power of the breath is in the combustion of expiration, itself - a process which creates energy and can be focused. The attentional “dive” of a focused exhale can be overwhelmingly powerful; the slower and of greater capacity the breath, the more fueled the combustion, flaring bright and intensely through attention.  In this way, I

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[turboswami]

I just want to say that I, in no way, am pretending to be an especially skilled or disciplined meditator. I have often felt the expansion/ascension sensations and on rare occasions was able to witness the ascent, as if rising through a tunnel or levels.

I can only imagine the felt presence in the room of a meditating saint, and how it may influence the state of consciousness of others in that room in profound ways.

The EEG measure of this influence is something I hope to more formally research in the future.

[confliction]

I'd love to see the results!

Without wanting to sound patronizing, i've enjoyed seeing your ideas develop over all of this time and i look forward to hearing more from you!

As an aside, there was a glitch with the community management page for this community which prevented me posting this earlier. Apologies.

stupid questions?

[harehare]

what's the use of focusing all this energy?
just to feel the expansion/ascension?

Re: stupid questions?

[turboswami]

Its just attention, you know? Its not even something we're necessarily conscious of focusing.

I think of focused attention very much like a flashlight. Sometimes you get them where you can "open" or "close" them, adjusting the position of the bulb so it reflects widely or narrowly.

Attention is very much like that, ...I think. You can focus it wide open, seeing the entire room at once, but very dimly!

Or you can close focus inwards, so the light gets very intense illuminating one thing very well, knowing it very deeply. Sometimes, by doing this, the intensity of your attention can become so glaring, it burns right through! ...like burning ants with the pinpointed light of a magnifying glass.

There are benefits to both types of focusing, but the light of the attention, itself, is what meditation seems to gradually intensify.

[rymrytr]

LSD and "flash backs" aside, an ancient Samauri or Ninja would not attempt to alter the nature of the mind. Breathing in through the mouth, so slowly as to make no sound and then breathing out through the nose, again noiselessly, kept one awake and aware. Breathing in and out through the mouth or nose only, leads on to the edge of (and sometimes into) unawareness or sleep. The type of meditation where one endeavors to drop-out of reality was not their goal

The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Upon Us...

[turboswami]

Asian death squads aside...

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[shelikesclots]

i apologise for such a late comment on this post. feel free to disregard if this is no longer a subject that interests you. if you don't mind, i wanted to clarify a few things.

when you say: "I have measured the influence of minor instances of this ascension on others. Recorded was a sudden burst in Alpha bandwidth energy, a sudden curvature graphed coinciding perfectly with the long, focused exhalation." how have you measured this? i'm sorry; i'm not very familiar with the terms you use. help would be much appreciated