The essence of our mind is like space, for it is
- Unobstructed, never limited of confined by the thoughts or feelings arising within it
- Omnipresent, always immediately available, and extending in all directions
- Impartial, allowing everything to be what it is
- Vast, extending infinitely beyond all the mind’s limitations
- Formless, unable to be contained within any conceptual box
- Pure, uncontaminated by anything that arises within it
- Stable, neither arising nor passing away, but the ever-present ground of all passing experience
- Beyond existence, for it cannot be located in any definite way
- Beyond nonexistence, for it is not simply nothing, but rather a clear, bright presence
- Ungraspable, for it cannot be fixed or held on to in any way
Meditation opens a gateway into this larger space by relaxing our tendency to identify with the compulsive thinking that usually fills it up.
This capacity to relax and trust in the open space of being is essential in creative work. Artists, scientists, inventors, and mathematicians often make their most creative discoveries in moments when they are not directly concentrating on the problem at hand, but relaxing and giving it space to be. The deepest spiritual realizations also arise out of this alert empty-mindedness, which allows the mind to move upon silence, into self-arising wisdom.
During this J-Oil-Ful meditation, you will be anointed with pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils, e.g. Frankincense, Sacred Mountain, Believe, etc on the major chakras, the bottoms of the feet, and the rims of the ears. These oils are said to align and clear the energy centers of the body, producing greater joy and freedom in your daily life. They encourage both physical and energetic release at the cellular level of the body, brain, nervous system, and memory, bringing balance to all aspects of the body.
Come and experience this J-Oil-Ful state into the expansiveness.
We look forward to your loving presence.
Date: 24 Dec 2010, Friday
Time: 7.15pm – 9pm
Energy Exchange: $20
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.