Comments on: Pathway To Happiness http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Lucid Dream « Moxcey’s Idea Garden http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-176054 Lucid Dream « Moxcey’s Idea Garden Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:51:06 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-176054 [...] journal (the latest information source with which I’ve been flooding my brain). That post described the technique thus: “My eyes darted back and forth, jumping from object to object, [...] [...] journal (the latest information source with which I’ve been flooding my brain). That post described the technique thus: “My eyes darted back and forth, jumping from object to object, [...]

]]> By: Spiritual Journey through Illusions at Happiness http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-37251 Spiritual Journey through Illusions at Happiness Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:05:10 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-37251 [...] When you have this type of experience, what many call a spiritual experience of the Truth, many things become clear.  The most important of these is that you know what you are looking for.  Until that time I wanted to be happy but I only really knew it as an intellectual idea.  Knowing it by experience is much more powerful.  That feeling is like a reference beacon to your emotional integrity.  You know when you are on track by how you feel, and you quickly know when you are off track in your journey. [...] [...] When you have this type of experience, what many call a spiritual experience of the Truth, many things become clear.  The most important of these is that you know what you are looking for.  Until that time I wanted to be happy but I only really knew it as an intellectual idea.  Knowing it by experience is much more powerful.  That feeling is like a reference beacon to your emotional integrity.  You know when you are on track by how you feel, and you quickly know when you are off track in your journey. [...]

]]> By: Happiness Through Self Awareness » Blog Archive » Stop Thinking about Thinking http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-31993 Happiness Through Self Awareness » Blog Archive » Stop Thinking about Thinking Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:37:59 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-31993 [...] UPDATE:  Tim eventually took me up on the offer and I am now getting around to putting the link up to the post he wrote about his experience.   [...] [...] UPDATE:  Tim eventually took me up on the offer and I am now getting around to putting the link up to the post he wrote about his experience.   [...]

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25604 Tim Boucher Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:20:11 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25604 Marc, have you looked around at the rest of my website? Marc, have you looked around at the rest of my website?

]]> By: Marc http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25602 Marc Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:12:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25602 Jesus is the only missing piece in the puzzle called life... Jesus is the only missing piece in the puzzle called life…

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25505 Tim Boucher Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:50:33 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25505 One way to find out, eh? One way to find out, eh?

]]> By: Darkshadow http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25503 Darkshadow Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:42:16 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25503 Hmm, I wonder if walking around blind-folded in unfamiliar territory would do the same thing? I would guess that your mind would be almost totally concentrating on not running into anything or falling down or what have you. Though that would be harder to integrate into every day life, I suppose. Hmm, I wonder if walking around blind-folded in unfamiliar territory would do the same thing? I would guess that your mind would be almost totally concentrating on not running into anything or falling down or what have you.

Though that would be harder to integrate into every day life, I suppose.

]]> By: David http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25494 David Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:18:18 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25494 Yes Tim, there is true value in such practices. To gain in oneself "non-directive attention" as Lord Pentland in the Gurdjieff tradition put it, is to engage with reality on another level. Emphasis on the eyes is only convenient because so much of our brain is dedicated to those extensions of the brain. But if such a practice is combined with the other 4 ordinary senses plus one or two more which have to be developed through one's own inner work, it does help to pierce the "maya" more often and with far greater effectiveness. Yes Tim, there is true value in such practices.

To gain in oneself “non-directive attention” as Lord Pentland in the Gurdjieff tradition put it, is to engage with reality on another level.

Emphasis on the eyes is only convenient because so much of our brain is dedicated to those extensions of the brain.

But if such a practice is combined with the other 4 ordinary senses plus one or two more which have to be developed through one’s own inner work, it does help to pierce the “maya” more often and with far greater effectiveness.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25482 Tim Boucher Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:56:16 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25482 Speaking of Don Juan and different modes of perception, I recall reading something very similar that he does with sound at one point. Not sure what book though Speaking of Don Juan and different modes of perception, I recall reading something very similar that he does with sound at one point. Not sure what book though

]]> By: jp http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25480 jp Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:24:58 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25480 Interesting stuff. I find the nagual connection especially interesting, as this is really similar to what Don Juan taught Castaneda (<a href="http://www.oyyzz1.com/Teachings_of_Don_Juan.htm" rel="nofollow">esp. in relation to "walking" and "seeing"</a>). <blockquote>During the apprenticeship, the teacher expounds certain techniques for personal behavior which are a help in stopping internal dialogue. One of the most important of these was learning the right way of walking. The right way of walking involves holding one’s hand in peculiar positions to draw one’s attention to one’s arms, then to continually sweep one’s vision in an arch starting directly in front of one’s feet, to above the horizon, without focusing on anything. This causes the individual to overload his conscious to the point of where it can no longer keep up its internal reasoning and ordering. </blockquote> A question that comes to mind: is there a benefit to focusing on vision in particular? There's a theory that different people understand the world based on different stimuli-- i.e., some people are visual, some auditory, some tactile and some completely intellectual. So, would this exercise work for someone who reacted better to sound? Could it be adapted for the ear instead of the eye? Or even to touch/smell? Just curious.... Interesting stuff. I find the nagual connection especially interesting, as this is really similar to what Don Juan taught Castaneda (esp. in relation to “walking” and “seeing”).

During the apprenticeship, the teacher expounds certain techniques for personal behavior which are a help in stopping internal dialogue. One of the most important of these was learning the right way of walking. The right way of walking involves holding one’s hand in peculiar positions to draw one’s attention to one’s arms, then to continually sweep one’s vision in an arch starting directly in front of one’s feet, to above the horizon, without focusing on anything. This causes the individual to overload his conscious to the point of where it can no longer keep up its internal reasoning and ordering.

A question that comes to mind: is there a benefit to focusing on vision in particular? There’s a theory that different people understand the world based on different stimuli– i.e., some people are visual, some auditory, some tactile and some completely intellectual. So, would this exercise work for someone who reacted better to sound? Could it be adapted for the ear instead of the eye? Or even to touch/smell? Just curious….

]]> By: Gary http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25479 Gary Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:24:15 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25479 Hi Tim, If people want to download the podcasts it might be easier to find them on the page http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/insights.htm instead of going through the podcast category. They can also be found on iTunes featured in the Health-Self Help category. To empty the mind of chatter permanently requires a bit more work than the single exercise. One has to inventory and dissolve the beliefs that are behind the thoughts. The exercises for such work are in the audio program on my site. The shift in perception with the eyes is only one of the sessions in that program. Hi Tim,

If people want to download the podcasts it might be easier to find them on the page http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/insights.htm instead of going through the podcast category. They can also be found on iTunes featured in the Health-Self Help category.

To empty the mind of chatter permanently requires a bit more work than the single exercise. One has to inventory and dissolve the beliefs that are behind the thoughts. The exercises for such work are in the audio program on my site. The shift in perception with the eyes is only one of the sessions in that program.

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-25478 zacharius Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:23:09 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/01/pathway-to-happiness/#comment-25478 in certain wilderness schools of tracking and survival, such as tom brown jr. they teach a similar exercise. it's a way ofclicking your brain into a wide angle vision that doesn't fixate on single points, but absorbs, as you said gestalts of patternand motion. foccussing on far away points does a similar thing. in any event it eventually clicks the brain into an alpha wave state that tends to diminish extraneous thought and agitation. in certain wilderness schools of tracking and survival, such as tom brown jr. they teach a similar exercise. it’s a way ofclicking your brain into a wide angle vision that doesn’t fixate on single points, but absorbs, as you said gestalts of patternand motion. foccussing on far away points does a similar thing.

in any event it eventually clicks the brain into an alpha wave state that tends to diminish extraneous thought and agitation.

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