Writing meditation of enlightened sage Adi Da

Ajay0 · Jul 5, 2024

Adi Da ( Franklin Albert Jones), an American enlightened sage, had expounded on a certain writing meditation he engaged in during his youth.

Adi Da - Wikipedia

During and after his postgraduate studies, Adi Da engaged in an experiment of exhaustive writing, a process in which he wrote continuously for eight or more hours daily, as a kind of "yoga" where every movement of conscious awareness, all experiences, internal or external, were monitored and recorded.

In this exercise, he felt that he discovered a structure or "myth" that governed all human conscious awareness, a "schism in Reality" that was the "logic (or process) of separation itself, of enclosure and immunity, the source of all presumed self-identity".

He understood this to be the same logic hidden in the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus, the adored child of the gods, who was condemned to the contemplation of his own image and suffered the fate of eternal separateness. He concluded that the "death of Narcissus" was required to fulfill what he felt was the guiding purpose of his life, which was to awaken to the "Spiritually 'Bright' Condition of Consciousness Itself" that was prior to Narcissus, and communicate this awakening to others.
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wooleeheron · Jul 6, 2024

Our words are frequently censored and classified, yet they have a life and a will of their own, that nobody wants to talk about. To escape egotism, find the words that speak for themselves.

Ajay0 · Jul 8, 2024

Enlightened spiritual teacher Jed Mckenna has also advocated writing as a means to bringing greater clarity of thought and objectivity, and better ability to see the bigger picture from a vantage point of notes.

“Writing it down on paper or on a computer where you can see it is because the brain, unlikely as it may sound, is no place for serious thinking. Any time you have serious thinking to do, the first step is to get the whole shootin’ match out of your head and set it up someplace where you can walk around it and see it from all sides.

Attack, switch sides and counter-attack. You can’t do that while it’s still in your head. Writing it out allows you to act as your own teacher, your own critic, your own opponent. By externalizing your thoughts, you can become your own guru; judging yourself, giving feedback, providing a more objective and elevated perspective.” ~ Jed Mckenna
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Ajay0 · Jul 12, 2024

Jiddu Krishnamurti had also recommended writing down every thought-feeling as helpful in cultivating awareness and leading to integration and understanding.

“If you find it difficult to be aware, then experiment with writing down every thought and feeling that arises throughout the day; write down your reactions of jealousy, envy, vanity, sensuality, the intentions behind your words, and so on.

Spend some time before breakfast in writing them down, which may necessitate going to bed earlier and putting aside some social affair. If you write these things down whenever you can, and in the evening before sleeping look over all that you have written during the day, study and examine it without judgment, without condemnation, you will begin to discover the hidden causes of your thoughts and feelings, desires and words.

Now, the important thing in this is to study with free intelligence what you have written down, and in studying it you will become aware of your own state. In the flame of self-awareness, of self-knowledge, the causes of conflict are discovered and consumed. You should continue to write down your thoughts and feelings, intentions and reactions, not once or twice, but for a considerable number of days until you are able to be aware of them instantly.

Meditation is not only constant self-awareness, but constant abandonment of the self. Out of right thinking there is meditation, from which there comes the tranquility of wisdom; and in that serenity the highest is realized.

Writing down what one thinks and feels, one's desires and reactions, brings about an inward awareness, the cooperation of the unconscious with the conscious, and this in turn leads to integration and understanding.”

J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
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wooleeheron · Jul 13, 2024

Taoist monks are trained from early childhood, then spend seven years on the average meditating in a cave on the Tao Te Ching. It requires at least 15 years of studying at least six English translations, and living as a hermit to reproduce their results, but words and concepts are self-organizing, like everything else, with a life and a will of their own. The only reason this isn't already common knowledge, is because the fact the truth itself is self-organizing is taboo, in any modern culture, making automating the truth the only way forward.

Ajay0 · Jul 30, 2024

Bhavani Lorraine Nelson on writing meditation...

Writing as Meditation

It’s helpful to have developed some focus through a concentration practice first, so that you can stay with what’s coming in, but the practice may, in turn, train you to be more present to what’s in your awareness even when you are not writing it down.

Give it a try—on a site such as 750 Words, or simply with paper and pen.

Here are a few basic instructions to get you started.

As in any meditation practice, find a space and time where you won’t be disturbed. Then set a boundary for the practice—either writing for a set length of time or for a set number of words or pages.

After that, simply begin to note down whatever is in your mind. If you’re doing this on paper, keep the pen moving. If you’re on a computer, let your fingers keep dancing over the keys. Keep writing until your boundary is reached (that’s easy on 750 Words, because they tell you when you reach that target).

If, at any time, you’re not sure what to write next, write that down until you can capture the next thought. Bear in mind that this is a personal practice. No one else will ever read what you write. That means you don’t have to worry about spelling, grammar, or any of the rules you learned in school. It’s not quality you’re looking for, it’s the act of writing down whatever comes.

The more you can eliminate the judging, editing, critical part of your mind, the freer your writing will be, and the more you’ll be able simply to observe your thoughts rather than being caught up in them. And that’s something to rejoice about!
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