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the earth has music for those who listen
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As I was talking in one of my previous posts about the empty space technique and the necessity of recovery after a busy schedule, one of the easiest way to give to our over-excited brain a break (after the breathing focus meditation technique) is a walk in a natural environment, being aware of every one of your senses. Just focus on what you hear, see, smell. Do not think, just open yourself to the myriads of sensations and stimuli, and enjoy it.
I will tell you about one urban legend. One long forgotten, from the times when children started to train in the hidden Ninja Villages, long before Tokugawa era.
They started to train at the age of six, and each day was dedicated to one of the 5 senses. One day they focused on hearing, one day on seeing, and then tasting, touching and smelling. After few years, when they will be aware on one sense for the whole day, without interruption, the second phase started. Now they focused on two different senses in the same time, each day. And after a while on three, then on four, until finally they could focus continuously on all the five senses, every moment of their entire life. This would take 15–20 years to achieve, but only after that the child was able to be considered a Ninja, a shadow warrior. They were not super-humans, but they trained extensively. Jut imagine yourself, being able to register every word, every smell or sensation. While you were doing your usual stuff, on top of that. Impressive, isn't it? From a neurological point of view, their brains were transformed in some perfect oiled machine, and if you add to this the technique to achieve almost photographic memory, there you are, destined to win. Of course, Ninja also learned how to swim, race, use horses, weapons, distraction, manipulation techniques, chemistry, accounting and many more (the Geishas had the 72 arts, the Ninjas supposedly had 777 or 888 arts, if we are to believe different accounts).
My suggestion is, choose one of your senses each day for a month, and taste a bit from the forbidden knowledge. See how everything is transformed around you as you become more aware and more centered in the present.
And stop there. Do not go further, does not matter how alluring will be. Even if they hide in plain sight, you cannot see them.