Chapter 11 – The Art of Tuning In
11.1 Tuning in
Let us begin with a simple exercise. Take a crystal, for instance,
and another piece of rock found anywhere in the countryside. If
you do not have a crystal, just take two stones of different
colours and textures. You also need a flower or a bunch of leaves.
Sit in a comfortable position and place the objects in front of you.
Make sure your back is straight. Start gazing at the crystal, or one
of the stones.
Implement the triple process of vision:
- Become aware between the eyebrows. Remain very motionless.
Blink as little as possible. - Instead of looking at any of the details of the image in front of
you, become aware of the fact of seeing – what we have called
‘seeingness’. If this is not possible, simply try to feel the image in
front of you instead of looking at it. - Feel the object from your heart. Receive the object in your
heart, through the eye.
Remain with the first object for 2 or 3 minutes. Then apply the
same process to the second stone, for two minutes or more.
Proceed in the same way with the third object.
It will become clear that you get quite different feelings from
each of the stones, and from the leaves and flowers. Of course
these objects have different qualities of vibration. But you also
become different when you open to one or the other. Each object
makes you vibrate at a distinct frequency. The more sensitive you
become, the clearer the inner contrast when tuning into objects or
people.
‘Tuning in’ is the capacity to resonate in harmony with an object,
an animal, a person. ‘Tuning in’ bypasses the ordinary mental
consciousness. It is a direct mode of knowledge and experience
which differs from the ordinary mind in many ways.
A key point is that whenever you look at an object from the
mind, the mind ‘kills’ it. The object is teeming with energy and
vibrations, it has a life of its own. Several laws of nature are active
inside it. And what do you get in your head? A dead replica, which