Chain Meditation
By Leon (leonce@ibm.net), used with permission, please do not publish elsewhere without the author's permission.
The following meditation was sent in to me by Leon Ceranic. This appears to be a meditation to work on a problem, issue, or feeling. It requires two people. It appears to be very complex, but just skip to the example at the end if you get lost and you will see how very easy it is!
INTRO:
Let the Active Partner (AP) find the Coan (any problem, belief, body sensation, emotion, thought, etc.) he wants to work on.
Passive Partner (PP) has a pencil and paper to write the consciousness contents (CC) said by AP.
AP must feel the Coan (KOAN) as stronger as possible (or try to experience it directly, or to indentify himself with it) without any resistance, be open minded to any CC, and with eyes closed say shortly to PP any content appeared in consciousness (mind, body) as a result of this effort.
The Process is repeating with every CC, until the Emptiness (or the Nothingness,or the Void, or the Vacuum, or the Sunjata) is reached at the end of the CC Chain. Then PP is leading his Client back to the beginning of Chain, to the Coan. In this returning process AP must confirm by moving the head or hand, that he did the action demanded by PP.
THE PROCESS:
1. PP: "CLOSE YOUR EYES AND RELAX !"
2. PP: "FEEL THE ".................." (the Coan)" !
3. AP says his CC shortly: for example: " XY-1", which is written by PP as the next Coan at Chain.
4. PP: " FEEL THE " XY-1" " !
5. AP: for example: " ZX-2 " .
6. PP: " FEEL THE " ZX-2 " " !
7. Repeat this until the last CC is reached by AP, and that is The Emptiness in its essence.
8. PP: "ENTER TO THE EMPTINESS; IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH IT, LET THE EMPTINESS COVER YOU COMPLETELY" !
9. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER "..............." (CC before the Emptiness)" !
10. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER "..............." (next CC)" !
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11. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER "ZX-2 " " !
12. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER "XY-1" " !
13. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER "..............." (the Coan)" !
14. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER THE THOUGHT ABOUT ".........." (the Coan), THE WORD ".........." (the Coan)", THE IDEA OF ".........." (the Coan)" !
15. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER YOUR INTENTION TO FEEL ".........." (the Coan)" !
16. PP: "LET THE EMPTINESS COVER YOU ITSELF HERE AND THIS MOMENT NOW" !
17. At the end it must be checked if the Coan is cleared:
PP: " FEEL THE ".................." (the Coan)" !
18. If the answer is something like:
AP: "EMPTINESS" or THERE IS NOTHING " or "NO COAN" ,
Then the Process is over, but if there is anything except the "door" to Emptiness, then repeat the Process from step 2.
If there is too much CC-s (over 20), then probably this is not the Vertical (hierarchical) Chain, but the rotation in the same level(s) circle. In this case it is best to repeat the whole Process. If AA wish creation (rather than cleaning-erasing), then in the 8th step the Emtiness can be fulfilled with Light, Love, Happiness, Peace or some another high state of mind, and then with this state cover CC-s until the point 16.
After some practicing those meditations, the Chains are reduced to 4-6 CC-s, which are easy to remember. Then it is easy for Client to perform solo meditations by the same principle.
Of the most importance is to work with polarity Coans (like Love&Hate, Life&Death, Pleasure&Pain, etc.) to maintain the balance between positive and negative energies (Ying-Yang).
Some people I worked with, had the bliss of enlightenment (Kensho, Lumeo) when they encountered The Emptiness. When the state of Emptiness is stabilisied, then the DOW (Divine) can be easier recognised,or... when everywhere is the Emptiness, the only thing that is left inside is the Crystal Clear Consciousness.
One Process example with the Coan "The LIFE":
PP: "Feel the LIFE"! AP: "Picture of nature". PP: "Feel the picture of nature"! AP: "Pressure in plexus". PP: "Feel the pressure in plexus"! AP: "Heat in the chest". PP: "Feel that heat" ! AP: "Light". PP: "Feel the Light"! AP: "Emptiness". PP: "Enter into that Emptiness, identify yourself with it"!
*pause between 10 sec to 1 min*
PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the Light" ! (waiting for silent confirmation and then), PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the Heat in the chest"! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the Preassure in plexus" ! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the Picture of nature"! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the LIFE"! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover the word LIFE"! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover your Intention to feel the LIFE"! PP: "Let the Emptiness cover YOU HERE AND NOW"! PP: "Feel the LIFE"! AP: "Just the EMPTINESS".
Leon XII '96