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on, I will be faithful to You above all and I will do all that is Your will, just save me! "
But God did not agree, and the man began praying and persuading God even more
passionately and strongly. Finally, God took pity on him and said, "Well, so be it. I will
save you. Let go of the branch." "What? Release the branch?" exclaimed the man. "You
think I'm crazy?" So in life. Human life is, in essence, hanging over a precipice. And
even though he understands the mortality of his position, he keeps clinging with his both
hands to the branch of doubts of his Animal nature, afraid to lose it and to surrender to
the will of God."
So, when you are interpreting associations after a meditation, it is important to analyse
who exactly in you is so afraid of Eternity. A similar method of self-examination on the
topic "Who am I?" and related techniques have been used for a long time in the spiritual
and mystical schools of different peoples and in different religious systems. They have
been known since ancient times and they were especially common among many people
in ancient India and the countries of the East. They were practiced, for example, by the
ancient yogis, Sufis and shamans.
This technique, as you remember, involves unwinding thoughts about the question
"Who am I" in a meditative state of mind, in which it is necessary to ask yourself a
new mental question after your each mental answer. And to observe what thoughts
come, to feel their nature and to ask yourself more often, "Who is the one that is
answering in me?" It is desirable that all the thoughts flow smoothly, without much
reflection or concentration. When a thought comes, we meet it immediately with a
question and see it off with the first answer that comes to mind. But the main thing is to
dive deeper and deeper into yourself.
Anastasia: Yes, this is an interesting technique of recognising thoughts and feelings and
of understanding yourself, who dominates in your consciousness. It does help to sort out
your feelings, to separate the wheat from the chaff. I remember the guys sharing their
impressions about this technique. So many variations could be heard, they had so many
ways to corner their Animal nature. They asked, "Who am I?" "Who is asking the
question?" "I am a body?" "But the body is mortal." "I'm a student." "But the student is a
status." "I am the one who is learning." "But who is learning?" "I'm a human being."
"But who in me is calling me a human being and why?" "I am a human being who loves
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