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DLG 5.3. Carey Madonia East. Learning Goal: evaluate how to succeed in deepening ones awareness of the sacred and assess its evolution through the dark night of the soul and spiritual dreaming. Master Tung Kwo asked Chuang: “Show me where the Tao is to be found.” Chuang Tzu replied;
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DLG 5.3 Carey Madonia East
Learning Goal: evaluate how to succeed in deepening ones awareness of the sacred and assess its evolution through the dark night of the soul and spiritual dreaming
Master Tung Kwo asked Chuang: “Show me where the Tao is to be found.” Chuang Tzu replied; “There is nowhere it is not to be found.” -The Way of Chuang Tzu
Dedicated practice brings both a remarkable continuity and an extraordinary depth of awareness • Gain recurrent recognitions and ultimately a continuous presence • Use more activities as opportunities for awakening so spiritual practices becomes a part of every activity
Ecstatic vision and the Dark Night of the Soul • Sees everything as sacred • Eyes of the soul open to see this • Ecstasy of this gift and the pain of its passing • Loss of these experiences can be devastating • Dark night of the soul • Only one cure: to continue practicing, refining your awareness and purifying your heart
Transforming flashes of illumination into abiding light • Becomes a natural habit • Clear awareness instead of unconscious distraction • Continuance of remembrance as you sleep throughout the night • Crucial stage of advanced practice- effortless effort • Wu Wui
Dream Yoga • Dreams are spiritually significant • Have been used in many religions to contact and connect with people • Effects of practice can transfer into dreams • Lucid dreaming- a person controlling thoughts in his or her dreams • How to lucid dream- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJ5-ad5Mvk • Dream yoga can make lucid dreams
Sources • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJ5-ad5Mvk • http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/biblestudyandtheology/discipleship/carraway_commonsymbols.aspx