Isolation. Retreat.
Quiet solace in a meditative moment.
And for what? One idea behind the
ancient Tibetan practice of Tummo reveals exactly why; in order to be hollow
and empty of energy taxing emotions and thoughts, to be clear.
The process of
Tummo ends in the physical production of heat.
Tummo leads to the physically overcoming the conditions of
temperature. This happens to be nice
skill atop the cold Himalayan mountains, but operates as a much more than
that. It happens to exemplify the very
reason for meditation. A major part of the
process serves as a potent component toward self-development, one that Tibetan
Buddhists and your average Joe on the street can readily identify with and immediately
benefit from.
The meditative
aspect so clearly illustrated in Tummo and suggested in many other practices is
to imagine clearing all emotions and thoughts to the point of being hollow save
one small flame. On being hollow and clear
of all the emotions and thoughts one can harness the energy it took to create
and deal with the emotions and thoughts and transform the energy into the inner
fire of Tummo, for even just a portion of the energy required for feeling and
thinking is enough to create the inner fire when applied correctly.
This meditative
concept reflects our physical and meditative powers, but also of an exercise in
thinking that could truly save us from ourselves. Human beings are always asking why? We ask why so much that we conjure beliefs
and act on them as if total truth. We ask
why so much that we come up with answers to questions on figments to a series
of why questions. We ask why so much that
our minds are often crowded by answers or beliefs to why questions that no one
asked but ourselves and about things which never happened.
The reason we can't
see the forest through the trees is because of all our beliefs. Our beliefs which come and go as the leaves
on trees, are not are true root or trunk or being. Just as trees let go of their leaves people
have to let go of beliefs every so often too.
If we let go of emotions and thoughts for just a bit we can settle into
our true nature and ignore our beliefs, beliefs which often hinder our true
potential. Let go like in Tummo so as to
be like the tree, not the leaf. Every
time you find yourself asking why questions concerning beliefs and figments,
stop and change the beliefs into clarity and being as centered and balanced as
a tree and change the world by changing your thinking.
