Hi Aronaya,
Just came on to the Forum to post a thought or two and noticed your new thread. Yes, for sure, give it a go and see what happens. If nothing then that is fine.
I am not sure what your comments where about meditation now but I am going to the other thread in a minute and will have another look.
Yes, I take on board what you say about a child's dynamic of saying 'i can't'. I am not sure if the mind is different - I would think yes, but don't ask me to qualify that! I want to ponder that one - good point but intuitively I feel that there is a difference in the case of the mind. Are we not dealing with that thing that is essentially what we are? Our true selves? The real me? Which in some traditions is the Absolute, one-ness. An arm of course is prone to aging and bound by physicality and time -is the mind? Perhaps - will ponder further.
Can I just add one thing: if you are drawn to the Master symbol then this would seem to be the most appropriate for you to work with. I would suggest however that given that you seem to be acknowledging that you have not engaged in meditation very much in recent times, then the following strategy might be helpful:
Don't try to see or visualize the whole symbol in one go - and this applies even more so if anyone is having a go with the distant symbol - just take a part of it- the top part most probably and just meditate on that - forget the rest of the symbol. Later, work with another part of it. Eventually you can perhaps work with the whole. Of course with this symbol we are working with Japanese kanji - but it does relate to universal archetypes and it is as much a picture as it is a script in some senses and so there is the possibility that the non-Japanese mind can still access the depths of this symbolic form.
Many blessings and good luck!
Will be interested to hear how you get on.
Steve
