The Vikid Fast - Day 9 of 20
Breaking Rules, Tension, Dreams & The Third Eye
Breaking Rules
So I’ve broken a rule. Why not? This is my fast and I do as I please, as circumstances warrant…
A few days ago I was clearing out an old todo list buried in the recesses of my phone. This has been part of my routine the last few days, to get old cruft either done or deleted and I came across a single name “Jim Dreaver”.
I couldn’t remember it meaning anything and I was about to dismiss the task, permanently wiping it from my memories when I decide to do a quick lookup.
Hmm… Jim was a spiritual teacher and I had watched an interview of him (watch it here) a very long time ago. So I went on his site and there he offers a book, Untriggerable, for a small donation of any amount you deem fit.
Well nothing out of the ordinary here. I made a donation, set a reminder and forgot about it. A few days later, no book had arrived in my email, so I wrote to him and asked how everything was and if he had received my donation. Well he replied by both attaching the book to the email and offering me a free Skype call!
This happens soon (during this fast) and I hope to write something about it. At any case, if I am going to speak with the man, I thought I better figure out where he comes from. I couldn’t remember the interview and so I thought I would pick up his book, as now I have already bought it. Well I think I like it a lot and I am willing to break my “no reading” rule in this case. Case well warranted.
Tension
Yesterday was for all accounts a normal day. Insights keep coming and awareness is expanding. For example, I noticed that I hold a lot of tension in my jaws and in my eyes. Often I find that my teeth are tightly welded shut and my eyes are far from relaxed, this tension then runs down my neck and into the body. If I try to examine why I am doing this, I really can’t find and answer. The only thing I can think of is that it’s a pattern that starts in the mind, goes into the brain, which then signals the body to tense up.
So I have to bring more body awareness in each passing moment and allow this “nervous” energy to dissipate. At the same time I need to access the deeper parts of my mind to see if there is anything causing it…
Dreams
I’ve also noticed that I pass most of my time in a dream. Yes, I’m a dreamer it seems! My mind is always somewhere else, some scenario totally oblivious to me, it could be my past, a likely future, a fantasy or just about anything, running like a movie. A script that is being run, and when I bring my awareness to it, quite often it dissipates. At other times it is a thought of something I need to do. So it is partially useful and cannot be totally dismissed. I am experimenting with different mantras to interrupt the process. This morning on my run/walk I used the mantra “let it go” which also sounds like “let ego” which is quite nice for breaking down the ego barrier. And as each dream arises, I just try to let it go.
The Third Eye
In the chill pool, this morning, I did some Shamanic / Wim Hoff style breath work while concentrating on the third eye. Something started happening, amorphous purple clouds emanated at the location between my eyebrows. Perhaps it’s starting, just inkling, to open. We will have to see. No pun intended!
Health wise I am doing great. The fact that I don’t eat has become something of a non routine and non issue. It just isn’t bothersome. Both body and mind have accepted the situation and both are thriving.
That’s all Folks!
The Vikid Truth