2010/07/27 Eden Haiku

 Flight response

 [...] our sensory sytem is used to look out for danger, and  our motor system is used to protect against perceived danger. [...] a kind of martial law that suspends the basic freedom of enjoyment of the freshness of what appears.

 

                                                                                     "Awareness", PaB Book by Piet Hut/Pema Pera

Stumbling upon a dark energy field. It is located in a virtual world, yet it feels threatening enough to fire up a flight response. I listen to the sheer appearance of the dark energy field and let it speak to me. Here is what the experiencer experienced.

Oppressed breathing patterns. Recognizing a deadening logic that creates struggle in a whole system. Perceiving the dark energy field sheer power. Strong impulse to flee. Resonates with past dealings with arbitrary authoritarian figures. Traps into its spiderweb: restricts movement and freedom. Pulls trigger of compulsive use of words to escape a "complex of assumptions" cage. Sucks out all joy and play, colors and luster. 

Labeling it as clever ennemy to fight with or to flee from: choosing fight instead of previous first impulse to flee. Calling on outer and inner resources, mobilizing oneself for combat, gathering possible weapons in the mind: breathing, silence, contemplation. Almost instantaneoulsy some miracle happens: a yellow, warm glow in the stomach. 

Awareness of this glow lasts less than 9 seconds, yet all the darkness is magically dispelled. Solar plexus is turned on, all systems reset, peace of mind restored and love is shining through the whole experience.