Dear Obo
tx. what u hv written makes a lot a sense.
ya, occasionally, i could feel the tension building up and could watch it
and then the tension disappears for a short while & abruptly erupts into a
jerk.
That's a nice description - "smooth it out as you would a wrinkle in a
garment you were folding up neatly to put away" - like finding ways and
means to relax.
thought i was quite relaxed before this but seems not so.
it's consoling to know what this spasm is all about and what to do.
one meditation master told me to note it, to be mindful of it, to watch it,
etc -
either i'm not doing it right or the spasm has to take its course.
metta, beng suan

>From: OlBeggaO@...
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Pali] Re: Jerks and such
>Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 01:10:02 -0000
>All you need is a little practice and you will be able to get ahead
>of these phenomena. When you see it coming, you will see where the
>spasm is about to start (at what muscle, or point in the body) and
>then you can smooth it out as you would a wrinkle in a garment you
>were folding up neatly to put away. Meanwhile don't worry, it means
>you are moving on from old stuff you were hanging on to. It is simply
>that with the jerk, you release the tensions "into the air" as it
>were, and, actually, not completely at that; whereas with control,
>you release the tensions into internal energy that will move you
>swiftly past this stage. Without control, you can stay in the spasm
>stage for years!(. . . because although it may appear that you have
>experienced a great release, a very small release can create a large
>spasm; you can experience spasms that lift the body right off the
>floor! We've been accumulating tensions for a while now, or so I
>hear.)
>
>obo
>

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