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High
Get'n
High
Ever'a Trick Inni Book
Pur'n'ear
Wa-d'e sa?
‘e sa stica Nibbananna inni e-ae-a ‘anna eda da Bannana!
The Art of Cultivating One State of Consciousness
By
Abandoning Another
Table of Contents for High Get'n High
Introduction
Sit
Attain Balance
Get Rid of the Bindups
The First Burning
The Second Burning
The Third Burning
The Fourth Burning
The purpose of this form of mental culture is that hinted at in the term "getting high". From a height a wide view is possible; from the highest height one can step off of it all, or, better, let it all go without fear of getting caught by a higher crag as one ascends. With such a wide view it is easy to see the essential point of the Buddha's Teaching: That there is nothing there that is not changeable; that Pain (DUKKHA) is the consequence of change where one is attached to things the way they are, and that, because it changes and is painful, there is nothing there that can justify being called the 'Self' of one.
So then on this day,
after waking up, getting up, attending to bowl and robes, leaving your hut, going to town, going on your beggars rounds, eating, chewing, tasting and swallowing, leaving town, urinating and defecating,
And then separating yourself from the grosser sorts of involvements, suchas:
Wanting and wishing for pleasure
Anger at disagreeable situations
Indulging in lazy ways and being downbound by inertia
Indulging in fear and terror
Indulging in doubts and uncertainties
not bringing the attention to giving,
not bringing the attention to ethical culture
not bringing the attention to self-control
not bringing the attention to high working hypothesis
not bringing the attention to high principles
not bringing the attention to high talk
not bringing the attention to high works
not bringing the attention to high lifestyles
not bringing the attention to high making effort
not bringing the attention to the body
not bringing the attention to sensation
not bringing the attention to mental states
having previously fully developed high mind,
And having set up guard over the senses,
And having set up a balance between being over excited and being too lax by using The Seven Dimensions of Self Awakening,
And then separating yourself from your more disturbing surroundings by finding a place to be alone:
deep, deep, deep in some forest pasture,
at the root of soma tree,
on the side of a mountain,
in the wilderness,
in a cave,
in a cemetery,
out in the middle of an open field,
on a heap of grass and leaves,
or in some empty hut.
And then, sit down, sitting down upright,
legs bent-across-lapwise,
and bringing the attention to the area of the face
and taking in
1,
2,
3,
one, two, three,
deep, deep, deep
satisfying inniinhalationsa soma fresh air,
Let It All Go
Let It Go
And then, from there
in just that way
minding the in-breath
minding the out-breath
making one-goal the intent of your heart,
that is to say, detachment,
and
Not becoming involved in
Wanting and wishing for pleasure
Anger at disagreeable situations
Indulging in lazy ways and being downbound by inertia
Indulging in fear and terror
Indulging in doubts and uncertainties
stilling,
calming,
tranquillizing the body
and concentrating the mind,
And then, pervading the entire universe with friendly vibrations,
Sympathetic Vibrations,
Happiness at the Happiness's of Others, and
Objective Detachment.
And then separated from things of the senses,
separated from gross involvements;
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with solitude,
while still rethinking and rambling on,
enter The First Burning
and reside in the habitat-a that.
Soak,
Permeate,
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That heap of shit there
You call: "My Body"
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with solitude.
In the same way
As the Bath Attendant of Old,
Or his skillful Apprentice,
Whenever he wishes to make a soap-ball
Takes a copper pot
Adds his soap flake
And sprinkles it with a little moisture
And then he rolls that soap-ball
round and round and round and round
til it's
Soaked,
Permeated,
Suffused,
and
Saturated
with
but does not ooze any
moisture!
In the Same way,
separated from things of the senses,
separated from gross involvements;
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with solitude,
while still rethinking and rambling on,
enter The First Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that.
And
Soak,
Permeate,
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That body there
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with solitude.
§
And then separated from rethinking and rambling on,
with impassivity and having become unified in mind,
not bringing the attention to rethinking and rambling on,
bringing the attention to the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with getting high,
without rethinking and rambling on,
enter The Second Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
Soak,
Permeate,
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That body there
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with getting high
In the same way
As a spring-fed pond
With no in-let from the East
With no in-let from the South
With no in-let from the West
With no in-let from the North
And no rain com'n down from the gods above
is nevertheless
soaked,
permeated,
suffused,
and
saturated
with the moisture arising
from the spring
which feeds it from below
In the same way
separated from rethinking and rambling on,
not bringing the attention to rethinking and rambling on,
bringing the attention to the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with getting high,
without rethinking and rambling on,
enter The Second Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
And
Soak,
Permeate,
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That body there
with the interest, enjoyment, and sense of ease
that come with getting high
§
And then separated from interest and enjoyment,
not bringing the attention to interest and enjoyment,
with impassivity, detachment, and clear consciousness
bringing the attention to the pleasure
that comes with that sense of ease
the Aristocrats describe as:
'Detached, satisfied with getting high, he's got the life!'
enter The Third Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
And
Soak,
Permeate
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That Cracked Pot there
with the pleasure
that comes with a sense of ease
In the same way
as in a water-lilly pond
filled with white water lillies
filled with blue water lillies
filled with red water lillies
some white water lillies
some blue water lillies
some red water lillies
are born in the water
grow up in the water
reach maturity in the water, and
without rising above the water
come to flower below the surface of the water, and are
soaked,
permeated,
suffused,
and
saturated
from the tops of the tips of their flowering heads above
to the bottoms of their roots below
with that water
In the same way,
separated from interest and enjoyment,
not bringing the attention to interest and enjoyment,
with impassivity, detachment, and clear consciousness
bringing the attention to the pleasure
that comes with that sense of ease
the Aristocrats describe as:
'Detached, satisfied with getting high, he's got the life!'
enter The Third Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
And
Soak,
Permeate
Suffuse,
and
Saturate
That body there
with the pleasure
that comes with a sense of ease
§
And then separated from pain
letting go of pleasure
not bringing the attention to pain and pleasure
letting go of any predisposition to return to
bodily pains and pleasures
without pain
without pleasure
clearly conscious, detached,
satisfied with the
bright
shiny
clean-clear-through
radiance
of
detachment
Enter The Fourth Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
And
Soak
Permeate
Suffuse
and
Saturate
that body
with the bright, shiny, clean-clear-through
radiance of detachment
In the same way
as it comes to pass that the body gets wrapt
from the tops of the tips of the hairs of the head above
to the bottoms of the soles of the feet below
in a bright, shiny, clean-clear-through radiant white cloth
so that there is no part of that body
that is not covered
by that bright, shiny, clean-clear-through radiant white cloth,
In the same way
separated from pain
letting go of pleasure
not bringing the attention to pain and pleasure
letting go of any predisposition to return to
bodily pains and pleasures
without pain
without pleasure
clearly conscious, detached,
satisfied with the
bright
shiny
clean-clear-through
radiance
of
detachment
Enter The Fourth Burning
and reside in the habitat-a-that
And
Soak
Permeate
Suffuse
and
Saturate
that body
with the bright, shiny, clean-clear-through
radiance of detachment
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