The Art of Travel 4-6

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WHERE EVER YOU GO;YOU ARE

It follows then that you cannot escape from yourself by traveling.

The idea that there is a place on earth that you can be free

of yourself, of your worries, your fears, is an illusion.You carry your state of mind with you. The only way to escape from yourself

as philosopher & Beat hipster Alan Watts put it,is to 

"Get out of your Own Way!"

Commentary: I think i was onto something here. That the idea of travel is a 'Getting away from IT all' is a myth, a delusion of the mind. The IT you are getting away from is YOU. And you are the one who is traveling. To get out of your own way as Watts put it can be done anywhere. Which I think he means dropping your self consciousness, which amounts to Fedexing your ego. Tricky.

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IN MANY WAYS YOU HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED FAR.

IN YOUR IMAGINATION.

In your dreams, on the wings of desire you have made many

voyages.When ever you feel a sense of apprehension about a 

forth coming journey, be it finding yourself along way from home,

or the from the pain of separation,know that you have already

roamed the universe many times in your mind. Remember the occasions 

you day dreamed of enjoying something wonderful with your lover in a far off exotic place, and you were there.

Commentary: I think what i am getting at here is the degree to which we already travel in out heads. So don't be concerned about a real trip, your mind has already taken you to far of places and shown you some scary stuff and places of much wonder. You always got back right? right ?

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TO TRAVEL IN THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION,

BEGIN IN YOUR MIND.

Connect with where ever you want to be in the stillness of your mind.In the Tao te Ching, the sage Lao Tzu tells us

"The master travels all day, without leaving home.

However splendid the views, she stays serenely within herself"

This is what we might call Remote Viewing. To perceive and experience distant places while not moving.To practice bilocation, let go of extraneous thoughts of where you are, then gently hold your attention on a distant place.Be open to your impressions.

Commentary: I used to be fascinated by Bilocation, the idea of being in two places at the one time. Remote viewing of distant locations is possible and quite accurate in the sense of getting a composite impression of the place before you actually go there. If you get good at it you better hang onto your passport.