Energetics of Thought

[underthetree]

Something I've found, both in meditation and in everday life is that, when a thought arises and I look at it and let it dissolve, I always experience a physical sensation, either in the area of my heart, my solar plexus or occasionally roughly in my sinuses. The same applies for emotion. This is a sort of faint physical tremor or thrill accompanied by a sensation which is neither pleasant or unpleasant. From my limited understanding of Tibetan esoteric physiology I'm guessing that this is a function or manifestation of lung, but I'd like to know more.

[Jeff]

Great point and question. Try to trace it back and find the point where the energy is "created/introduced" at the prethought. That will help with the answer to your question.

[Malcolm]

Something I've found, both in meditation and in everday life is that, when a thought arises and I look at it and let it dissolve, I always experience a physical sensation, either in the area of my heart, my solar plexus or occasionally roughly in my sinuses. The same applies for emotion. This is a sort of faint physical tremor or thrill accompanied by a sensation which is neither pleasant or unpleasant. From my limited understanding of Tibetan esoteric physiology I'm guessing that this is a function or manifestation of lung, but I'd like to know more.

Thoughts are rlung. When your lung does not move, thoughts do not arise.

[Virgo]

Something I've found, both in meditation and in everday life is that, when a thought arises and I look at it and let it dissolve, I always experience a physical sensation, either in the area of my heart, my solar plexus or occasionally roughly in my sinuses. The same applies for emotion. This is a sort of faint physical tremor or thrill accompanied by a sensation which is neither pleasant or unpleasant. From my limited understanding of Tibetan esoteric physiology I'm guessing that this is a function or manifestation of lung, but I'd like to know more.

Thoughts are rlung. When your lung does not move, thoughts do not arise.

That's what I'm talking about.

Kevin

[Andrew108]

Thoughts are rlung and rlung is?

[underthetree]

Thank you, Malcolm.

So why does the sensation arise at the dissolving of the thought?

Thoughts are rlung. When your lung does not move, thoughts do not arise.

Interesting. So why does lung seem to move during shamatha? Or is that some other part of the subtle anatomy?

[Wesley1982]

-Energeia- is probably the Christian term used to describe the energy of a positive spirit