Dedicated to the memory of O.B. Ray, bodhisattva and itinerant American monk.
"Total relaxation is all, absolutely all, that is necessary for you to do, in order to Be."
The O-BE-ATA Project
updated 12/29/06
The O-BE-ATA Project (Oceanic Beatitude Easily
Available To All) was founded in 2002 to
promote paradise-being / consciousness-enstasy. The Project operates on the
basic premise that feeling not only good but VERY good easily and
naturally is an innate birthright accessible to everyone during their planetary
sojourn. This 'easing' applies not only to human beings,
because once humankind achieves a certain comfort zone, it will view other
species with renewed empathy and understanding.
The O-BE-ATA Project's easy exercises and body
postures seek to relieve human malaise by spreading word of these various
techniques through existing information channels - 'dropping a pebble in the
pond' - or 'sowing a meme.'
Unrealistic? Preliminary investigations seem to
demonstrate the enormous and unused capacities we have for feeling not just
good but _very_ good, without the ingestion of any opioids or stimulants - or
anything from the broad pharmacopoeia now available. Large portions of our
brain are just begging to enlighten up this way.
Beyond the obviously positive aspects of this
project, there exists a moral urgency to find another level of co-existence
internationally as well as in large urban centers. Dance, drumming, breathing
exercises, facial tapping exercises and the art form known as Hamboning as well as
the human voice are all good starting points.
At present, we live in a world controlled by ever-renewed
robber-baron generations. Selfishness and greed are accepted traits within all
current world cultures. Competition leads to struggle, which utilizes cruelty
and manipulation and physical torture as everyday devices to control others.
Our institutions, including organized religions, ignore the basic needs that we
all long for as prerequisites for a totally prosperous and happy society.
Meanwhile, the loud buzz of 'getting ahead' drowns out the cries of loneliness
and despair of millions.
Some recent breakthroughs have occurred:
bioscience has mapped the human genome, with very profound implications in
terms of our future as a species. For the first time, we have within our grasp
the possibility of redefining the average human life as a peak experience and,
in the words of one biotechnology company, BLTC Research,
"redesign the global ecosystem
and deliver genetically pre-programmed well-being."
Biotechnology promises to be on the verge of
making us smarter, happier, nicer, and abolishing physical and mental pain
altogether. But Science made similar undelivered promises during the previous
century, so this time we should consider hedging our bets with O-BE-ATA's
planned review of the human body's as-it-now-exists capacity - and tolerance -
for states of profound well-being.
Quoting from the same biotech company,
"Life on earth can be animated by gradients of ecstatic well-being beyond
the bounds of normal human experience."
O-BE-ATA believes
that it can help bring this statement into fruition. The project can perform an
important service by bringing forward various 'forgotten,' taken-for-granted,
ignored, secret or previously undiscovered natural methods for increasing the
pleasurable sense of fulfillment of the average individual. The founder does
not view himself in the role of a teacher or 'guru' but as a researcher and
re-discoverer. He invites others to contribute their own findings to the
project as well.
An important discovery
in 2005 was the Advanced Yoga Practices site founded by the
anonymous teacher, Yogani. Since its beginnings in 2003, Yogani has put together
a book of the lessons, a spiritual novel, and a few smaller books focused on
particular topics such as tantric sex, pranayama, etc.
and Deep Meditation: Pathway To Personal Freedom.
exercises
and articles re: exercises
