What kind of activities are suitable for "run-down"?

[gil-galad]

Hi

I am practicing the "run-down" phasing methods. I have tried several scenarios, but neither of them  have brought me success yet. I do two kinds of activity. One with less movement and another with more movement. I would like to ask which one is more suitable for a run down.

As an enviroment I usualy imagine a white beach, where I do various activities:

1, using some tools I bulid a sand castle, while feeling the water reach my foot, feeling the wet sand on my hands and hearing the sound of the waves.

2, I go into the sea with a ball and play and swim. (sometimes instead of this I practice martial-arts near the sea)
( I enjoy all 3 activities)

The (1,) activity is more creative and complex (since I am building sg) and does not involve a lot of movements.
The other two is less complex and less creative. But they consists of more intense movements, which makes it easier for me to actually "feel" what I am doing (involve body awareness more)

Can anyone tell me, which type of activity is more suitable for "run-down"? The (1), which is more creative and involve less movements? Or the other 2, which involve more intense movements?                                                                         Thanks in advance

[Xanth]

Basically, it has to be something that is exciting and active enough for you to keep your attention and to put your physical senses into... yet not so complicated that it keeps you rooted in the physical. 

Those two activities you mention are great.

~Ryan

[Stookie]

I believe there is possibility for greater success with a repetitive action that can be done infinitely. Like if your on the beach, maybe swim out 30 yds, come back in, swim back out, come back in, etc. But doing something like building a castle is much more difficult: you have to picture the building process and details, and when your done with it, what do you do? Building the same castle over and over seems like a lot of work for a rundown. Same thing with just playing around. There is no focus. Doing random activities is more like daydreaming, which isn't what your trying to get your mind to do.

A rundown is similar to a mantra or a mandala. It should be a pattern that drives you into trance.

[personalreality]

Have you ever heard the "secret" song on Green Day's Dookie album?

"I was alone...
I was all by myself....
No one was loooookinnnn.....
I was thinkin of you"

[solarity]

I like chopping carrots, *chop chop chop*

[phxsun]

I like sitting on a rock at the oceans edge watching the waves and the shimmering water bounce off my face. Very trance like

daniel

[Xanth]

I believe there is possibility for greater success with a repetitive action that can be done infinitely. Like if your on the beach, maybe swim out 30 yds, come back in, swim back out, come back in, etc. But doing something like building a castle is much more difficult: you have to picture the building process and details, and when your done with it, what do you do? Building the same castle over and over seems like a lot of work for a rundown. Same thing with just playing around. There is no focus. Doing random activities is more like daydreaming, which isn't what your trying to get your mind to do.

A rundown is similar to a mantra or a mandala. It should be a pattern that drives you into trance.

As usual, Stookie you said exactly what I wanted to ... but with much more elegance. 

~Ryan

[gil-galad]

Thanks for the suggestions.

As I understand Stokie's words, it is very important that the activity needs to be repetitive. The reason why I tried to avoid too much repetition is that I had read in one of Frank's posts: "too much repetition might make you get bored or fall asleep".  In my opinion it is not the repetition, which causes the trance state and any kind of activity is suitable if it keeps your mind awake and lets your body fall asleep.

Newerthles, I came up with a repetitive action. It is not much fun, but I will try to engage myself as much as possible.I imagine a cottage with a nice garden. There is a table outside placed near the wall. I sit down there and imagine "peeling potatoes". I peel each potato with the same movements so the whole thing is repeated after each potato. Is this activity suitable   for a "run-down"?

[Stookie]

Yeah, that sounds like a good one.

For the heck of it, I attempted the "on-the-beach, swimming out, back, out" that I mentioned earlier. Didn't like it: I kept getting the salt water in my eyes and mouth, which was unexpected until I started going for it. And that's the way a rundown should be. It should engage all of your senses to where you really feel it, smell it, taste it, etc.

It's true you don't want to do something too boring, but it should be something that can be done indefinitely that engages your senses. I always bring up Selski's old one of jumping on a trampoline. The feelings associated with that can be great to associate with OBE's.