Mindful Happiness

Anthony Quintiliani, Ph.D, LADC

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Meditation at the Deepest Levels

Meditation at the Deepest Levels

In 2007 M. A. Singer’s The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, opened up a whole new, deeper perspective on why consciousness or pure awareness is the root of self. Even in a Buddhist  “no-self” view, Singer’s inquiries leave us with a great deal to unravel.  Here are some reasons why Singer’s believes that deep meditation is the highest form of pure awareness in the self as the observing being.

  1. Deep meditation, beyond the experience of single-pointed concentration, bring you into an experience where you are observing/experiencing consciousness or awareness itself.
  2. This deep meditative experience is consciousness pointed back to itself. It is ultimate you!
  3. As inner and outer worlds integrate into a single state, you “see” the true nature of self.
  4. Because only deep and prolonged meditation can focus consciousness on our true nature, it is the “highest state” of being.  The observing self is the seat of consciousness, your root of all being.
  5. Romana Maharshi’s question of “Who am I?” is fused within this deep meditative state.
  6. There are no more emotional projections, unending cognitions, rising and falling emotions, incessant evaluations, cravings – just inner peace with observation of the true self. A “felt sense” of safety.
  7. For some this deep meditative experience is the source of special spiritual experiences.
  8. The non-attachment to “people, places, and things” allows us to let go of all judgments.
  9. Our sensory contact with objects, phenomena, experiences is at rest. We no longer have to desire or fear what comes next in life. Just radically accept the now.
  10. Welcoming impermanence and change without ego infections bring us joy and happiness.
  11. This you as watcher is the state of your intuitive self, and may be the path to connection with boundless emptiness in space and time.  It may be your connect to great wisdom.
  12. With these new perspectives on personal experience, you suffer less, have more joy, and may attain both personal happiness and great enlightenment.
  13. Perhaps these are the experiences so valued by Buddha, Christ and Maharshi. This ultimate formlessness may be discomforting for some who may not yet be ready for it. You are the change that so often in the past has caused great suffering.  In deep meditation, you learn to allow it all.

For more information refer to Singer, M. A. (200-7). The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself.Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, pp. 31-38.

Anthony R. Quintiliani, PhD., LADC

From the Eleanor R. Liebman Center for Secular Meditation in Monkton, Vermont and the Home of The Monkton SanghaChiYinYang_EleanorRLiebmanCenter

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Yogi Deep Meditation on Inner Listening

Practice: Yogi Deep Meditation on Inner Listening

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Carl Jung noted: Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakens.

The Katha Upanishads (800-400 BCE) noted: One path leads outward and the other inward. [The] way inward leads to grace.

The Mind Cave Focus instructs us to close our eyes and expand your third-eye space to the back of the skull, then with your eyes still closed focus on the space in front of you. Then go inside!

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (300-200 BCE India) tells us to transform the present moment with your breath (long and even).  Being in this condition may bring you a better future.

Buddha noted – To find silence look within.  Jesus noted – The kingdom of heaven is within you.

  1. These preliminaries prepare us to do inner deep listening using our tongue.  Mindful yogi ancients believed that the tongue was part of the emotional brain.  We will use that principle here. Take a few relaxing breaths; close your eyes; relax your jaw; and, rest your tongue softly on the lower base of the mouth.  If you become bothered by inner/outer noise or sensations, you may wish to say SOM (bija mantra – sohm) to yourself.
  2. Now bring your gentle attention to your heart area. See if you can notice subtle vibrations there.
  3. Use inner vision to experience who sees the self become the self. Who Am I?
  4. Using the power of prana, breathe slowly, deeply, calmly. Notice the subtle feeling of unblocking your inner energy as you become your higher self.
  5.  Patanjali notes that you may wish to use a stone or bead in your hand to anchor you to the earth.
  6. In Pratyahara lead your consciousness inward, and concentrate fully on inner experience. Let go!
  7. Concentrate even more in your inner listening meditation.  Experience oceanic awareness (samadhi).
  8. Using Kumbhala yoga, breathe in deeply to the count of five.  Hold for the count of five, and exhale to the count of six. Notice the subtle change into relaxation of mind, body and spirit. Experience the energy of your mind at peace. Experience the energy of your body at peace. Experience the energy of your spirit at peace.  Find that space between the breaths where you know you are at total inner peace.
  9. Look into your heart chakra, and if you know the symbol for the anahata chakra see it and say YAM to yourself.  Be at perfect peace.
  10. Follow Swami Sa’ Premananda notation: Practice love until you remember that you are love.
  11. Now just rest in yourself, with yourself, in complete peace and safety.

By Anthony R. Quintiliani, PhD., LADC

From the Eleanor R. Liebman Center for Secular Meditation in Monkton, VermontChiYinYang_EleanorRLiebmanCenter

Author of Mindful Happiness  

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