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Jen
teaches Tibetan guided meditations.
Step one:
Preparing
the room. Doing yoga or other stretching to ensure
comfort while sitting. Occasionally we do breathwork (pranayama).
Step two:
Assume a
proper meditation posture.
Step three:
We discuss
some suggested meditation subjects for that day.
Step four:
In Tibetan
Buddhist meditation there is a practice of doing guided
mental preliminaries to meditation. These include:
bringing to mind your purpose for meditating, focusing
on the breath, paying respect to your guru (whether a
live person, the Buddha, or some other inspiring
figure), confessing bad deeds and rejoicing in good
ones, and dedicating your practice. These preliminaries
are meant to prepare the mind to enter meditation.
Step five:
Focus on the
object we're using that day, or on the object you are
currently using in your personal practice.
Step six:
Return to
your bodily awareness. Become conscious of your
surroundings.
Step seven:
Discuss our
experiences, goals, etc etc
Meditation
is the concentration of the mind on a virtuous object.
The
relative, or short-term aims of meditation are to focus
and strengthen the mind. Also to understand and learn
to improve our karma (our personal patterns of behavior
and the effects they produce). The ultimate aim is to
tranform ourselves and our world, by attaining
single-pointed focus (shamata) and insight or wisdom (vipashyana).
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John teaches Taoist/Buddhist standing, sitting and
walking meditation
SET 1
Meditation begins with basic stretching and
breathing purification techniques.
SET 2
Standing
meditation focusing on relaxing the body/mind, opening
up the various energy centers and pathways.
SET 3
Silent sitting or guided energy visualization meditation,
focusing on the breath, opening up the various energy centers and pathways.
The guided meditation may also be on direct pointing
to ones true nature.
You can sit any way you like; bench or floor.
SET 4
Floor meditation, energy work, tapping and more.
SET 5
Walking meditation followed by a talk on meditation
techniques, energy flow, non duality awareness and
more.
What is non dual meditation?
It
essentially means becoming one-pointed in concentration, not
scattered or divided in your mind, body and spirit. It
incorporates methods and techniques from the various non
dual wisdom traditions. (mostly Buddhist/Taoist) It is
very simple so anyone can do it, anytime or any place once
you know how. At work or play. Every action you take becomes
an opportunity to practice this.
What are the benefits of this practice?
The benefit of this practice is a tranquil, bright,
compassionate, contented and focused mind, body and spirit.
As well as increased self awareness and equanimity. If
practiced over long periods of time it may also help with
de-conditioning the mind of negative traits, patterns,
proclivities and tendencies.
What is the aim?
The
aim is not having an aim because what you are
aiming at is what you already are, but you could say it's
"enlightenment" or natural non dual awareness.
A sense of being completed. Contented. Whole
without a need to seek anything more from an
external source for one's happiness.
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