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Major Categories of Meditation Techniques |
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©2001 by George A. Boyd We characterize three major categories of meditation techniques: Practical Meditation, Centering, and Transcendence. Practical Meditation is taking conscious charge of your attention, your thinking processes, and your behavior in your waking state. [For more information about the Seven Rays discussed below, click here]. It comprises the following characteristics:
Centering means union with the Self, the nucleus of your Metaconscious mind. The avenues through which the Self can be encountered include the following:
We teach each of these centering techniques in the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation. Transcendence means activating the principles of the Superconscious mind, which brings about enlightenment, empowerment, and transformation of your spiritual essence. We also train you in each of the transcendence methods in the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation. These seven transcendence methods are shown below.
The Path of Insight and GrowthYou begin the process of insight and growth with practical meditation in your daily life. You learn to be more
As you become skilled at these practical meditations, you may find yourself using them in your career or avocation. For example, as an athlete you would use observation of behavior and visualization to improve your performance. As a business executive you would need to practice visualization for upcoming presentations or speeches, goal setting to continually enhance your productivity, and relationship sensitivity to effectively serve your customers' needs. As a police officer or security guard, you would develop keen observation of behavior with factual reporting ability. As a psychotherapist, you would utilize behavioral observation and highly developed relationship sensitivity skills to help your clients recover optimal functioning. As a minister, you would be sensitive to others' behavior, their character traits, and cultivate effective relationship sensitivity. As a writer of fictional books, you would combine factual reporting, attribution, and elements of dramatic personification to vividly portray your characters in the imagination of your reader. As an actor, you would rehearse using visualization and role-play using your well-developed dramatic skills to make your character come alive. Most people practice some form of practical meditation without being aware that they are doing it. Stepping back from habitual actions and automatic reactions, you take a moment to reflect, to check in, to change coursethis is practical meditation in action. Practical meditation operates in the field of the Conscious mind while you are in your waking state of awareness. It is present-time focused. It brings into your awareness
Inner AwakeningMany people experience an inner drive to explore the inner world of self and spirituality. This may dawn on them in a mysterious dream, through a poignant and moving experience, during an encounter with a saint or spiritual teacher, or with a sudden insight or revelation that ignites in them a burning curiosity. It culminates in an experience of inner awakening. During an inner awakening:
This spontaneous experience of inner awakening stimulates an intense curiosity to explain and understand what happened to you. You begin a process of questing, seeking answers to these mysterious events that suddenly changed your inner world. You may feel led to deepen your ability to know yourself and your potentials. It is at this stage in your journey that you will need the centering and transcendence methods that allow you egress into the inner portals of consciousness and being. Through centering, you become aware of your Self and your total personality. Through transcendence, you experience your Soul and spirit, and travel through the dimensions of your Superconscious mind in full consciousness. To be successful in your life, it is valuable to cultivate the talents of practical meditation. To be successful in self-actualization, making your dreams and visions real, it is important to be able to focus on the Self with centering methods. To be successful on the spiritual path, it is essential to have mastery of transcendence methods. We encourage you to learn each of these meditation tools for success, and to gain mastery of these skills in each of the categories of meditation.
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