Focal Points in Meditation

Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Conscious Mind

Present time awareness of experience

Waking state of consciousness

Ground state of attention; meditation begins here

1

Movement awareness

Awareness of body movement and position in the present
time

2

External sensory awareness

Awareness of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch in
the present time

3

Body awareness

Awareness of muscles, bones, organs, and physiological
rhythms in the present time

4

Feeling awareness

Awareness of emotions in the present time

5

Mental awareness

First octave of will (behavioral command), analogical
and deductive reasoning, awareness of thoughts in the present time, faculty
of reality testing

6

Ego

Integration center of the Conscious mind; identification with roles, relationships, and possessions; awareness of I AM statements and their associated mental content; seat of defenses and shadow

7

Preconscious

Accesses memory in the Subconscious mind, receives
impressions and memories from the Subconscious mind, awareness of impressions arising from the liminal zones of the mind into the Conscious mind

8

Subconscious Gateway center

Doorway to the Subconscious mind, keeps impressions
from the unconscious mind out of conscious awareness

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Subconscious Mind

Memory, Creative Intelligence, Imagination

Memory and the Personal Unconscious

Present time recording of memory, life narrative to the
first conscious memory; remembrance of birth, conception, and the atom of
eternity (the Soul’s perspective on human life)

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Chakras of the Subconscious mind

Site of the creative intelligence of the seven chakras;
seat of the Kundalini Shakti, the attentional principle, the stream leading
to the presence of the spirit; contains the reflection of the Soul’s
spiritual evolution in the brain chakra

11

Astral body

Vehicle of subtle sensation, subtle movement, and
imagination; operates during meditation, hypnosis, and dreaming sleep

12

Causal body

Deep processing of life experience; transmutation of
life experience into experiences into wisdom, consolidation of experiences
into long-term memory, and working out of life issues

13

Toruses of Purpose

Mirror of the issues of life destiny, and the
development of the spirit in the twelve domains

14

Eight petalled lotus of the Subconscious mind

A center where Mudrashram® students commune with one of
our spiritual teachers in his guide form

15

Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Metaconscious Mind

Executive Functions of the Personality

Metaconscious Etheric Body (Switchboard)

Interfaces between Subconscious and Metaconscious mind;
operates perception and ideomotor movement, gives some control over the state
of physiological arousal, accesses memory, and is the location of the second
octave of will, habit. The seed atom in the brain of the etheric body mirrors
the Soul’s spiritual evolution.

16

Desire Body (Commitment)

Anchors the personality’s long-term commitments to
projects, employment, education, relationships, family, and children

17

Persona (Social skills and humor)

Expresses social skills, humor, and expresses caring
for others

18

Conscience (Standards and values)

Contains the standards and values by which you judge
quality, character, and your sense of truth; it enables you to introspect on
your behavior, to correct yourself, and to discipline yourself; it is the
place where your discover the whispering of your Soul’s truth (Dharma)

19

Concrete mind (Goals and plans)

Enables you to set goals, plan, schedule, itemize
important points, and prioritize. This center of the mind enables you to
work.

20

Intellect (Intelligence and problem solving)

Holds the problem solving skills that enable you to
operate on verbal, written, mathematical, or symbolic information. This is
developed through education.

21

Intuition (Self awareness and insight)

Gives you the ability to “check-in” with yourself
(self-knowledge); permits you to have empathy for others (emotional
intelligence); operates your musical intelligence, and your ability to tune
into the earth and cosmos (spiritual or existential intelligence)

22

Volition (Choice)

Controls all vehicles of the personality, governs free
choice and selection of options among alternatives; this is the third octave
of the will, intelligent or skillful will

23

Self (Core personal identity)

Integration center of the entire personality

25

Being

Passive form of the Self, union with the everything
around you; the inner “pool of peace”

26

Superconscious Gateway

Doorway to the Superconscious mind, keeps impressions
from the unconscious mind out of conscious awareness

27

Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Lower Subtle Realm)

Annamayakosa

Your form which is in touch with the seamless webs of
Nature, the “Dream Time” of the Australian aborigines

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Pranamayakosa

Your body of life force that animates the body and the
personality. There is a connection to the Cosmic Sphere through the point
between the eyebrows center of this form.

29

Manomayakosa

Your body of ideas, which embodies your dreams and
inspirations

30

Vijnanamayakosa

Your body of revelation, through which the Soul
whispers its spiritual truths

31

Anandamayakosa

The body of blissful resonance, the vehicle through
which the Soul incarnates through the personality

32

Subtle Astral form

A form through which you can tap into the ancestral
unconscious

33

Subtle Causal form

A form through which you invoke the gods and goddesses
to bring blessings into your life, the abode of the yantras

34

Subtle Mythological form

A form in which you express the gifts you bring to your
tribe; the fourth octave of the will operates from this center

35

Golden Lotus

This form links your personality with the Soul through
the Kundalini Shakti

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Middle and Upper Subtle Realm)

Subtle Physical

Archetypes of the East Indian Civilization

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Subtle Etheric

Archetypes of the Chinese Civilization

38

Subtle Emotional

Archetypes of the Greek and Roman Civilizations

39

Subtle Mental

Archetypes of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Hebrew Civilizations

40

Subtle Intellectual

Archetypes of the Scandinavian and Renaissance European
Civilizations

41

Subtle Self

Archetypes of the Tibetan and Indonesian Civilizations

42

Subtle Social

Archetypes of our Modern Technological Civilization

43

Magical Will

Fifth octave of the will activated in ritual magic and
occultism

44

Subtle Illumined Mind

Intuitive prehension of higher octaves of being, mirror
of the Soul’s evolution

45

Subtle Integration Center

Expresses the Soul through focal points 33 to 45,
repository of the gifts and knowledge of the Subtle Realm; the Soul Spark
dwells in this center during the first phase of spiritual evolutionary
development

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Planetary Realm)

Biophysical Universe

The spiritual pilgrim upon the etheric grid, enables
the Soul to gain insight into family roles, sexuality, ecology, and the
biological origin of life, the geological ages of the world, and the
astrophysical origin of the universe

47

Abstract Mind

The center of genius and the Master Mind, develops
abilities in the areas of athletics, science, art, and philosophy; brings
knowledge of the issues of past lives; the ability to use intention to create
what one dreams

48

Psychic Realm

The “star seed” awareness, it brings awareness of the
dimensional worlds of the Psychic Realm, and confers psychic powers. Many New
Age groups teach you to identify with the star seed center.

49

Wisdom Plane

This center brings the ability to create or dissolve
seeds of karma to shape human destiny; it brings knowledge of the Law of
Karma; it develops the capacity for forgiveness and understanding.

50

First Planetary Initiation

This collection of centers brings the ability to
receive love, guidance, and ministry from the Holy Spirit. It is the abode of
the Christ Child or “Moon Soul” nucleus of identity, which is the center of
integration in this vehicle. Judeo-Christian faiths identify with this nucleus
of identity.

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Second Planetary Initiation

This collection of centers gives the ability to use the
power of the spoken word to manifest or dissolve mental creations. It is the
dwelling place of the Mighty I AM Presence nucleus of identity. I AM Movement
groups teach you to identify with this nucleus of identity.

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Third Planetary Initiation

This collection of centers enables you to perform
mental ministry on the Higher Mind (Manasic) Plane. It is the seat of the
Manasic Vortex nucleus of identity. It brings mental synthesis and
integration of the personality with the Soul.

53

Fourth Planetary Initiation

This center radiates illumination and compassion. It is
revealed in the greatest geniuses of humanity. Its integration center is
called the Augoiedes nucleus of identity.

54

Soul’s essential vehicle

This vehicle contains the Soul’s consciousness; the
triune streams of unconditional love, intuitive wisdom, and transpersonal
will; the Soul’s causal body; it’s connection with the spiritual heart; its
virtue and life.

55

Soul

This is the integration center of the Superconscious
mind in the Planetary Realm. The Divine Presence dwells within the Soul.

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Transplanetary Realm)

Monad

This is the third octave of being, the Monad, which
operates through its vehicle of consciousness in the Transplanetary Realm.
This extends the capacity to minister to the multitudes.

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Cosmic Sphere)

First Cosmic Initiation

This is the level at which meditators commune with one
of the nine Yogi Preceptor traditions. They are commonly taught to identify
with the nucleus of identity at this level, cosmic consciousness, which
dwells in the navel center. Some traditions teach one to focus attention on
the black point (solar plexus center), the Divine Eye center (point between
the eyebrows, or the Astral Soul (brain center)

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Second Cosmic Initiation

Meditation at this level focuses on the cosmic soul
awareness nucleus of identity, and purifying its vehicle of consciousness.
Those who follow the Movement of Spiritual Awareness activate this center.

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Third Cosmic Initiation

This focal point is the abode of the Kirtan center, the
nucleus of identity at this level.

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Fourth Cosmic Initiation

This focal point is the abode of the Avataric
Consciousness, the nucleus of identity at this level.

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Fifth Cosmic Initiation

This focal point is the abode of the God Consciousness,
the nucleus of identity at this level.

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Astral Soul

This is the fourth octave of being, the Astral Soul,
which operates through its vehicle of consciousness in the Cosmic Sphere.
This extends the capacity to minister those who dwell in the Cosmic Sphere.

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(Supracosmic Sphere)

Supracosmic seed atom

This is the nucleus of identity upon a Supracosmic
Path. There is one of these seed atoms upon each Supracosmic Soul; only one
of them is aligned with the Supracosmic Soul. If you follow the thread of
consciousness upward, you can find the path on which your Supracosmic seed
atom dwells. The 64 active traditions in the Supracosmic Sphere teach their
followers to identify with the Supracosmic seed atom of their Path. Many
Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Zoroastrian groups identify with
this spiritual essence.

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Supracosmic Soul

This is the fifth octave of being, the Supracosmic
Soul, which operates through its vehicle of consciousness in the Supracosmic
Sphere. This extends the capacity to minister those who dwell in the on the
track of its Supracosmic seed atom through the Cosmic Sphere and the
Supracosmic Sphere. Those who become identified with the Supracosmic Soul
become the great Gurus and Avatars of humanity.

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Center

Content

Focal Point

Centers of the
 Superconscious Mind

Spiritual and collective bands of Mind
(transcendental Sphere)

Soul of the Bridge Path

This is the level at which meditators gain the ability
to teach on behalf of the Mudrashram® lineage, after completing their
spiritual development in the Subtle, Planetary, Transplanetary, Cosmic,
Supracosmic, and one Transcendental Path. This is the sixth octave of being.

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T1

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the First Transcendental Path. This is the seventh octave
of being. This is the abode of the teachings of Subud.

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T2

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Second Transcendental Path. This is the eighth octave
of being. This is the abode of the teachings of Sant Mat.

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T3

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Third Transcendental Path. This is the ninth octave
of being. This is the abode of the teachings of Avatar Meher Baba.

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T4

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Fourth Transcendental Path. This is the tenth octave
of being. This is the abode of the teachings of the Paradise Path, described
in The Urantia Book.

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T5

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Fifth Transcendental Path. This is the eleventh
octave of being. This is the abode of the teachings of Eckankar™.

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T6

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Sixth Transcendental Path. This is the twelfth octave
of being. This is the abode of the Rainbow Transmuting Light—it is a
Path that is dormant.

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T7 (Satchitananda)

Meditation at this level focuses on the spirit and
ensouling entity of the Seventh Transcendental Path. This is the thirteenth octave
of being. This is the abode of the path of Divine Knowledge (Brahma Vidya)
that Sat Guru Balyogeshwar Paramahansa teaches.

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Well of the heart

Meditation on this level reveals the Quintessence
Mantra or Alayic Divine Name, which unfolds the cutting edge ensouling entity
in synchrony with all aligned centers, promoting balanced spiritual
development.

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