| Lama Jigme's Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual Path |
| Tuesday, the 29th of May, 2008 "Hiding from Reality" |
A sweet and earnest 12-stepper, who was exploring
Hindu mysticism, enthusiastically shared some of her
guru’s advice with me.
The utter nonsense that he was passing off as spiritual
guidance was, “Always Return to your Breath.” Hmmm
sounds nice {in a mindlessly superficial sort of way}, but
what was his point?
He was advising his students to turn from their sufferings
of sorrow, fear, aggression and turmoil and run into the
arms of Breathing meditation.
Yes, just as I taught in “The Centering Questions” the
tranquility offered by effective breathing meditation can be
calming, peaceful and blissful. But it can also be
deceptively seductive.
Listen, before Buddha was Buddha, when he was still
Gautama the Monk, he rapidly mastered the eight “Jha-
nas” of deep meditation. But he quickly observed that
whatever painful emotion drove him to mediate, was NOT
dissolved by his blissful meditation.
Rather, when he concluded each meditation session he
noticed that the painful emotion, that drove him to
meditate in the first place, was still there, with all it’s
destructive energy, poised and ready to pounce; like a
cat, sitting in front of a mouse hole, waiting patiently for the
inevitable re-appearance of his quarry.
Buddha found that the only purpose of deep meditation
was to prepare the mind for contemplation.
In the centuries before Buddha, men like Pantanjali taught
the virtues of concentration and men like Shankara
praised the benefits of contemplation. Just as Reese
combined the great tastes of both peanut butter and
chocolate into his “Peanut Butter Cups” likewise only
Buddha successfully united both concentration and
contemplation into one, dynamically effective system.
A very effective presentation of Buddha’s essentialized
“middle-way” contemplations can be found in the “Sutric
Questions” portion of the practice text :“Quick Path to
Happy Peace.” That is why I’ve also made it available for
FREE download.
Remember it is tranquility that gives us the
resourcefulness to contemplate effectively. As I explained
in “Harnessing the Power of the Bowing Prayer,” ancient
Indians described magick in terms of interdependent:
• matter,
• energy and
• thought.
Just as the Bowing Prayer is important to prepare the
body for mediation, likewise the practice of the “Karmic
Dynamo” is crucial for preparing both the energy and the
mind for the truly transformative and liberating union of
concentration and contemplation.
There are only 2 days left to get your copy of the Karmic
Dynamo for a substantial discount. I don’t want you to
miss out. So reserve your copy now
Hindu mysticism, enthusiastically shared some of her
guru’s advice with me.
The utter nonsense that he was passing off as spiritual
guidance was, “Always Return to your Breath.” Hmmm
sounds nice {in a mindlessly superficial sort of way}, but
what was his point?
He was advising his students to turn from their sufferings
of sorrow, fear, aggression and turmoil and run into the
arms of Breathing meditation.
Yes, just as I taught in “The Centering Questions” the
tranquility offered by effective breathing meditation can be
calming, peaceful and blissful. But it can also be
deceptively seductive.
Listen, before Buddha was Buddha, when he was still
Gautama the Monk, he rapidly mastered the eight “Jha-
nas” of deep meditation. But he quickly observed that
whatever painful emotion drove him to mediate, was NOT
dissolved by his blissful meditation.
Rather, when he concluded each meditation session he
noticed that the painful emotion, that drove him to
meditate in the first place, was still there, with all it’s
destructive energy, poised and ready to pounce; like a
cat, sitting in front of a mouse hole, waiting patiently for the
inevitable re-appearance of his quarry.
Buddha found that the only purpose of deep meditation
was to prepare the mind for contemplation.
In the centuries before Buddha, men like Pantanjali taught
the virtues of concentration and men like Shankara
praised the benefits of contemplation. Just as Reese
combined the great tastes of both peanut butter and
chocolate into his “Peanut Butter Cups” likewise only
Buddha successfully united both concentration and
contemplation into one, dynamically effective system.
A very effective presentation of Buddha’s essentialized
“middle-way” contemplations can be found in the “Sutric
Questions” portion of the practice text :“Quick Path to
Happy Peace.” That is why I’ve also made it available for
FREE download.
Remember it is tranquility that gives us the
resourcefulness to contemplate effectively. As I explained
in “Harnessing the Power of the Bowing Prayer,” ancient
Indians described magick in terms of interdependent:
• matter,
• energy and
• thought.
Just as the Bowing Prayer is important to prepare the
body for mediation, likewise the practice of the “Karmic
Dynamo” is crucial for preparing both the energy and the
mind for the truly transformative and liberating union of
concentration and contemplation.
There are only 2 days left to get your copy of the Karmic
Dynamo for a substantial discount. I don’t want you to
miss out. So reserve your copy now
Om Mani Padme Hum,
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika
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