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Post: Meditation For Beginners
Forum: General Yoga Discussion
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Posted by: AmirMourad
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“How do we - the poor sleepers in darkness come to our awakening?”
There is nothing “poor” about it. It is only because of sleep that there is a possibility of awakening. While the methods are many, it is fundamentally one and the same - to come to know oneself - not intellectually, or through analysis, but through direct observation.
“Could you describe the operation of the exact psycho spiritual mechanisms that govern this?”
What do you mean by “psycho-spiritual” mechanisms ?
“What does awakening mean?”
It is not a word that is to be taken too seriously, it is more of a term of convenience. In itself, it is more or less meaningless. It can be used as a skillful means to refer to seeing directly into the essential nature of mind, and the transformation of the personality that arises out of such an experience.
“What is the precise method that you yourself have trodden?”
Meditation.
“This explosion of awakening. What does it feel like?”
It does not matter what it feels like. What matters is whether it is capable of dispelling the delusions of the mind.
“Is there a difference between ‘awakening’ and 'enlightenment?”
These are just words, and like all words they will mean whatever you want them to mean. As far as I am concerned, I use them both without much difference.
“Please describe the methods and mechanics of enlightenment - if there is a difference between ‘awakening’ and 'enlightenment.”
There are no “mechanics”, being in tune with your own nature is not a technique or a method, it is a certain way of being. But if one has been living out of unawareness, if you have forgotten your true self -then a method is needed for rememberance.
To have a glimpse into it, is one thing. But to live in communion with it from moment to moment is something else entirely. That is why just as there are different depths of meditation, there are also different depths of so called “enlightenment”. Because as far as integration is concerned, there are many possibilities as to the different kinds of integration that are possible for a human being.
“What are the visual and audio cues along the way that mark our progress”
I don’t know what you mean by this. If you mean various different impressions that start arising from the deep levels of the unconscious, I would not be too concerned with such things at the present time.
“the idiots - know where we are?”
You are not an idiot, but one certainly may enjoy pretending to be one.
“Is liberation nirvana?”
You will have to elaborate on what you mean by nirvana.
“What does ‘ones’ original face look like - so I know it when I see it?”
When you see it, you will know.