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- What is Meditation? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Kip MazuyWhat is Meditation? This is a tricky question because meditation is beyond the understanding of the mind. Meditation could even be said to be the recognition of what you are beyond the mind and body. Beyond thinking, there is a sense that you exist. Not existing as a name or person, ...
Views: 1050(2 votes) - Easiest Meditation Technique for Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The mind is simply the action of identifying with thoughts. Thoughts arise and you take on the thoughts as your identity. You place all importance on them. The thought arises, 'this is not the way it is supposed to be' and you claim ownership of that thought. You take that thought ...
Views: 1377(3 votes) - Learn This Advanced Meditation Technique - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation, one of the greatest things you can do is become aware of how thought identification happens. Become aware of the process of thoughts arising and the action of being attached to identifying with those thoughts. There is a feeling of contraction behind it, a ...
Views: 1022(3 votes) - Enlightenment: How to Free Yourself from Concepts - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The mind works by acquiring knowledge and then judging everything according to that knowledge. The mind turns knowledge into a "supposed to" "This is how I am supposed to be." "This is how life is supposed to be." Unhappiness arises because concepts about life become far more ...
Views: 762(1 vote) - How to Attain Cosmic Consciousness in Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"There is a force in this moment; an intense movement of energy. The more aware you become, the more you feel this incessant flow of energy gushing like a tsunami. The tendency is to repress this energy or to get rid of it, usually through chasing and fulfilling desires, or ...
Views: 1701(1 vote) - How to Experience Divinity and Realize the Enlightened State - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"I have nothing against self improvement. But meditation is not about self improvement. Self improvement means there is something here that needs to be changed. Something about yourself that is wrong but can be fixed. And if you work hard enough if you try ...
Views: 795(2 votes) - How to Experience Pure Being In Meditation - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"For the purpose of meditation, you can break it down to two states. The first state is identification with thinking. You believe you are the thinker of your thoughts and the subject of your thinking. You experience this moment through the interpretation of the mind. The ...
Views: 2091(1 vote) - How to Still The Mind in Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"If you try and still the mind, it will be the mind trying to still the mind. Rather become aware of the mind. Become aware of the flow of thoughts. Not to define the thought or relate to the thought. But to impersonally be aware of the thought arising and dissapperearing without ...
Views: 2743(1 vote) - How You Can Attain Oneness in Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Kip MazuyTo realize oneness in meditation, first we start with the breath, just to help bring us into this moment. So notice your breathing. Allow yourself to breathe. That may sound strange, as you are already breathing, but really let your attention rest on allowing the breath to freely move in ...
Views: 1434(1 vote) - Know this 1 Simple Point to Have Great Meditations - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"I often hear people saying they can't meditate. But what they are really saying is they won't meditate. Whatever reasons they give, the truth is in meditation they have come across an experience they do not wish to experience. Whether they are conscious of it or not, they have ...
Views: 605(1 vote) - Learn The Art of Witnessing: The Key To Self Realization - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"There is no end to trying to figure it out. The mind is an endless puzzle that has no solution. If it had a solution, that would be the end of the reign of mind, and the mind does not want that. The mind wants to exist and it gets it's power from you identifying with ...
Views: 760(1 vote) - The 2 Secrets to Having Deep Meditations - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The two most important parts of meditation are attention and allowing. Because if you just practice allowing, most likely you will escape this moment by being identified with your thoughts & emotions. You will be lost in the dream of one thought after another and you will ...
Views: 701(2 votes) - The Essence of Meditation Revealed - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Kip MazuyNo matter which spiritual techniques you practice, it all really comes down to attention. Whether you are watching your breath or repeating the name of a Guru or God, or are asking "who am I" or witnessing or surrendering, they all require your complete ...
Views: 651(2 votes) - The Essence of Zen Meditation Revealed: How to Meditate like a Zen Monk - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"Close your eyes: what is left when there is no thought? (Truly, nothing else ever need be said beyond this.) But to try and answer what cannot be answered: All that is left is now. Now is not a place between past and future. For the past and future can only exist in ...
Views: 1286(2 votes) - How to Deepen Your Awareness in Mindfulness Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"You grow in awareness by becoming conscious of what is unconscious in mindfulness meditation. You have been meditating for years thinking your mind is still in meditation, and then suddenly you see you have been lost in your thinking the whole time without even knowing it. ...
Views: 1048(5 votes) - How to Meditate Using a Zen Meditation Technique - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Kip MazuyWant to learn how to meditate like a Zen Monk? Learn this easy Zen Meditation Technique to attain deep states of peace. Zen meditation is the path of awareness. It uses concentration techniques to pull your attention out of your thinking to be present in the moment. The normal state of ...
Views: 888(4 votes) - How to Transcend the Mind in Meditation - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The source of all problems is the mind. Thoughts arise, you identify with your thoughts and that defines your experience. So many thoughts arise without you even knowing it. So many worries and troubles constantly arising and repeating and although you are not conscious of ...
Views: 3646(3 votes) - The Truth about Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"According to your mind, bliss and freedom are just around the corner. It will be in the next book you read, the next Guru you see, the next diet, the next spiritual movement. And somehow the idea of meditation gets woven into all of this. But meditation is the ...
Views: 692(4 votes) - Awaken Your Kundalini in 3 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Kip MazuyMany people want to know how to awaken the Kundalini. And as there are techniques for Kundalini Awakening, most of the techniques are kept secret by masters until the student is ready to receive them. Here is a very powerful technique for Kundalini Awakening based on a Kriya Yoga technique. ...
Views: 29914(1 vote) - Enlightenment: Going Beyond Understanding - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"It is very easy to get caught up in the teachings themselves. To read something written about meditation or enlightenment and then take that on as the truth. But all teachings can ever really do is point you in the right direction. What happens when you get there is beyond ...
Views: 805(1 vote) - How to Fall Into Your Essence in Meditation - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The beautiful thing about a dog is he's never going to lie to you. If he's sad, he's going to tell you. If he's glad to see you, he's going to tell you. But there is something hidden unconsciously in the human condition that says what you are experiencing is wrong. And ...
Views: 765(4 votes) - How to Instantly Realize the Enlightened State - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Kip MazuyIt is easy to realize the enlightened state. It is just a matter of focus. Try this now: Close your eyes and notice your experience of what is here beyond thought. You are not to define it, describe it or use thoughts at all. If it helps, stop all thinking for a second and notice your ...
Views: 802(1 vote) - How to Witness Thoughts in Zen Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Kip MazuyZen meditation is the path of awareness. You are about to learn how to attain witness consciousness, how to be free from desire and how to tell the difference between witnessing a thought versus getting identified with it. In Zen meditation, you learn to witness thoughts by learning to stop ...
Views: 1503(2 votes) - Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"You learn to remain un-attached to thoughts by first watching how attention attaches to a thought in the first place. You can become aware of that action of attachment. It is very subtle and very fast but if you are fully present in this moment you can watch it happen. The ...
Views: 1212(2 votes) - Meditation: How to Live as Pure Existence - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"If you greet someone and ask them how they are, they will refer to the last few hours, weeks or months for an answer. Thoughts of the past are constantly repeating themselves and that becomes who you think yourself to be. You might wake up in the morning feeling ...
Views: 888(1 vote) - The 3 Stages of Mind in Meditation & How to Transcend Them - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"There are 3 stages of mind in meditation. The first stage is personal. The thoughts are about you, your world, what you've seen, heard, tasted, felt etc. It's experience is one of duality. There is you and everything else. Conflict and control, desire and resistance. Once ...
Views: 841(2 votes) - Attaining Stillness in Meditation - The Key To Self Realization - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Close your eyes. Allow the mental noise to flow as it does without getting involved. Allow the sensations to be as they are. Allow everything to be as it is and let your attention rest in this moment. Let your attention sink through all movement and rest in the absolute ...
Views: 801 - Enlightenment: How to Lose Yourself in Bliss - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The delight in eating chocolate is when you are so totally immersed in the taste of the chocolate that there is only that taste. The delight in playing tennis is when you are so immersed in the action of playing tennis there is only the action of playing tennis. This ...
Views: 903 - Enlightenment: Realizing Unconditional Bliss - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Bliss is not an emotion or even a state of being. It has nothing to do with outward appearance or personality. The same bliss animates anger, sadness, happiness, and humour. It is the electricity that powers emotions, powers the physical, and the mental. It is in ...
Views: 660 - Guided Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"Let yourself relax into this moment. Give up trying to make this moment any different than it is. Simply close your eyes and feel with sensation what is here. Allow yourself to feel existence happening without thinking about it. We're not here to change anything or ...
Views: 1302 - How Meditation Takes You to Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Meditation is a bit like gardening. You plant some carrot seeds and then every day you water it, you pull the weeds, you nourish the carrot plant in every way you can. You don't expect a carrot instantly. But out of love for gardening you do the work without ...
Views: 572 - How to Awaken Enlightened Sensitivity in Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2012 from Kip Mazuy"When we were born we were sensitive to everything. We were vulnerable to everything. In that sense we lived an enlightened life. But as we began to feel things like hurt, sadness, rejection, we began to block that sensitivity. We began to contract and separate ourselves from our experience ...
Views: 2184 - How to Dissolve Inner Conflict in Meditation - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Any inner pain or inner conflict can be dissolved simply by feeling the sensations that are present. No analysis, no fixing, no figuring it out and no trying to control it. All of these things keep you from feeling the sensations, keep you avoiding what is here in the ...
Views: 662 - How to Enter The Formless in Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"One of the main reasons why it is so difficult to let go of your identification with thinking in meditation is fear. You begin to witness thoughts, you can even let desires go, you move past the dream state, then suddenly the identification with yourself as an ...
Views: 907 - How to Instantly Realize the Enlightened State of Unconditional Peace - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"To realize unconditional peace consider this: The very nature of the world is duality. Life and death, happiness and unhappiness, attraction and repulsion. There cannot be one without the other. The very nature of the ego is to seek only one side of the ...
Views: 929 - How To Meditate Yourself To Bliss In 6 Easy Steps - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Kip MazuyAs you may already know, meditation has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to experience inner peace and happiness and dramatically improve every aspect of your life. So it can truly be a life changing event to learn how to meditate. But let's face it, there is such an overload ...
Views: 1157 - How to Move Beyond the Feeling of Resistance in Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"If you meditate for a long enough period of time, you come to the point where you feel edgy. You might call the feeling boredom or antsy like you have had too much coffee to sit still. A large part of meditation is to go beyond this feeling of resistance. To continue to ...
Views: 670 - How to Reach Samadhi in Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The very essence of thought is no-thought. The very essence of mind is no-mind. If you try and get rid of thought, then you make thoughts stronger. If you identify with thought, then you make thoughts stronger . So the way to samadhi is through thought itself. ...
Views: 1593 - Learn the Art of Awareness in Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Kip MazuyThere is nothing more enjoyable, more enriching then the practice of spiritual awareness in meditation. In this short article, I will teach you all you need to know about spiritual awareness. Consider this: In the mind, you are always going somewhere. You are always looking around the ...
Views: 577 - Meditation & Enlightenment: Freedom From Position - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The moment you have a position, there is conflict. The moment you know something you have to defend it. We believe we know so much but the truth is if we really look we know nothing. And because we are afraid to know nothing we give things names and definitions and ...
Views: 585 - Meditation: How to Experience Life as Energy - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"There is a constant flow of energy in life. A large part of awareness is about observing this flow of energy. You meditate enough with the CDs or with an enlightened teacher and you will begin to notice a constant flow of energy. Perhaps at first as something inside you. But ...
Views: 979 - Self Realization: How to Have an Instant Shift in Consciousness - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"The mind functions by defining. And through definitions boundaries are created, separation is created. There is this body that is me and everything else that is not me. So you experience something the mind defines as pain in your chest and that pain is separate from you. ...
Views: 2294 - Simple "No Identity" Technique for Self Realization - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Kip MazuyYou can use this simple self realization technique to very quickly experience yourself as formless consciousness: "The nature of awareness is freedom from identification. If you are aware of anger, then you are not identified with anger. If you are aware of a thought, you are not ...
Views: 859 - Taking Apart The Mind in Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation, if you observe the process of identifying with thoughts, you will find that there is a pleasure in identifying with that thought. And what I mean by identifying is you grab hold of that thought, you make that thought you, it becomes your identity. So say a ...
Views: 875 - The Enlightened Gift of Hopelessness - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"There are so many things we do in order to feel happy. Whether you are going to party all night or promise to make improvements you do it in hope to be happy. But what does this say? It says you are not happy now. Or rather, you are not satisfied with your experience in ...
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