Awakening : A Practical Guide to Zen Meditation

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781921295072
• ISBN10: 1921295074
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Rockpool Publishing

Summary

A guided journey into authentic mediation--too often surrounded by myth and unwarranted mysticism--for novices and experienced meditators alike There are many books on meditation, even books on how to speed up the process and learn to meditate in 15 minutes--the opposite of what meditation is trying to achieve. Here, Yogi Brahmasamhara teaches the reader ways of letting go of the barriers of the "ordinary," to enable all who practice to unveil an awakened, naturally exhilarating engagement with life. This is a book that teaches true meditation comprehensively. There are exercises on letting go of tension, natural breathing, and stilling the mind. The author enables the practicing seeker to go far beyond these core essences to a quite profound understanding of the wisdom of authentic meditation, and to a serene space of tranquility and stillness of being.Written in a warm, gentle manner, this is a book to read and reread.

Author Biography

Yoga Brahmasamhara is a meditation master who has practiced authentic meditation for more than 37 years.

Table of Contents

Prelude The 'Story of Nathan'	p. xiii
Meditation - a Way Out or the Way In?	p. 1
A New Way of Looking at Old Concepts	p. 7
Preparing for an Inner Pilgrimage	p. 21
Introducing the Three 'Essences'	p. 49
Letting Go Tension	p. 71
Meditation Postures	p. 93
Releasing Tension in a Meditation Posture	p. 101
Taking Your New Skills with You	p. 105
Mastering 'Right' Breathing	p. 115
Refining the Practice of Two Essences	p. 143
Breathing Exercises for the Unwell	p. 155
Knowing the Unquiet Mind	p. 161
Classic Techniques for Stilling the Mind	p. 185
Mastery - Letting Go the Stilling Techniques	p. 217
The Serene Space of the Silent Mind	p. 233
'Advanced' Meditation?	p. 247
Mindfulness - the Mystical 'Sixth Sense'	p. 257
Mindfulness - a Blowtorch on Your Self!	p. 277
The End … and the Beginning	p. 291
Postscript: What Happened to Nathan?	p. 293
Dossier of Exercises	p. 294
Dossier of Photographs	p. 296
Contact Data	p. 296
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