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- Meditation & The Power of Observation - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"You do not need to get rid of resistance. You do not need to get rid of negativity, or insecurity. You do not need to get rid of thinking or anything at all. The simple act of observing what is here, of consciously accepting and watching your experience in this moment is all ...
Views: 1086(2 votes) - 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: 1079(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: 1071(5 votes) - Consciousness, Awareness & The Nature of The Mind - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"The mind is always looking to get caught up in something. Awareness is always free. It is simply a matter of where you place your attention. In meditation, if you let go of the need to latch on to something or take a position and feel this moment existing on its own without ...
Views: 1066(1 vote) - Meditation & The Path of Shakti - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation everything gets stripped down to its essence. All of these seemingly different things, the body, the mind thoughts, emotions, consciousness, outer objects, are revealed to be one thing. And it is not a thing, but rather, it is energy, fluid, moving, conscious ...
Views: 1066(3 votes) - How to Realize Silence in Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you really look, you will see you are avoiding this moment, you are avoiding experiencing this moment. It is not that you are somewhere else and you have to get back to here, it is that you are actively avoiding this moment. If you can really be honest and see this ...
Views: 1064(1 vote) - Meditation: How to Realize the Nameless - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Someone sent me a beautiful email recently. They said they were searching for something that they did not feel really had a name. Everyone is really looking for that same thing. That mystery which is fulfillment. But somewhere along the line most get caught up in defining ...
Views: 1061(1 vote) - Meditation & The Nature of Attention - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you give your full attention to anything without wanting anything in return there is love and bliss. The particular action does not matter, it is that giving yourself over fully to that action which brings love and bliss. When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give ...
Views: 1054(1 vote) - 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: 1052(3 votes) - How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Kip MazuyMindfulness meditation is about opening yourself up to what is here in this moment. You become aware of what is here without trying to change it in any way. It is best to try mindfulness meditation first with your eyes closed so that you do not get distracted by anything outwardly happening. ...
Views: 1026(1 vote) - Enlightenment & The Power of Now - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"It's very easy to carry the past around with you. To think about what happened yesterday or a year ago or 20 years ago. To think you could have done something different that would have made things better. Or link all of the memories together into a story and calling it ...
Views: 1025(1 vote) - Attainin Witness Consciousness in Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you observe your experience in this moment, then you are not controlling this moment in any way, you are not involved with it in any way. From witnessing, there is the flow of energy that is happening, that is arising by itself, that is creating the movement of ...
Views: 1013(2 votes) - 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: 1004 - Meditation & The Path to Self Realization - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Awareness itself is always free. If you are completely aware in this moment, watching what is arising instead of being caught up in what is arising, then the experience is freedom. Yet if you remain aware without getting caught up, at some point it will no longer feel like ...
Views: 1000(1 vote) - 3 Steps to Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"This experience of separation and stress, of being a person separate from everything else is something you are doing. You are contracting moment to moment into identifying with thinking, identifying with the body, identifying with the idea of who you think yourself to be and how ...
Views: 988(1 vote) - How A Spiritual Practice Can Lead to Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"It makes no difference what technique or method you practice, it is that you give yourself completely to that practice that matters. It can be as simple as watching your breath. If you really give your full attention to watching your breath then you will move beyond ...
Views: 973(1 vote) - Reaching The Depths of Consciousness in Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation you are not moving in a linear line going from one place to another. Rather you are moving deeper into this moment. So the most important part of meditation, if you are practicing the path of awareness is to allow yourself to rest in this moment. To allow ...
Views: 947(1 vote) - 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: 946 - 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: 929 - 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: 919 - 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: 912(4 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: 909(1 vote) - 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: 906 - 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: 880 - 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: 860(2 votes) - Enlightenment: In Silence the Truth Makes Itself Known - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"You often hear about meditation being something to do with a set of beliefs or traditions. As though you have to believe in a higher power or something of that nature in order to meditate. And nothing could be farther from the truth. Meditation is the honest ...
Views: 848(2 votes) - 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: 824(1 vote) - 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: 820(1 vote) - 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: 817 - 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: 809(2 votes) - 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: 786(4 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: 783(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: 781(1 vote) - 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 ...
Views: 751 - Meditation: How to Be Free of The Mind - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you look inwardly, you will see that there is the constant habit of identifying with thinking. A thought arises and you believe you are the thinker of that thought. Even more so, the thinking defines who you are and what life is. Meditation is about directly experiencing ...
Views: 730(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: 720(2 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: 707(4 votes) - 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: 691 - 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: 686 - 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: 678 - 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: 672(2 votes) - 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: 627(1 vote) - 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: 606 - 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: 604 - 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 ...
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