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Advanced Meditation
& Satsang
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The
Advanced Meditation & Satsang
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Dharma
Teacher:
Phil Golding
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Purpose
Those who are confident in their meditation practice and dedicated to the path of self-realization are also supported in our weekly meditation group.
The philosophy and meditation process will focus on the following points:
1. We are beings of pure conscious awareness, which can be referred to as Soul, Buddha Nature, Spirit etc.
2. As this pure conscious awareness we are an individualized spark of the supreme infinite Universal Life Force, which is also know as Mother/Father God, Christ, Brahma etc.
3. This supreme infinite Universal Life Force reveals itself in the transformative power of pure Unconditional Love - that which is in the center of every human beings heart - our direct connection to the infinite power of the Universal Life force.
4. This Universal Life Force or God can be perceived and experienced as the impersonal all pervading spirit that is the energy behind the manifestation of every atom in the universe, or God can be perceived and experienced as an intimate relationship with a perfect divine Mother/Father, Friend, Guide, Angel etc. - in a way that is appropriate to every individual mind - God has no limits. God is freely available to experience within the minds of all beings.
4. Whilst incarnated we are temporarily housed in a physical body and its mind personality.
5. Our divine challenge whilst incarnated within this physical body/mind is to awaken from the confines of the body/mind's lower survival consciousness or ego and discover ourselves as undying spirit.
6. The purpose of this great journey is to awaken, empower and and expand one's conscious awareness of that which we truly are - a direct extension of God's divine Love and creative power.
7. To give this experience maximum power, we are each given free will to choose to surrender in acceptance of our true nature, our true infinite power, or deny it and experience the path of suffering that precedes awakening.
8. Karma is the divine law of cause and effect that ensures our eventual awakening through experiencing the consequences of our actions and our creations.
9. By accepting God/Unconditional Love as our true Master and guide, we as Soul evolve into the power to transcend the lower-self (body-mind). As Soul we become the lower-self's loving Master like a loving parent retrieving, healing and redeeming a lost child. In so do this human child self is lifted and absorbed into the Light of Soul, even as Soul is being lifted and absorbed into the Light of Spirit through being Christ unto its own human self - the divine integration of spiritual liberation.
10. In so doing one discovers that to master oneself is to master all physical creation. To save oneself, from the spiritual stand point, is to be in the position to be a savior to the world.
11. The two supreme guiding principles, the yin and yang of healing, integration and liberation are: 1.Total Unconditional Love. 2. Total Personal Responsibility. Uniting and living these divine principles means to discern and to follow the guidance of the divine Master within ones own heart.
12. There are many useful meditation techniques that can be used. There is no one true path where technique in concerned. Technique must be appropriate to individual make up and need. Discernment is inevitably achieved by trial and error, and by what feels right within the heart of the individual. A teacher is but a guide. The heart of the individual is the ultimate authority. Even when spending time at the lotus feet of a truly realized Master who may discern what is right for the individual, the heart of the individual still has ultimate authority. This is divine law.
13. A Master is not measured by how many devotees are in tow, but how many Masters he/she sends out into the world.
Daily Prayer
Beloved Masters of Love and Wisdom
Today I choose to open my heart
and mind to your infinite Divine Presence.
Help me, teach me, guide me
throughout this day to serve only Love.
Help me to be your representative of Love
in all that I think, feel, say and do.
I here and now set my intention to keep
my heart and mind open to you always.
Help me to see the perfection and the opportunity
for spiritual evolvement in all that crosses my path.
Please help me take full responsibility
for, and loving care of, my humanness
with all its vulnerabilities and confusions.
Help me to feel, experience and to
truly know that you and I are One.
Help me to be the Lighted way for others to follow.
So may it be.
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Inspiration for the Path
Heart of Consciousness
Step directly into the river of life
with your breath flowing and your heart open.
Yes, even into the raging torrent of the mind.
Your heart is like a vast and tranquil ocean.
The mind is but a mere trickle compared to
the limitless power of the heart.
Let all things flow through you.
Resist them not. Watch, feel and learn.
To the ocean of the heart all is equal and beautiful,
even as the ego judges and complains.
Like a loving and wise parent,
the heart watches over the ego,
this little child of mind
and guides this lost child back to the safety
and bliss of her bosom.
So you think you are this mind?
Watch it come and go with its
endless petty fears and squabbles.
Let it die in the face of its fears,
Behold you still remain!
What you thought you needed
is but trinkets compared to the treasure of the heart.
All will be provided to those who await the treasure.
So you think you are this body?
Does it not grow old and die?
Watch how it comes and goes as well.
It is a temple they say.
Do not waste time endlessly adorning it.
Spirit dwells stronger in simple dwellings
that are sturdy and well kept.
But the dwelling will inevitably crumble
while spirit remains blazing in the heart of conscious awakening.
So who are you then if not this heart?
Who are you then if not the watcher of things coming and going?
Note how the raging torrent strengthens
and expands your open heart.
The challenges of life are but food for the spirit of awakening.
Your breath of consciousness is the doorway to Life.
Let all enter through this door and be embraced by the heart.
Limitless expansion is your very destiny.
As mind and body fade, yet this awakened heart still remains,
as alive and vital as the day it was born.
Be this heart, this loving guardian of the little body-mind.
Be the embracer of life in all its sounds and colours.
Know the limitlessness of your foundation
and the power of the Love that you are.
Fear is but the doorway to your destiny.
Enter it gladly and feel the Life surging in you.
Note how you soar above these turbulent waters.
As this flaming heart, this ocean of Spirit,
pour yourself into life and light the way for all to follow.
Claim your destiny in every mundane step.
There is no perfection on this path of awakening,
only the strivings of those who won’t give up.
Perfection is the reward of persistence
and for those who forget the reward.
To lead the way is to be the way,
to shine in your very humanness,
in the beauty of your imperfection.
The heart is an ocean of compassion pouring out to all,
and yet allowing all to find their own way.
Wisdom is the fruit of right action
forged on the anvil of trial and error.
Make your mistakes gladly,
for they are your stepping-stones to greatness.
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