Where-To-Begin: Stage-1
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STAGE 1 – MEDITATION PRACTICE
People generally ask me where to begin a spiritual practice and which meditations to use in the beginning of a practice when starting out as a novice in meditation.
The following three meditations are what I highly recommend for those of you just beginning your spiritual practice. Please be advised that you will have to DISCIPLINE yourself to do any and all of these meditations and create a regimen in your daily life that revolves around meditation.
They are NOT to be done as you would go to the gym, with the expectations of enlightenment or a “better life,” as it were. Let the meditations take you where they need to and you will find the Way within you is very simple and clear. If you need help you may always call me on my direct line at (831) 622-8410.
Eventually, you will need a teacher to guide you through the difficulties of a practice as it overcomes the emotions and ego states that many just hand their lives over too. I am fully aware of all of these as I as faced them many times in my own practice. I can help you, through “spiritual Life Coaching” sessions, to overcome your blocks and find a new flow to your life that is Life-giving and Heartfelt. Please go to the Life Coaching page of this website for more information.
LIFE COACHING WITH GREGORY
I also highly recommend ambient music to be played at a very low volume, in the background throughout your day, to help keep an even tone within you. The ambient music literally supports your practice and is to be played at very low levels as often as possible. I keep ambient music playing in my home 24/7.
Meditation 1: Heavy Breathers Catharsis
We all need a catharsis each and every day – thus, this meditation is to be done seven days a week. A catharsis is where we let go of our hurt, our pain and our sorrow. This “anger energy” runs very deep within us as a form of our unconscious mental and emotional structure. Within Heavy Breathers, you are guided to bringing your energy up from your Root chakra to your Heart chakra, then let the anger come out of the Throat chakra by opening your mouth and allowing all of the painful energy to be removed from your psyche. This allows you to be more empty in order to do the other meditations more freely. They will have a much higher influence upon you if you are just a little more empty. There is an instructional DVD you may purchase separately that will show you how to do this meditation, if you have never done it before. You may need to see this DVD to understand the power of Heavy Breathers.
Meditation 2: Om – The Reverberation Of Life
This meditation combines Vipassana (insight meditation that Buddha taught) with a walking meditation done in silence and “Om-ing” at the end. This meditation combines the beautiful inner tones of brain waves in the background, derived from enlightened masters who allowed themselves to be attached to biofeedback machines in the late 70’s. You will find this soothing and renewing meditation simple, kind and helpful. It is the very mental construct of a spiritual practice. In it, you will learn how to do Vipassana meditation, which is simply the art of watching your breath and looking for the pauses and the gaps between the breaths. You will then be asked to stand up and slowly walk, keeping your focus on the breath as you walk. You will end your session with “Om-ing,” which allows your breath to be blended with the hundreds of other beautiful voices recorded on this CD – creating a deep connection with the Soul as oneness. This mediation should be done three times a week.
Meditation 3: Forgiveness Meditation
Within all of us is the need for Forgiveness. This meditation will help you Forgive by lowering your resistance to Forgiveness through Love and letting go of certain emotional impulses that plague the human psyche, such as subtle hate and vengeance. This meditation literally wears away at emotions that hold you to anger, fear and self-hatred and offers the liberation to your spiritual Heart to free you from any emotional attachment to hatred and anger for another person, which is the root cause of all “hardness of heart” in a human being’s life. This meditation should be done three times a week at least.
Ambient Music: SPRING
I highly suggest ambient music in the background of your day. We listen, unconsciously, to a great deal of noise during the day that “troubles” the mind and causes our emotions to become agitated without us without really knowing why. To counteract this, I present to my ambient music which SUPPORTS your practice. It should be played in the background at very low audio levels so the tones and textures may reach your unconscious mind, healing you. You will find an odd calmness overtaking you as you do the above three meditations and listen to this ambient music in the background.
This Beginner’s Stage 1 package can be ordered as a whole for a donation of $100. If you wish to include the Heavy Breathers Instructional DVD in your beginner’s package, please add an additional $25 to your donation.
Donation for Stage 1 – Beginner’s Package = $100
Donation for Stage 1 – Beginner’s Package w/Instructional DVD = $125
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