| In your process of mystic awakening, it's important to | | | | For the practice examples listed earlier, be sure to |
| have a simple process that you can always fall back | | | | remember you 'gently' return your awareness. |
| on. These are the primary ingredients for powerful | | | | Remember to let go of judgment. It's not good or bad. |
| meditation. These deceptively simple secrets are also | | | | It simply is. |
| the beginning of the power to change anything in your | | | | 3-Awakening: Recognize that beliefs are only models |
| life! | | | | of reality. I know we like to get attached to our |
| 1-Awareness: Pick your focus of meditation. You can | | | | favorites (don't we!), but they are only there as a map |
| do this in a relaxed, seated situation, or you can do it in | | | | or a model. If a more useful map or model comes |
| your day to day life. When your mind drifts from your | | | | along, then we should replace the old one. |
| focus, gently return it, and smile deep within yourself. | | | | Take your thoughts a little more lightly... after all, they're |
| While walking around, you might focus on your breath, | | | | only thoughts. Whatever you deeply believe in, see if |
| the feeling of your feet contacting the ground, the | | | | you can imagine the opposite as a serious belief... see |
| things you see as you are walking, or the things you | | | | if you can step into it... how many opposites can you |
| hear. Gently bring your awareness back to your object | | | | come up with? Begin to relax in and around your belief |
| of focus again and again. | | | | systems... begin to release your seriousness. An ideal |
| While sitting, you can pick any sensation (or all | | | | time to play with your resistance and attachment |
| sensations at once) in the body. You can also choose | | | | around belief systems is when you reach a deep, |
| internal or external sounds. You can even focus on | | | | peaceful place in meditation through your practice of |
| internal or external images (if you like to meditate with | | | | awareness and acceptance. |
| your eyes open) during your formal practice. | | | | Take some time to integrate these principles into your |
| Whatever your object of focus, be sure to gently | | | | formal meditation, or into your daily life. Mysticism is |
| return your awareness to it anytime it drifts. | | | | nothing more than endless courage when looking |
| 2-Acceptance: Say "yes" on a deep level. Whatever | | | | within. Courage may be nothing more than accepting |
| comes up, allow it to be. Relax, mentally and physically. | | | | what is, and continuing down the path, regardless. |
| Accept yourself (everything within you) fully... then offer | | | | Your current experience level doesn't matter. When |
| your acceptance to others. When you deeply accept | | | | you bring these powerful secrets of mysticism into |
| yourself, your peace, acceptance and allowing will | | | | your daily meditation practice, insight and bliss will |
| naturally flow into others. | | | | become common experiences for you! |