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What is duality, what is non-duality, and how is unity lived in daily life?

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The Neuroscience of Meditation and Higher States of Consciousness at ONLINE VIA ZOOM

April 26, 2021 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm

• Learn that the so-called 'monkey mind' is actually a healthy mind seeking fulfillment • Effective meditation doesn't control the mind but satisfies the mind • The three major categories of meditation and their brain wave signatures • Dr. Fred Travis is one of the world’s most respected and highly published researchers in the area of meditation and the brain. He is director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness…See More

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Bob Roth: “Bringing Meditation To Everyone — And Why Science Says It’s A Great Idea” at Zoom

April 12, 2021 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Learn how this grassroots nonprofit, launched by filmmaker David Lynch, has grown to offer meditation training to over 1M people at riskLearn how some of the lowest performing schools in the U.S. were transformed into the best — by adding "Quiet Time" & meditationBob Roth is one of the most experienced and sought-after meditation teachers in America. Over the past 45 years, Bob has taught the evidence-based Transcendental Meditation technique to thousands of…See More

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About Me: I've been lovin' twice-a-day meditation everyday for 40 years with the same technique—and teaching it since 1977—Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Favorite Quote(s): "This Self cannot be realized by studying the scriptures, nor through the use of reason, nor from the words of others." — Mundaka Upanishad

Maharishi:

"Transcending thought is infinitely more powerful than thinking."

"The state of eternal bliss consciousness is there to be lived, naturally lived in the midst of the diverse, objective experiences of the world."

"The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness. So always strive for that. Set your life around that goal. Don't get caught in small things, and then it will be yours."

"Just learn to meditate, go within and experience the Divine Nature. I not only tell you that you are Divine within yourself and that it is easy to be blissful in your daily life, but I give you the key—the technique whereby you may begin to enjoy the glory of life that belongs to you.

"I came out of the Himalayas with a method designed to raise both the head and the heart of man to the point where knowledge and appreciation of the quality of his higher nature can be attained. I call my method Transcendental Meditation. It enables a man or woman to dive deep into the innermost reaches of his or her being, in which dwells the essence of life and the source of all wisdom, all creativity, all peace, and all happiness."

Website: www.MeditationAsheville.org

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What is duality, what is non-duality, and how is it lived in daily life?

Posted on June 8, 2015 at 10:11pm 0 Comments 1 Like

According to Vedanta, the first stage of true enlightenment (or “awakening”) is not non-duality but DUALITY: experiencing the true Self, ATMA (pure unbounded awareness, transcendental consciousness) as separate and apart from relative, changing existence. This is a lovely and cherished state of duality. The Self is experienced and spontaneously lived as unbounded, eternally silent and awake within itself, completely separate from the boundaries of relativity. This is "Self-Realization,"…

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What kind of meditation did the Buddha teach?

Posted on November 12, 2014 at 11:14am 0 Comments 2 Likes

A puzzled man asked the Buddha: I have heard that some monks meditate with expectations, others meditate with no expectations, and yet others are indifferent to the result. What is the best?

The Buddha answered: Whether they meditate with or without expectations, if they have the wrong ideas and the wrong methods,…