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Shakti Meditation's Blog – June 2014 Archive (4)

Awareness, Meditation & Nothingness

"Awareness is not concentration.

Concentration is narrowing your attention

on one particular object,

shutting out everything else.

Concentration is something you do with effort.

Awareness is not fixating attention

on a particular object but rather

relaxing attention into attention itself

as all-pervading consciousness.…

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Added by Shakti Meditation on June 24, 2014 at 9:12pm — No Comments

Awareness & Devotion: 2 Paths to Inner Bliss

"Once you have awakened into the experience

of consciousness and energy,

there are two main practices:

One is to rest in the nothingness

in every moment.

You go beyond being transfixed

by the wanting and worrying,

the seeking, resisting and distracting

and simply rest completely in the moment

as consciousness…

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Added by Shakti Meditation on June 17, 2014 at 11:48pm — No Comments

Spiritual Awakening Happens Mostly through Grace

"The real process of spiritual awakening

cannot be known; cannot be put into words.

Because ultimately Grace itself,

Shakti itself awakens you

in ways that will be both unique to you

and mostly unexplainable.

Spiritual practice is very important.

But spiritual practice is not a…

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Added by Shakti Meditation on June 10, 2014 at 9:32pm — No Comments

How to Experience Formlessness in Meditation

"Meditation can be as simple as

not being caught up in thinking;

not holding on to anything.

Thoughts arise

and you grab hold of them;

you get involved with them.

That is where all trouble starts.

So first,

be willing to recognize

when you are caught up in…