Introduction to Sitting Meditation
1. Definition- dictionary, personal
Latin-Meditari: to think or reflect upon, revolve in ones mind
Meditatio: a thinking over, contemplation
Meditate- to; ponder, ruminate, reflect, plan, intend, purpose “to dwell on anything in thought, to contemplate deeply and continuously”
Meditation- the act of meditating Health, Spirituality
2. Why meditate?
3. Prayer, Trance, REM, Meditation
4. Times of Day
5. Sitting, Standing, Moving
6. Stillness and Motion
7. Sitting Positions
8. Hand Positions/Mudra
9. 5 Senses: Inner/Outer 80/20 Predominant Senses Sixth Sense Tools/Anchors; Candles, Incense, Bells, Music, Chanting/Mantra/Prayer, Eyes, Nostrils, Inner Voice, Tapes, Videos
10. Relaxation-Routes and Keys
11. 3 Gates/9 Crooked Paths
12. 3 cleansing breaths/3 centering breaths
13. Natural/Reverse Breathing
14. Master Liangs meditation/ Master Choi’s meditation
15. Micro-Cosmic Orbit/Small Heavenly Circle (others) Glands/Nerves 16. Tongue/Hui-Yin=Switches
17. Energy Points
18. Earth and Heaven Energies
19. Before and After Meditation
20. T’ai-Chi and Meditation Book List:
Taoist-T’ai-Chi Chuan and Meditation by Da Liu
Tranquil Sitting by Yin Shih Tzu
Vitality, Energy, Spirit by Thomas Cleary
Hindu/Buddhist – Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Science of Breath by Swami Rama
Soul Food by Jack Kornfeld
Christian/Sufi/Other-Way of a Pilgrim (trans. By Helen Balantine??)
Healing in Hypnosis by Milton Erickson
Tying Rocks to Clouds by William Elliot
Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaned
Sufi Book of Healing by Moinuddin Chisti