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“Non-action is the real action. One hundred acts are not as good as one moment of silence. One hundred movements are not as good as one moment of standing still. Big movement is not as good as small movement. Small movement is not as good as no movement.”

 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