What is enlightenment? Is it a myth or is it real? On The Science of
Enlightenment, you will learn that the liberated state is as real as
the sensations you are having right now. For it is through the
investigation of your own thoughts and feelings that you can awaken to
clear insight and a happiness independent of conditions: the state of
enlightenment.
Through his expertise in both science and spirituality, meditation
teacher Shinzen Young demystifies the principles of awakening hidden
within the world's great spiritual traditions and shows you how to use
them in your own life.
Here, in an unequaled 14-CD course covering traditional teachings,
scientific insights, and practical instructions, you will test for
yourself the discoveries of the great wisdom traditions, including
Buddhism, Christianity, Jewish mysticism, Sufism, Hinduism, shamanism,
and many others.
Why is single-pointed concentration so highly regarded on every
contemplative path? How do you move beyond emotional/intellectual blocks
and into a state of highest presence? Where do psychic powers and other
mystical phenomena fit in the architecture of enlightenment? How do you
know if your meditation practice is working?
On The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen Young elucidates these
questions with precision and intelligence, demonstrating why he is
regarded as one of the Western world's most articulate and
understandable teachers of classical mystical experience.
The search for awakening is not limited to a chosen few. It is a field
open for you to investigate--once you possess the inner technologies to
do so. Now you can begin that investigation with The Science of
Enlightenment. Includes six complete guided meditation sessions.
Learn More About:
Six common traps on the path to awakening - and how to avoid them
- Ancient mystical teachings in clear, modern language
- Fascinating research about meditation and your brain-wave states,
perceptual acuity, oxygen levels, and aging
- How meditation enhances your learning, athletic performance,
relationships, and emotional life
- Why your body is the greatest mystical teacher
- How to digest harmful mental blockages through inner work
- Samadhi--your inner microscope for self-understanding
- Inner healing techniques you won't learn in psychotherapy
- What to do if you lack discipline
- An expansive survey of awakening practices from their tribal roots to
the Information Age
Course objectives:
Discuss the benefits of having a regular meditation practice
- Recognize the similarities between the world's oldest and largest
spiritual traditions in terms of practices of concentration and ideas of
enlightenment
- Utilize meditation practices that focus on relaxation, the body,
thinking, the sense of self, expanding and contracting, and the sensory
field
- Describe the meaning of enlightenment and the Buddhist practices used
to reach enlightenment
- Summarize the Buddhist perspective on the self, the no-self, and how
this is brought into meditation practice
- Apply Western scientific knowledge to Eastern spiritual practices in
order to understand the benefits of both
- Identify the differences between reaching the source of
consciousness/enlightenment, and the realm of power/new age phenomena
