You’re sitting there in the quiet of the retreat room. Nothing dramatic. No lights, no visions. Just a sudden clarity. Everything becomes strangely simple and lucid. Trauma that once defined you feels like a distant ripple. Your senses open. Like waking up from a dream… there is an instant knowing that you were never the […]
A kensho research study at the Samadhi Center (Canada) With Dr. Jeffrey Overall The Global Institute for Conscious EconomicsLink to PDF full article Blog post by Daniel Schmidt: Kensho is a Japanese word from Zen that means “seeing true nature”. It refers to the direct experience of awakening beyond name and form, unmediated by the […]
Breakthrough Research on the I AM Retreat: This follow-up study aligns with the broader Kensho-Samadhi Research Project, which examined life experiences, self-inquiry practices, and retreat outcomes across participants. The big picture that emerges from both studies is clear and liberating: kensho (awakening to your true nature) arises not from adding external tools or intensified conditions, […]
Liberation is when one realizes the emptiness of all aspects of maya, or all aspects of the soul. It is not merely an intellectual realization, but an awakening of emptiness itself as inseparable from all things. Liberation is a collapse of the duality or apparent distinction between soul and no self. The soul […]
Spiritual teachers have given the instruction to reach Samadhi: “be still and know”. Be still and know the true Self beyond name and form, or be still and know that you are God. What exactly do they mean? How can you be still on a globe spinning 1,000mph around its axis, […]
Two aspects or dimensions of meditation can be found in most traditions in which the perennial wisdom flourishes. The two aspects have been called yin and yang, shakti and shiva, or energy and consciousness and many other names throughout history. These two aspects reflect the nature of the dualistic world in which we live. […]
“The truth that transcends the intellect will not be seen by means of the intellect. The point of non-action will not be reached by means of deliberate action. If you want to achieve the point of non-action transcending thought, sever the root of mind itself and rest in naked awareness!” ~ Tilopa, Mahamudra Upadesha Meditation […]
Sometimes strange and unusual opportunities show up in our lives. We are free to ignore them and continue life as usual, or we may feel a stirring inside to answer a call to adventure. Like Alice we may choose to venture down the rabbit hole into strange lands. This is the beginning of […]
“There is no path, but only a fool wouldn’t follow it.” The path to Samadhi is not the sort of path where one puts one foot in front of another in order to get to some destination. The path is a stripping away of illusion, a letting go of identification with a limited […]
The Samadhi guided meditation series is a practical way to realize Samadhi in your life. It is only through deep inquiry into the self that one will truly understand what the film Samadhi points towards. Whether you are getting started in meditation, or you are interested in deepening your meditation practice, this series of guided […]
