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Seek Inner World Reparations

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Awaken and motivate others to do likewise.

Seek inner world reparations for yourself through mental empiricism, (interpretation and explanation) and spiritual empiricism (mysticism, intuitive illumination, and samadhi).

Samadhi—the ultimate, ecstatic state of acute awareness––occurs through two general types of practices: meditating on form and meditating on formlessness.

Experience the benefits of building the circuitry between the left and right hemispheres of the brain (thereby unlocking your subconscious mind, increasing your creativity, and evoking relaxation).

Here we have two key fixes––important things to do to make your world better for yourself and others. The first is to seek inner world reparations for yourself. The second is to motivate others to do the same thing.

These repairs provide one with a wide range of suitable options. Humans do not have to rely solely on dogma, faith, or non-verifiable conjectures but can acquire direct experiential evidence and data to make confirmations regarding the inner world. The human brain generates a variety of electromagnetic frequencies, depending on our activities: beta waves (14-30 Hz) during awake, alert consciousness; alpha waves (9-13 Hz) during relaxation, calmness, lucidity, and absence of thinking; theta waves (4-8 Hz) during dreamful sleep, deep relaxation, meditation, and mental imagery; and delta waves (1-3 Hz) during deep, dreamless sleep.

With this variety of brain functioning, humans can summon, receive, and process empirical (or experiential) evidence. This evidence need not only come from sensory empiricism—which is how one can prove assertions in the Realm of Exteriority with one’s senses. Evidence may come from either mental empiricism or spiritual empiricism—two ways to prove assertions in the Realm of Interiority.

Mental and spiritual empiricism are vital tools for eartHearts. Mental empiricism includes logic, mathematics, semiotics (the philosophical theory of signs and symbols), phenomenology (the branch of science dealing with the description and classification of phenomena, and hermaneutics (the study of methodological principles of interpretation and explanation). Spiritual empiricism includes: mysticism (the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality); spiritual experiences; satori (sudden enlightenment and a state of consciousness obtained by intuitive illumination); and samadhi (the ultimate, ecstatic state of acute awareness through two general types of meditation).

The first type is savikalpa samadhi. This practice is a type of meditation wherein the practitioner focuses on the mental object of form. Since your chosen, attractive, natural beings are “objects of form,” this is the type of meditation most often practiced along the Heartwood Path. Meditating on your being, on form, produces:

• various displays of archetypal illumination,

• expansive states of deeply felt love and compassion,

• profound motivations to be of service to others, and

• brain-hemispheric synchronization.

Savikalpa samadhi leads the practitioner to becoming a saint, a primary goal of those who follow the Heartwood Path.

The second type is nirvikalpa samadhi. This practice is a type of meditation wherein the practitioner focuses on mental objects without form, such as thoughts themselves. We won’t be doing much nirvikalpa meditation since it leads to sageness rather than saintliness. It is, nevertheless, important to know the distinction between the two forms of samadhi and to be capable of practicing both forms of meditation—savikalpa the most, since we will be seeking the formation of enduring saints; but also nirvikalpa somewhat since even a brief peak into the level of a sage will be an an instructive, “ah-ha” moment.

Meditating on formlessness produces:

• a complete cessation of all mental activity,

• the experience of infinite freedom and boundless existence,

• super-alertness and wakefulness,

• the complete cessation of alpha, beta, and theta brain waves and a large increase in delta waves, and gnosis—immediate knowledge of spiritual truth.

Unfortunately, just knowing what samadhi is does not get you there. Fortunately there is a well worn path for you to follow. Getting this far on the Heartwood Path means that you have already started on your way—note in the following list how the first step towards samadhi is also the first major topic of the Heartwood Path—universal principles. Having just completed the Overture to the Heartwood Path, you may also note the similarities between the progression of this series of books and Yoga Master Patanjol’s eight steps towards samadhi. With a few worthwhile departures in procedures and purpose, both the Heartwood Path and Patanjoli’s steps to samadhi lead in a similar fashion to unitive consciousness (already described).

We shall identify the eight steps towards samadhi here, and then offer elaboration and related activities for the first three here and the last five at Waypoint 3.55 of the Heartwood Path: Egos book. The eight steps toward samadhi are:

1. guidelines for universal morality, social contracts mostly having to do with abstention;

2. personal practices, personal contracts that include including observance (respect, deference, an act done to fulfill or respect morality, or an act done for ceremonial reasons), and vows;

3. physical postures, to give focus to the body, all aimed at helping the practitioner abide and stay in the exercise;

4. breathing exercises, to give focus to the mind, aimed at controlling the Life Force;

5. sensory control, turning inward to give focus to the senses, as if one is shutting off the wi-fi on the computer-brain;

6. concentration by cultivating perceptual awareness, bringing your mind to a single focus;

7. devotion, meditation on a single concept, mediation on a single person, meditation on a single place, meditation on the Divine, and—most often in our instance—meditation on one’s awareness of a single attractive natural being;

8. Samadhi, union with the Divine (bodymindgreen.com).

The topic of the attainment of samadhi is addressed in the first three books of the Heartwood Path so that the participants are given an ample chance to achieve universal consciousness—which makes them feel that environmental protection is the same thing as self protection— before proceeding on to the two Heartwood Path books about going into action—Volitos and Collectivos.

To The First Three Steps Towards Samadhi…

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HumaNatureConnect Activity

Taking The First Steps Towards Universal Consciousness: Contracts And Poses

For this activity, let’s work on the first three limbs, or steps, towards the attainment of samadhi—universal consciousness.

To get on the first limb, called “Yamas,” assess and then write down in your journal ways that you handle the following personal contracts (describe your actions, do not simply say “Yes” or “No:”

1. do or do not consciously do no harm to others,

2. do or do not tell the truth,

3. do or do not steal,

4. do or do not appropriately satisfy your sexual needs,

5. do or do not covet,

6. and do or do not take what you do not need.

To get to the second limb, or step, towards samadhi, called “Niyamas,” assess and then write down how you handle the following social contracts (again, do not simply answer “Yes” or “No:”

1. do or do not practice good nutrition;

2. do or do not practice good hygiene;

3. do or do not be mindful to the point of contentment;

4. do or do not have enough motivation to inspire others;

5. do or do not practice austerity when it comes to the consumption of calories, drinking alcohol, smoking, or other addictions;

6. do or do not know yourself, including your shadow side and your More-Than-Individual-Self;

7. do or do not treat others as you would wish to be treated; and

8. do or do not praise, respect, or surrender to the Absolute (which includes God or the Source of Everything).

To get on the third limb, called “Asanas,” one has to learn how to perform certain poses. Here’s how these poses are useful along the Heartwood Path: I tell Heartwood Path participants that it is acceptable to lie down, sit, or stand while attending to the attractive natural beings they use in their activities. As enjoyable as this time may be, occasionally participants will need help relieving discomforts or dispensing with the fidgetiness that can get in the way of their contemplations. For the purpose of abiding or staying with one’s chosen natural being, certain yoga postures can be employed. For this part of this activity, you will need to check-off that you have tried the following poses in the presence of your chosen natural being (if unfamiliar with yoga poses, look them up online at (yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com) obtain a book on yoga asanas (poses), or watch related videos:

1. Supported backbend, versions 1 and 2 ____;

2. Reclined Hip Stretch Sequence ____;

3. Reclined Leg Stretch, versions and 3 ____;

4. Dynamic Bridge Pose ____;

5. Happy Baby Pose ____;

6. Easy Sitting Pose, forward version ____;

7. Sage’s Twist 3, version 4 ____;

8. Upward Plank Pose, version 2 ____;

9. Downward-facing Dog Pose ____;

10. Arms Overhead Pose, classic version;

11. Crescent Moon Pose ____;

12. Dynamic Standing Forward Bend ____;

13. Extended Side Angle Pose ____;

14. Locust Pose ____;

15. Legs Up The Wall ____.

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Nocturnal Pilgrimage

For best results, write down your impressions of each night’s dreams in your journal using the Heartwood Path Dreaming Time Protocols found in the Appendix. Afterwards, consider sharing your Dream Tending with others.