A journey inside your mind

This meditation is reproduced here by kind permission of Steven S. Sadleir, Director of the Self Awareness Institute.

From Wikipedia:

Shaktipat is a Sanskrit word for the transfer of spiritual energy from a spiritually enlightened master to a disciple or student. Shaktipat can be transmitted through a sacred word or mantra, a look, a thought or by touch. It can also be transmitted at a distance through an object such as a flower or fruit, or via telephone or letter.

To this list we could add by intention and through a picture of the master.

We present here a 30-minute guided meditation by Steven S. Sadleir, Director of the Self Awareness Institute and recognized as a Shaktipat Master in two lineages.

Steven is a fascinating character. Blessed with spiritual insight from a very young age he was inspired to travel the world in his quest for enlightenment, studying under many different masters. Click here to read his personal biography.

Using the meditation

This is a very deep meditation and is not intended for casual use; you should put time aside and find a place to meditate where you will not be disturbed for the 30 minutes duration. Find a comfortable place to sit and wear comfortable clothes, you should sit upright. Specific instructions to this effect are given at the start of the audio.

You are guided gently through body awareness and then to focus your attention on the 3rd-eye (between the eyebrows), entering a very deep state. The shakti transmission itself can be intensely blissful or quite subtle: most find the experience deepens with time and regular practise.

This meditation can be used daily, twice a day or as is comfortable for you.

After some weeks practise you may have the desire to sit for longer periods (with or without using the audio). Sit only as long as you remain comfortable and balanced, long meditation times are not necessary to experience many benefits from practising this meditation.

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The Self Awareness Institute (SAI) is a Virtual University for Enlightenment. Founded in 1985 and grown to over 100,000 students in over 120 countries, the SAI provides beginner to advanced meditation courses, teacher training retreats and distance learning courses held by teleconference and email.

More information about Steven Sadleir and the Self Awareness Institute, including many guided meditations available to download and on-line meditation courses, can be found at:

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