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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.
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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?
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
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.
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An expansive survey of awakening practices from their tribal roots to the Information Age
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Kathryn J.Reviewed by Kathryn J.
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I highly recommend Shinzen Young's CDs "The Science of Enlightenment." His discussions would benefit someone entirely new to Buddhist philosophy and practice and simultaneously bring practical and helpful information and insight to a practitioner with decades of meditation experience. Young's friendly, unpretentious approach was easy to listen-to, and at the same time, his discussion was clearly informed by his own practice, extensive experience and impressive scholarship.
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Paul E.Reviewed by Paul E.
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Excellent overview of meditation and the experience of awakening.
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DARRYL B.Reviewed by DARRYL B.
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good product
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DARRYL B.Reviewed by DARRYL B.
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have not used it yet. your products are excellent
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Jeb W.Reviewed by Jeb W.
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This is an incredibly educational, ceaselessly engaging series. My wife and I find ourselves listening to it long after we've lost the cognitive capacity to process the material anymore (like children fighting sleep because they don't want to miss out on anything)! These fourteen discs are absolutely replete with wisdom, offering the avid learner heaping helpings of brain candy alongside hours of masterful guidance on the practical aspects of meditation. I bet you'll really like it ;)
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DETAILS
CD
Contents
14 CDs (960 minutes)
Dimensions
5 x 5 inches
Product Code
AF00879D
Audio Download
Contents
1 Audio download (16 hours)
Filetypes
M4B, MP3, PDF, ZIP
Product Code
AF00879W
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