New introduction to Ten Stages Meditation Starting Tuesday @ The Stages Academy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_spL2Z33WRAF1tBiEB-QJv_GAY_4C-vqnTTJvS0_rgo1MusAdb2OkHOpTfIaxhlj2vgskFOWO-IXPb2VwGT44IWkTJrxvutLWVOV3Nzjj7Zx7ezn4ynFlMHZUqYM9qw6jH7yl2lpCV_J/s1600/meditation2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_spL2Z33WRAF1tBiEB-QJv_GAY_4C-vqnTTJvS0_rgo1MusAdb2OkHOpTfIaxhlj2vgskFOWO-IXPb2VwGT44IWkTJrxvutLWVOV3Nzjj7Zx7ezn4ynFlMHZUqYM9qw6jH7yl2lpCV_J/s1600/meditation2.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">New Ten Stage Meditation<br /> Ten Stages Meditations<br /><br /> Over the ages there have been a number of traditions that have encouraged an recovery meditation.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> it’s not just a way to relax, or to deal with life’s problems. Done correctly, it can be a way to radically encounter the ten stages child within and to begin—and sustain—real transformation in a renewed version of ourselves</span>

New introduction to Ten Stages Meditation Starting Tuesday @ The Stages Academy

New Ten Stage Meditation  Ten Stages Meditations  Over the ages there have been a number of traditions that have encouraged an recovery me...

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On completion of our first convention in North Yorkshire one of our Stager members referred to it as a "Sangha".

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeDi8K1fXtpeeDpT8ocEwmQlHj98GfzyVVueIFYx0L1IdqyFrwBR5Rh7bFaiuc-xkoapXlKwhhJzd7Ry0YSj-4Lo9hduIImb49-GNQuasEgJ3GhO1Q9fnRja_oY0MrbaN3xzdm-PoabWi/s1600/IMG_0412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeDi8K1fXtpeeDpT8ocEwmQlHj98GfzyVVueIFYx0L1IdqyFrwBR5Rh7bFaiuc-xkoapXlKwhhJzd7Ry0YSj-4Lo9hduIImb49-GNQuasEgJ3GhO1Q9fnRja_oY0MrbaN3xzdm-PoabWi/s320/IMG_0412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">On completion of our first convention in North Yorkshire one of our Stager-members referred to it as a "Sangha". While "sangha" usually refers to a spiritual community associated with a particular tradition or religion, people who make up our sangha are from various backgrounds—Buddhist, Hindu, Christian. The spirit of our sangha is a mutual interest in the exploration of the ten stage truth outside of the context of a particular tradition, religion, or teaching. There is an openness to it. These conversations seemed to resonate with those who want to get to the real core of meditations and are looking beyond exterior trappings for a more unencumbered expression of a Ten Stage Truth.<br /><br />Our sangha is, of course, made up of people who are interested in the ten stages and the way it evolvingly expresses itself. But our viewpoint is that we’re not really into the self; we’re into the Ten Stage Truth. The study is pointing to a more universal Truth and toward an experience of sangha that is beyond all the particular expressions or forms that Truth can take. To us, real sangha is whatever is in service to the silence of loving-kindfulness—wherever it shows up.<br /><br />One of the most beautiful inquiries is, “What does my loving-kindfulness life serve?” This is a big question. It’s not asking, “What form is my kindfulness taking?” It doesn’t particularly matter what form our kindfulness takes when we are serving the serenity of the heart. The only thing that’s important is, “How is my life really serving kindfulness?”<br /><br />All of us are dissociates, are we not? From the cradle to the grave, in some way we’re a dissociating into something. We can be a dissociate to many things: our minds, our desires, our fantasies, our ideas, our beliefs—and we’ve all been in dissociation to all of those at some point in our lives. When we have some awakening to our Ten Stage Truth—to what we actually are—then there is an opportunity to be a servant of that. When we realise what we are, we can serve what we are—instead of serving what we aren’t. To us this is what real ten stage sangha is all about.</span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Sangha can be very challenging hiking the high roads of North Yorkshire rambling from Ravenscar to Robin Hoods Bay. Steam Train Journeys.....</span></div>

On completion of our first convention in North Yorkshire one of our Stager members referred to it as a "Sangha".

On completion of our first convention in North Yorkshire one of our Stager-members referred to it as a "Sangha". While "san...

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Committing to the Ten Stage Truth becomes our meditation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLYQ_etI9TdP3syqAkXyDOVLGSZSkuu0FpzeTbgg3TjZw10xZujR8dzbUqKPUeZHRj4kLKCPx652jI8RfVvtcHl4_rVfNu21LGonR7bI0cq7hkZbkeqQdWrxqIb0-Sh4TAqUsLVu9VIZ/s1600/meditation2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLYQ_etI9TdP3syqAkXyDOVLGSZSkuu0FpzeTbgg3TjZw10xZujR8dzbUqKPUeZHRj4kLKCPx652jI8RfVvtcHl4_rVfNu21LGonR7bI0cq7hkZbkeqQdWrxqIb0-Sh4TAqUsLVu9VIZ/s1600/meditation2.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Committing to the Ten Stage Truth becomes our meditation instead of just an isolated event. It takes the abstractness out of meditation. That’s the opportunity of real loving-kindfulness this is an action meditation: to be in service to the serenity of our heart.</span>

Committing to the Ten Stage Truth becomes our meditation

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Ten Stage meditation gradually over-time appears in our consciousness

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLYQ_etI9TdP3syqAkXyDOVLGSZSkuu0FpzeTbgg3TjZw10xZujR8dzbUqKPUeZHRj4kLKCPx652jI8RfVvtcHl4_rVfNu21LGonR7bI0cq7hkZbkeqQdWrxqIb0-Sh4TAqUsLVu9VIZ/s1600/meditation2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLYQ_etI9TdP3syqAkXyDOVLGSZSkuu0FpzeTbgg3TjZw10xZujR8dzbUqKPUeZHRj4kLKCPx652jI8RfVvtcHl4_rVfNu21LGonR7bI0cq7hkZbkeqQdWrxqIb0-Sh4TAqUsLVu9VIZ/s1600/meditation2.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Ten Stage meditation gradually over-time appears in our consciousness spontaneously when our awareness ceases being manipulated or controlled. We gradually understand our awakening as others disappear from our consciousness like faded shadows on a black wall....</span>

Ten Stage meditation gradually over-time appears in our consciousness

Ten Stage meditation gradually over-time appears in our consciousness spontaneously when our awareness ceases being manipulated or control...

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Ten Stage Meditation is progressively letting go

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhupz7yKjPpkZqH21HbyURPMTZK3E_901Lm3q5a1FioENOrhnroFd7Cr1RgPVQECyWjbyKHHQrIGJaZyVZoINiwn4yJgTfr1IyXmmMxZF-YMBFe564JpTSa94rqMmR1XjAFh6wLWOUG_x/s1600/meditation2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhupz7yKjPpkZqH21HbyURPMTZK3E_901Lm3q5a1FioENOrhnroFd7Cr1RgPVQECyWjbyKHHQrIGJaZyVZoINiwn4yJgTfr1IyXmmMxZF-YMBFe564JpTSa94rqMmR1XjAFh6wLWOUG_x/s1600/meditation2.png" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Ten Stage Meditation is progressively letting go of us without getting lost in our thought.</span>

Ten Stage Meditation is progressively letting go

Ten Stage Meditation is progressively letting go of us without getting lost in our thought.

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"We are seeking enlightenment?," we seem to ask. "Well, just watch how spiritual we can be!"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbOlWnE3Rb6pz1uBvpEzKn6xJvzvhHKe66nlYE1VL_sxJKuD1aBzeTwqLKJFXaaDHjp30wqzvVv2qttyZAW4ogqJQ8SQVr-Rj_WKoZZuvBpDI7guFwGjbsM4UGbriAHAm0QRCNjc6AvR8/s1600/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbOlWnE3Rb6pz1uBvpEzKn6xJvzvhHKe66nlYE1VL_sxJKuD1aBzeTwqLKJFXaaDHjp30wqzvVv2qttyZAW4ogqJQ8SQVr-Rj_WKoZZuvBpDI7guFwGjbsM4UGbriAHAm0QRCNjc6AvR8/s320/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The problem of our ego is that it grasps onto our drive for enlightenment as a means to retain its dominance over us. "We are seeking enlightenment?," we seem to ask. "Well, just watch how spiritual we can be!"<br /><br />identifying this process as the "the shadow self" , warns that " WE will not willingly loosen our ferocious grip on existence."<br /><br />"Since the shadow has been your sole co-pilot in life for seeking a secure sense of self we will not abandon it for the smoke and mirrors of another foundation that we sense but are not sure is real.<br /><br />The ensuing internal struggle to free ourself from the grip of the ego will submerge us in many self-deceptions in which we will firmly believe we are progressing toward the spiritual mountain top,But many of your practices and behaviour(s) on close examination will reveal the shadow in disguise and control.<br /><br />Utilizing the concept of 'love' as an example - a concept which along with 'compassion' is universal to the world's great wisdom traditions - illustrates the process of how the "shadow self" of the ego subverts even these most lofty of emotions and ideals.<br /><br />While love is at the core of all religions and spiritual traditions, its near enemy version abounds. "I love you" are three little words that are easy to say but much more difficult to genuinely mean or live. Hidden behind affirmations of love can be self-serving egoism, attachment dependency.<br /><br />Love that is truly spiritual is unconditional and selfless, But in practice, how often does it mean "I will love you only if you return love"? All too frequently we hear about "love" that quickly morphed into hate and even violence when it was not reciprocated.</span>

"We are seeking enlightenment?," we seem to ask. "Well, just watch how spiritual we can be!"

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Fantasy Dissociations has replaced forthrightness

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOTB1jm414UKIFNEIWeHOYysIvBe96YLvmHuV0JJxG-bF76vI1XslSB7Bszn6SH0jqnCDe9ZMzDSXX7xGO6VmvdCyqvFlhaORw9S2EVqNdB0aIRsFWN3NC8O6ztICcqAf72nX-dy803bz/s1600/13466332_10153678810427083_1188480050957994946_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOTB1jm414UKIFNEIWeHOYysIvBe96YLvmHuV0JJxG-bF76vI1XslSB7Bszn6SH0jqnCDe9ZMzDSXX7xGO6VmvdCyqvFlhaORw9S2EVqNdB0aIRsFWN3NC8O6ztICcqAf72nX-dy803bz/s320/13466332_10153678810427083_1188480050957994946_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Isn't apocalypse, the best-selling plot in today's mass media market? Everybody knows the old world is coming to an end, but because the horror of this reality is too much to take responsibility for the majority of us sit on the couch and pretend it is all just another form of entertainment. Fantasy Dissociations has replaced forthrightness, and imagination has withered to make way for shallow ideological affiliation with merely symbolic causes.<br /><br />Of course, symbolism is no mere trifle, and our sense of meaning is precisely what is at stake,<br />How are we to conceive of the human presence on the planet? </span><div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Are we a cancerous growth or the incarnation of God on Earth? </span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Are we to become once again a spiritual instead of a consumptive and pleasure-driven species? </span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Are we to replace industrial with initiatory cosmology? </span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Is our goal to worship, celebrate, and create, or to use, abuse, and destroy?"<br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">These are questions of the ultimate meaning of the universe,  and their answers," determine how we inhabit our Earth."</span></div>

Fantasy Dissociations has replaced forthrightness

Isn't apocalypse, the best-selling plot in today's mass media market? Everybody knows the old world is coming to an end, but beca...

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A crinkling small water bottle heard in a past room stops annoying and starts to teach.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKmFCBvB465hxB-anQ2PiKRUcWzyEfSs_IVm_ZfYRJ5liH6k_cO0QUJIQbAUHQJojjY3U-vlOCI3B74rrKqa5tz3HAxNkkXMKRjcOXZGE76BzQJDVebxYV_o6f_GGytZe1WhCoGPOEMW_/s1600/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKmFCBvB465hxB-anQ2PiKRUcWzyEfSs_IVm_ZfYRJ5liH6k_cO0QUJIQbAUHQJojjY3U-vlOCI3B74rrKqa5tz3HAxNkkXMKRjcOXZGE76BzQJDVebxYV_o6f_GGytZe1WhCoGPOEMW_/s320/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_15.jpg" width="312" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our students need to reach a point, where we can make the choice not to react automatically to external stimuli. This requires going against the grain, against long established habits and self-indulgences.<br /><br />The question, is as basic as: Can you choose not to be angry in the face of something that makes you angry?  Rather than being wasted in such an outburst, the energy accumulated through this effort can be made available for a moment of intensified consciousness. Such a moment can flood you with peace or quiet joy, or a sense of profound liberation.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, such moments often occur during paradoxical events in distant meditation rooms..a crinkling small water bottle heard in a past room stops annoying and starts to teach.</span>

A crinkling small water bottle heard in a past room stops annoying and starts to teach.

Our students need to reach a point, where we can make the choice not to react automatically to external stimuli. This requires going again...

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SCIENCE OF MEDITATION:What we took to believe as our self, begins to look like a prison house

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbQv88VpnJ5Ryi-l-Um8t3m7psqocoZ8pFxCHSmm7maza0WGrORg9k-8HD5eKeYPYBNb5P01HG6kGPlBh0NtWvsyT1NwD8w7liVk_qG5i8Mq47Jv8ojc_jR8xwDrI4xyS85aw6vDepMkK/s1600/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbQv88VpnJ5Ryi-l-Um8t3m7psqocoZ8pFxCHSmm7maza0WGrORg9k-8HD5eKeYPYBNb5P01HG6kGPlBh0NtWvsyT1NwD8w7liVk_qG5i8Mq47Jv8ojc_jR8xwDrI4xyS85aw6vDepMkK/s320/sao-lourenco-do-barrocal-eduardo-souto-de-moura-architecture-hotels-portugal_dezeen_2364_col_15.jpg" width="312" /></a></div> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/dissy/?multi_permalinks=1377587075652060&notif_t=like&notif_id=1493466912104215">SCIENCE OF MEDITATION</a>: <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">What we took to believe as our self, begins to look like a prison house far away in the valley beneath us. flashes of greater consciousness, are the unexpected result of strenuous efforts made in order not to lose ourselves in the rush of outer circumstances and to be cleansed of the poisons of negativity, as well as to maintain a heightened awareness grounded in the present moment. </span>'<br /> <br />

SCIENCE OF MEDITATION:What we took to believe as our self, begins to look like a prison house

SCIENCE OF MEDITATION : What we took to believe as our self, begins to look like a prison house far away in the valley beneath us. flash...

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