This post is about self realization. This is one of the most important things you can do in your spiritual journey. More accurately, self realization is your spititual journey. The thing that leads you there is Self Inquiry, hence the question Who Am I?
This form of meditation does not require any type of posture, visualization or mantra. It can be done anytime, anywhere. It is a movement of the mind, of the intellect. To do this, one simply has to wonder about his identity. To wonder about himself. The goal of this practice is the same as in the Arcane Formulas book, but in my personal experience i was not able to achieve the realisation with the exercises in Atkinson's book alone. Technically, to achieve what many would call Enlightenment you don't need any other meditation, but other meditations help strengthen and focus the mind. Pic is unrelated by the way.
So what does self inquiry actually mean? It means to repeatedly ask the question Who am I? Do not fall into the trap of thinking this is to be repeated like a mantra over and over. It means to really investigate. If i tell you you are Awareness, it won't work. You have to truly investigate, intellectually, to be lead to the actual experience of your Self.
So sit. And talk to yourself. Who Am I? Well im Alex. But what if i had no name. Would I still be I? Okay, i don't need a name. Then i am surely the body. But then again people who don't have parts of their body don't feel a lower sense of existing than ones who do. And if i imagine that i have no body, im still I, and i have experienced this in Astral Projection. Hmm, then i must be the personality. But my personality changes. If my anger subsides, wouldn't I die with it? What if i was completely devoid of personality, in imagination, would I still be I? Yes, i would! But then i must be the voice speaking this in my head. But that voice can go silent sometimes, right? So i am not this voice. I am not my thoughts.
That which remains, that is the Self.
There are much higher levels of Awareness than this, this is merely the stepling stone. I have not achieved them, but i reckon the process is the same, but only on a much deeper level. Self inquiry, that's really all. If anyone has further insight, please share with us.
>>4109
> I have not achieved them
so how can you make such a claim? you read it in a book or someone told you about it?
>>4198
>>4109
This is kid stuff, who am I won't change anything, it merely gives a glimpse of the path.
Study Zen koans and sayings of Zen masters. Read the Mumonkan, follow the instruction.
