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by George A. Boyd 2003 Meditation has a role in both the acquisition of new knowledge and skills (learning) and the process of examining, elaborating, and transforming knowledge (study). Specifically, it opens up the potential for core, or essential learning, through which you gain knowledge about the personality and spiritual aspects of your nature.
know by being at one with the object of knowledge. It is experiential, unitive, and ineffable. Meditation plays a role in learning types five, six and seven. Learning type five , reflective learning, is stimulated by the methods of inquiry and reflective meditation. Learning type six, archetypal learning, can be accessed using the methods of reflective and receptive meditation, drawn from Jnana Yoga. Learning type seven has been called Enlightenment, Samadhi, or Cosmic Consciousness. This ecstatic state is the culmination of sustained meditation practice. It unites the ascension of the Kundalini Shakti with the deepest absorption of attention into union with the Soul, and the full activation of the Illumined Mind (Buddhi). Meditation techniques to activate learning types five through seven are taught in the Mudrashram Master Course in Meditation and the Mudrashram Advanced Course in Meditation.
6. Introspective study analyzing and monitoring your own behavior, reactions, attitudes, values, and desires with an aim to gain self-understanding. Introspection is also performed to change or control unwanted behavior, or to modify ineffective styles of relating in interpersonal relationships. 7. Intuitive study explores the structures and content of the vehicles of the Superconscious mind, using the higher faculties of discernment of the Superconscious mind (Buddhi) and contemplation by the attention. It leads to exact knowledge of the Self, the spirit, and the Soul. It may also be applied to understand the meaning of archetypes, symbols, and metaphysical ideas. 8. Continuum study examines different levels of the Great Continuum of Consciousness with the metavisional vision of the attentional principle. By contemplating nodal points and other internal markers on the continuum, maps of consciousness can be derived. Meditation helps you in study types six through eight. Being able to take the standpoint of a detached witness, which we call viewing with the attentional principle, facilitates introspection (study type six). Centering techniques allow you to contact the Self, to gain the inner objectivity necessary for self-awareness, self-monitoring, and working on yourself. The technique of Purusa Dhyan allows you to contact the attentional principle to take the viewpoint of the detached witness, and to examine aspects of yourself dispassionately. Through this means you can learn the truth about what is behind your behavior, what motivates you to violate your inner standards, and to discover what underlies your attitudes and your reactions towards others. Intuitive study (study type seven) is enhanced by methods that allow you to tap the Superconscious mind and access its discerning wisdom, such as receptive and reflective meditation and the practices of Jnana Yoga. Continuum study (study type eight) becomes possible when you have mastered the advanced meditation practices of Raja Yoga and attunement with the Guide. These advanced practices are taught in the Mudrashram Advanced Course in Meditation, and the Satsang Program Home Study Course. A complete mapping of the Great Continuum of Consciousness is provided in our consciousness studies program, the Mudrashram Correspondence Course. Meditation can provide you essential tools to access the core levels of learning and study. We encourage you to learn more about its powerful insight methods.