The Realm Of Living Buddha Whom Death Is Incarnate

July 21 ·

Foundations for Spiritual Training - Part 1.

This is equally meant for those of us who have yet to adopt the habit of meditation and well as for
those who do meditate, but have not engaged in a structured regimen to cultivate advanced mental
control. These first three phases are the absolute rudimentary and basic of building blocks, and thus
may be the most important steps to master.

Once you have completed the first three phases, you will be beyond most people in this world when
it comes to mental control - though your level of mental control will still be rudimentary and basic.
These exercises, however, are unlikely to reveal any profound insights or breakthroughs. These are
the basics - from which you may move to meditation, trances, astral projection, communing with the
spirits, whatever requires this basic mental and physical control.

A quick side note: these exercises have been paraphrased from an initiation manual into a certain
magickal order. The text and the order are absolutely unimportant to the value of these exercises, as
well as irrelevant to the work we do here on this page. However, if you are interested in the source
for these three exercises, send us a message and we can talk about it. However. I want to make it
clear that we are not trying to promote any Western esoteric/occult order.

PHASE 1: MOTIONLESSNESS.

Arrange the body in any comfortable position and try to remain in that position for as long as
possible. Try not to blink or move the tongue or fingers or any part of the body at all. Do not let the
mind run away on long trains of thought but rather observe oneself passively. What appears to be a
comfortable position may become agonizing with time, but persist! Set aside some time each day for
this practice and take advantage of any opportunity of inactivity that may arise.

Record the results in a journal. One should not be satisfied with anything less than five minutes.
When fifteen have been achieved, proceed to the regulation of breathing.

PHASE 2: BREATHING.

Stay as motionless as possible and begin to deliberately make the breathing slower and deeper. The
aim is to use the entire capacity of the lungs but without any undue muscular effort or strain. The
lungs may be held empty or full between exhalation and inhalation to lengthen the cycle. The
important thing is that the mind should direct its complete attention to the breath cycle.
Record results in a journal. When this can be done for thirty minutes, proceed to not-thinking.

PHASE 3: NOT-THINKING.

The exercises of motionlessness and breathing may improve health, but they have no other intrinsic
value aside from being a preparation for not-thinking, the beginnings of the mystic trance and
meditation conditions. While motionless and breathing deeply, begin to withdraw the mind from any
thoughts which arise. The attempt to do this inevitably reveals the mind to be a raging tempest of
activity. Only the greatest determination can win even a few seconds of mental silence, but even
that is quite a triumph. Aim for complete vigilance over the arising of thoughts and try to lengthen
the periods of total quiescence.

Like the physical motionlessness, this mental motionlessness should be practiced at set times and
also whenever a period of inactivity presents itself. The results should be recorded in your journal.

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If you have satisfactorily completed these three phases, congratulations. If you are having trouble,
that is fine. Reach out to us, we can help and support you in your training. Please keep us up to date
with your progress in the comments.