Shalom Family,

I pray all is well with you all! It has been some time since my last blog/meditation, and I profusely apologize for the lack of consistency; however, meditation is a daily discipline I’d like for you to incorporate into your life. The exercises from my previous blogs are also daily meditative routines to implement. Remember, though meditation does require study, learning, and knowledge, this is not the primary goal of meditation—otherwise you could go listen to a Bible study. The primary goal of meditation is to infuse yourself with being and becoming. It is the mastery of application, execution, and doing! Take time to repeatedly dedicate yourself to the previous blogs’ meditations, because that’s necessary for you (so no! I don’t repent of the time gaps between blogs =D).

Today’s blog will not require much study at all, but I will share with you the meditative forms/levels (used interchangeably) I have experienced and dedicated myself to mastering. These levels much like the process of meditative thought (Concentration/Focus, Contemplation/Study, Meditation/Reflection) are already continual in your life! This blog exercise is to bring these levels to the forefront of your mind, that you may intentionally activate these levels, and cultivate the most conducive environment/circumstance for yourself and others.

In my days of meditative life (especially when I began to simplify the process of meditation and centralize it upon the Biblical law), I noticed that there were seven forms I would continually go through during my mediations. These levels consisted of lying down, sitting close- or open-eyed, standing, walking, dynamic, and instantaneous meditations. All these forms are necessary and equally conducive for practical application. Below, I briefly explain each form and the benefits I have experienced from them. Take your time reading through these levels in order to consciously acclimate yourself to utilizing these levels for full efficiency.

Lying Down

When we sleep, we are in our most spiritual state, hence why God waits for us to sleep, or suffers us to sleep in order to communicate with us. Majority of the time, He reveals Himself in a vision or a dream during the sleep/trance state. Much like warmups before exercise, it is essential that we prepare the mind’s eye before entering the spiritual state/dream realm; thus, this form is perfect to prepare your mind’s eye to be single, and full of light.

This form is self-explanatory; it’s as if you’re sleeping, but you’re not. You simply lie down on your back with your eyes closed, rest your open hands upon your belly, and go into your breathing work, or whatever exercises you intended to muse upon. This form is the most comfortable of all the forms, and without experience it will often result in you going to sleep. It is a great form to try if you often have sleep anxiety, restlessness, and a mind that is too active. It prepares the mind for deeper levels of consciousness that we often experience during sleep. Remember, this form can also be done with your eyes open.

Psalms 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Sitting Close-Eyed

This meditation also self-explanatory. Basically, it consists of finding a comfortable place to sit, and going through the process explained in my former blog What is Meditation & Musing??? The benefits of this form of meditation is that you are the least distracted from exterior stimuli, and your mind is more equipped to prepare for meditative conditioning while staying awake. This form is simply sitting in a comfortable position, closing your eyes, and allowing your hands to rest on your lap, while focusing on your breathing and meditative exercise.

2 Edras 13:57-58 Then went I forth into the field, giving praise and thanks greatly unto the most High because of his wonders which he did in time; And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days

Sitting Open-Eyed

The open-eyed meditative form consists of the same thing. The primary difference is that you would sit in the same position as the previous form but with your eyes open. Through the eyes arises desire, so with opened eyes, we naturally become more distracted and allured by the stimuli of the world. It is more necessary to focus on things such as breathing, precepts, or concentrated points of focus before our eyes (i.e wall, light, or adjacent object). During this form, it is natural to acknowledge the operation of things amidst you; however, do not allow this to distract you from reciting your planned precepts, or building in your mind upon your studied topic. This form truly prepares you for the next four forms, which are more active and dynamic. The more active a form is, the less concentrated it becomes.

Standing

The Standing Form is a more active form than sitting. This means that you will not be able to fully give yourself to the spiritual state (as you did with the prior forms). This form requires more earthly engagement, i.e. you are watching and hearing everything, you may be required to speak, or move your standing position, etc. The more you engage in the earthly/physical, the more diminished and distracted your focus becomes. In the Standing Form, your focus and contemplated study is more frequently and easily broken up. The downside of this is that you cannot entirely deepen the meditation as you would with the prior forms, but this is exactly what you want! This is making your meditation live and more concrete.

In this form, whatever your contemplated/concentrated study was becomes alive to you through words heard and those spoken by you, images looked upon, people observed, etc. Now, everything within your surroundings has become part of your meditation/revelation. The feeling of being separated from your surroundings, as if you are this aloof observer being in this world but not of it, is increasingly apparent. It is like having this bird’s eye view of everything, as a spectator or fly on the wall, gathering insight and understanding. This form is exceptional, in that it really gives you the best of both worlds. I mean, it’s as though you are living a dream! Sure you cannot control it, but to be able to observe and understand intently what the Potter is doing and forming provides this elated level of intimacy and joy in the Holy Spirit that cannot be compared. It is like instantaneous answers, and insights upon your meditation… like having the cheat codes to life!

Psalms 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Walking

Just as in the last form, this form requires more activity, which means? YES, less concentration! However, as you will experience from the Standing Form, the more active a meditation, the more it flows. As you become more active in this form, you become more involved with your surroundings. You are no longer just a spectator, so your meditation will not be still and stagnant (nor could it be when you are in motion). The walking meditation provides a transitioning, progressive, and ever-evolving presence. Your thoughts are less controlled and are a compilation of all your previous studies. The exterior stimuli serve as triggers to bring different insight gathered to completion.

In this form, you begin to go beyond mere observation, beholding the Master’s work. Now, you make yourself a dynamic aspect of that work—a cog in the wheel you were only observing while standing. Your mindset becomes your walk, your meditation becomes felt and effectual, and your mental musings become a presence that can be beheld. This is before flowing into the dynamic form, which is similar but less contemplative and more meditative. Though your inner-musings will begin to present themselves in your walk, you still have a degree of control—you are still in a contemplative state of mind, questioning, inquiring, evolving, and developing upon former meditations. You have not entirely given yourself to your environment, and your focus still eludes those around you. You still have time to be self-conscious, to hone into the pace of your walk or the comfort of your footwear, or other things that take your attention from being completely infused with your environment.

Dynamic

In the Dynamic Form, you are now an integral part of the environment. You are fully active and occupied in whatever work you find yourself, whether it be cleaning, playing a sport, drawing, singing, writing, dancing, etc. The activity itself has become a meditation, and you have given yourself entirely to it. Your thoughts should no longer be your own but are enthralled by the activity itself. In this form your are only serving as an appendage to a greater body that inevitably is your environment. For example, if you are playing a sport, then you are serving the team. If you are cleaning dishes then you are serving the establishment or your household. If you are singing or dancing, then you are ministering to your audience, etc. This form is right before the Instantaneous Form, in which much of what I am explaining here is automatic. The difference is the process of thought; when you go from a less active to a more active meditative form or level, you will struggle with your mind being in one place, while your body is in another. This means that you are not living in the moment! Your mind is distracted and your focus is divided.

In the Standing Form, I explained that your concentrated/contemplated study becomes broken up by engaging in activity; however in the Dynamic Form, you are supposed to be fully engaged in the activity. You building upon or contemplating anything else outside of that activity would now constitute as you breaking up your meditation, because the activity is the meditation. When your focus is fully activated like this, it becomes an organic filter for you thoughts. Just as a strainer would pick up any debris that prevents fluidity, your focus would immediately detect any thoughts that are foreign or incongruent to your meditation/activity. In this form, it is nearly impossible to get lost in thought! In the Walking Form, your meditation and musings are beginning to become effectual, while being a presence in itself. In this form you are effectual, and the presence of your meditation is felt! You are essential to the environment.

Instantaneous

This form is full activation and a bit difficult to explain, because it is literally all these forms in one. Oddly enough, it is concurrent to each of the other six forms when you choose to activate them. It is not about being conscious, knowledgeable, or attentive to anything really—it is absolute being. This level is a step further than the dynamic, because the dynamic is a meditation in itself, but this form is MEDITATION. That’s no simple thought! Take your time and drink that in… Selah!

I said this form is meditation itself, not “a” meditation. This particular level is the sole goal of this entire blog site! Meditation is absolute being, meaning you are connected to, a part of, and essential to everything! Everything is literally assisting you and you are assisting everything by merely existing. To put it plainly: you are kind of just living lol (but if that’s all it is, why the explanation or mental exercise? Right?!) Well let’s put it this way: before walking, you needed to learn how to walk. It was a step by step process. Before speaking, you needed to learn to sound letters and words, formulate paragraphs, and ultimately have entire conversations! Like everything, once you master the fundamentals, eventually you do it without even thinking! The same way you can now subconsciously walk, talk, write, etc., you will eventually subconsciously use the force of your entire being to focus on other things, while simultaneously living what you once had to learn! Makes sense?

Wisdom of Solomon 2:13 He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord. He was made to reprove our thoughts.

Once experiencing this form consciously, it is like experiencing conscious unconsciousness. I know it sounds contradicting, but that really is what it is! It is perceiving and creating your environment all in the same thought! What is you and what is your environment becomes impossible to distinguish. It is as if “you are nothing but possess everything…” as Paul notes in 2 Corinthians 6. At this point, you just reimplement the meditative thought process (Concentration/Focus, Contemplation/Study, Meditation/Reflection) and activate these aforementioned forms for your and your environment’s simultaneous benefit!

In my first blog, I explained that the meditative process is something you already do. I just wanted to bring it to the forefront of your minds, so you could make it a conducive process for you and others while preventing thoughts of detriment.

Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Matthew 22:38-39 This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself

I hope you enjoyed the blog! Please stay tuned for further meditative blogs and spiritual exercises. If there was anything profitable or good that you received of the this blog, ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH AHAYAH IN YASHAYA’S NAME! That is strictly Him, and attribute none of His glory to me. If this was offensive to you, and perceived as stumbling block to your faith, salachya (forgive me). Let that sin be upon me and attributed to my own iniquity/shortcomings. Thawadah (Thank you) for reading. Please do comment and share. To subscribe or donate, see the links at the bottom of the page. ↓↓↓

Shalom (Peace be with you all)!

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