Misc Realization Process Meditations by Judith Blackstone
These recorded meditations are designed to support you practicing the nuanced explorations and awarenesses that Judith Blackstone offers in her Realization Process work. They are excerpted from her books and training materials.
TIP: play in open curiosity! This is not about perfection, it is about exploration and practice. Whatever your experience is during an exercise, invite the possibility that it is perfect. There's no right or wrong way, only your way of unfolding, one step at a time. Trust yourself and trust your process, and remain curious about the journey....
Start Here!Being Aware of Your Body vs. Inhabiting Your Body __ Min This is an important warm-up for doing the Realization Process meditations. The shift from observing the body to actually inhabiting it is central to the embodied consciousness realization process. Be patient with yourself - this may be very new territory and can take some practice! (This is basically Judith's brief meditation on p 55 of The Fullness of the Ground).
Exploring Fundamental Consciousness - abridged- 18 min I slightly modified and streamlined Judith's Fundamental Consciousness meditation (p 56, The Fullness of the Ground) to make it a bit easier for beginners. It guides us to inhabit specific parts of the body, then the whole body, and and then connecting to the space within and outside of the
Exploring Fundamental Consciousness - full- 18 min This comprehensive meditation guides you to inhabit specific parts of the body, the five core qualities, and connecting to the space within and outside of the body. Exercise 1 can be found on page 34 in Chapter 2 of Belonging Here.
Exercise 6: Direct Perception- 6 min (Chapter 2, page 54) "When we inhabit our body as a whole, we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste with our whole body and being. This makes our experience of our environment fuller and richer. As we uncover the dimension of fundamental consciousness pervading our body and environment as a unity, our senses also become unified.... This helps produce the sense of "being in the moment" that is associated with non dual realization.... In Buddhism, this is called direct or bare perception."
