Class 3 is called Meditation and the Grouund Of Being

Following on from the first 2 classes, which are more about the development of the  perspective and worldview in which Evolutionary Enlightenment is based on.

The third class is the first class in which we look at what are the steps the  individual must take in order to practice EE.

So the first step on this journey to wholeness is going from our culturaly conditioned sense of self and letting all of it go and experiencing the ground of our own being. When we experience this dimension of ourselves through the practice of meditation we can start to free ourselves from being completely lost in our thoughts and emotions most of the time. Believe me it's a big relief!

We started by looking at the ego model and discussed some of the characteristics of this part of the self i.e I don't want to be free, I live for my own sake, I face nothing and avoid everything, I am a victim etc.

Then we looked at what  meditation is and what are the qualities of this experience. For example Andrew said that meditation is absolute peace and not relative peace, also he mentioned that when we have access to the ground of being itself we just want to abide there forever.

We then dicussed the absolute context for Andrews instuctions for meditation and how this means we have to actually do them no matter what our experience is and not work at getting better at them.This can be the challenging part because most of us are alot more concerned with the content of our experience rather than our relationship to it.

Then we had a guided meditation and talked about it.

Then we looked at the question what does freedom mean? I explained to the class that this point for me was one of the biggest transfomational insights that Andrews teaching has showed me.It basically says that freedom is not only and experience but a choice we choose to make, and if we make the choice to be free when it is difficult for us then we will experience enormous benefits by doing this because we have made noble effort.

We then finshed the class with a meditation which was lovely.

I thought more than ever there was a deepening of something bonding within the group and people are opening up to this and sensing it more with every week.

I hope this continues to develop as we move on my hope for the next two classes is for the Authentic self to start to rise to the surface and for people to experiencially recognise it.

Ross Deighton