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"Meditation is the basis
for ALL inner work.
We might struggle conscientiously
to change our limiting qualities;
we might saturate ourselves
with instructions and help,
both concrete and subtle.
Yet in the end,
it is the direct, naked encounter
with our own Awareness
that shifts our understanding
of who we are
and gives us the power
to stand firm
in the center of our being.
No one else can do this for us.
Only meditation unlocks those doors."
Swami Durgananda
(Sally Kempton)
in "The Heart of Meditation"
Meditation is
a silent return
to the still center
of the turning world.
It is the practice of
invoking the incandescence
of your Self and the universe,
and dancing
with that luminosity
for the benefit of
ALL of Life.
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"Except for the point,
the still point,
There would be no dance,
and there is
only the dance."
Susan Wilkens began her "yoga dance" at the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago in 1995. She completed 24 months of in-depth yoga studies through the Temple's Seminary program and was ordained as a swami on the summer solstice weekend of June 2002.
She received her Meditation Teacher Training and Certification at Ananda's Expanding Light Center in Nevada City, CA.
Her current explorations in spiritual spheres include the study of kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, and the devotion and discipline of meditative mantra practice.
"Because of the intensity of my own personal study program right now, I am not teaching public meditation classes on a weekly basis. I am, however, available for private instruction, so please contact me by phone or e-mail if you are interested." |
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those who
study
foam and flotsam
near the edge
have purposes,
and they'll
explain them at length.
those who
look out to sea
become the sea
and they
can't speak about that.
on the beach
there's desire-singing
and rage-ranting,
the elaborate language-dance
of personality,
but in the waves
and underneath,
there's no volition,
no hypocrisy,
just
love
forming and unfolding.
--rumi
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