At the Hard Light Center of Awakening, Mark Griffin provided expert insight into the timeless science and art of meditation. These teachings are rooted in the practice of the breath. In particular, finding the space between the breath as a launching point for “stopping the mind.” What follows, are two introductory instructions in this practice. Clear and concise in their directions, they are also powerful transmissions capable of propelling practitioners into their own awakened potential.

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“The essence of meditation is seeking the deepest point within ourselves, that point where we surrender to the inner presence of the divine. We offer up what we have for the sake of love with no promise of return or benefit. This surrender is the only true doorway to knowledge of the Self.” -Meditation Master Mark Griffin 108 Discourses on Awakening

Meditation on the Breath

“The Masters of Consciousness essentially have used the dynamics of breath, of concentration, of meditation, not to discover some mysterious reality hidden somewhere, but to plug into Reality itself. This is the doorway through. In this way, you turn the matrix of your entire mind, body, being into an instrument of communication with that Great Ocean.”

Meditation on the Space Between the Breath

“The space between the breath is like a doorway…As your attention begins to press into and lock in the space between the breaths, you’ll find that the quality of enlightenment, the inherent indwelling Bodhicitta, the enlightened nature of your own Mind gains force, becomes prominent; that this Bodhicitta pervades and changes the mind to its Enlightened form.”