Mindfulness Meditation Learning Map —Step by Step

Pre-word: This learning map is from my book: O Beloved: Being, Becoming and Beyond

 https://shunyapragya.com/books/

1. Foundational Discipline— Knowing

• Basic self-inquiry and foundational learning
• Equanimity and Equipoise
• Models of mind and distraction management
• Understand the role of concentration vs. mindfulness
• Compose a mental torch— intention, attention, and awareness
• Choose breath as an object of meditation
• Cultivate discriminative awareness between objects and the field of awareness
• Cultivate mindfulness of physical sensations, mental activity, and feelings
• Realization of the ego as a non-entity and psychological complex

2. Develop Discipline into Deep Learning —Getting Established

• Establish strong discipline and practice
• Cultivate a discriminative awareness between forms and formlessness
• Cultivate self-awareness by developing a sense of knowing oneself. It can also be called self-remembering
• Cultivate clear comprehension of the unconditional nature of “self”
• Learn to come out of deep mental states back to normal, during meditation

3. Transform Learning into a Lifestyle— Mindful Living

• Cultivate mindfulness of dynamic activities, out of meditation room
• Tailor social engagement philosophy/ model for yourself while being mindful
• Cultivate generosity, loving-kindness, and compassion qualities
• Cultivate mindfulness quality as a lifestyle

4. Moving Beyond Mindfulness— Keep Moving On and On

• Move beyond the milestones
• Inner connectedness and surrender to existence
• Living existentially as an experience instead of the experiencer